देवाग्निकार्यमुद्दिश्य कपिलामाहरेत्सदा 1.17.
One should always bring a tawny cow for the sake of a rite for the gods or fire.
कापिलं यः पिबेच्छूद्रो देवकार्यार्थनिर्मितम्
If a Śūdra drinks the milk of a tawny cow prepared for a divine purpose,
वर्षकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम्
The sin accumulated over thousands of millions of years,
कल्पकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम् ।। पितामहघृतस्नानं दहत्यग्निरिवेंधनम्
The sin accumulated over thousands of millions of aeons—just as fire burns fuel, so does bathing the ancestor with ghee burn it away.
घृतस्नानं प्रतिपदि सकृत्कृत्वा तु कांजजम्
By performing a ghee-bath with sour milk even once on each lunar day,
अयुतं यो गवां दद्याद्भक्त्या वै वेदपारगे
Whoever gives ten thousand cows with devotion to one learned in the Vedas,
सकृदाज्येन पयसा स्नपयेत्तु यः
Whoever bathes (the deity) even once with clarified butter and milk,
स्नाप्य दध्ना सकृद्वीर कञ्जजं विष्णुमाप्नुयात्
O hero, by bathing the lotus-born even once with curd, one attains Viṣṇu.
स्नानमिक्षुरसेनेह यो विरिंचेः समाचरेत्
Whoever here bathes the offspring of Brahmā with sugarcane juice,
शुद्धोदकेन यो भक्त्या स्नापयेत्पद्मसंभवम्
Whoever with devotion bathes the lotus-born with pure water,
वस्त्रपूतेन तोयेन स्नपयेद्यः सकृद्विभुम् 1.17.
Whoever bathes the all-pervading one even once with water purified by cloth,
सर्वौषधीभिर्यो भक्त्या स्नपयेत्पद्मसंभवम्
Whoever with devotion bathes the lotus-born with all medicinal herbs,
गन्धचन्दनतोयेन स्नापयेद्योंबुजोद्भवम्
Whoever bathes the lotus-born with water scented with sandalwood and fragrance,
पाटलोत्पलपद्मानि करवीराणि सर्वदा
Pāṭala, blue lotus, red lotus, and oleander flowers at all times—
एषामेकतमं स्नानं भक्त्या कृत्वा तु वेधसि
By performing with devotion even one of these baths for the creator,
कर्पूरागरुतोयेन स्नपयेद्यस्तु कञ्जजम्
Whoever bathes the lotus-born with water of camphor and aloe,
गायत्रीशतजप्तेन विमलेनांभसा विभुम्
Whoever bathes the all-pervading one with pure water after reciting the Gāyatrī a hundred times,
विभुं शीतांबुना स्नाप्य धारोष्णपयसा ततः
Having bathed the all-pervading one with cool water, then with a stream of warm milk,
एतत्स्नानत्रयं कृत्वा पूजयित्वा तु भक्तितः
Having performed these three kinds of bathing, and having worshipped with devotion,
मृत्कुंभैस्ताम्रजैः कुंभैः स्नानं शतगुणं भवेत्
Bathing with earthen or copper vessels yields a hundredfold result.
ब्रह्मणो दर्शनं पुण्यं दर्शनात्स्पर्शनं परम् 1.17.
The sight of a Brahmin is meritorious; touching is even greater than seeing.
वाचिकं मानसं पापं घृतस्नानेन देहिनाम्
Verbal and mental sins of embodied beings are removed by bathing with ghee.
स्नपयित्वार्चयेद्भक्त्या यथा तच्छृणु भारत
After bathing, one should worship with devotion; hear from me, O Bharata, how this is to be done.
चतुर्हस्तं लिखेत्पद्मं चतुर्भागविभागितम्
One should draw a lotus with four arms, divided into four parts.
सरोजानि ततो न्यस्य अक्षराणि समन्ततः
Then, placing lotuses, one should inscribe letters all around.
नानावर्णकसंयोगाल्लिखेच्चैवानुपूर्वशः
With various combinations of colors, one should write them in proper order.
सितं शुद्धं तु कर्त्तव्यं मध्यभागे तु वर्तुलम्
The center should be made white and pure, and circular in shape.
एवमालिख्य यत्नेन मूलमन्त्रं ततो न्यसेत्
Having drawn thus with care, one should then place the root-mantra.
नादरूपं न्यसेत्तावद्यावच्छब्दस्य शून्यता
One should place the nāda-form up to the point where the sound ceases.
विकारं कण्ठदेशे तु तुकारं सर्वसंधिषु
The modification (vikāra) should be placed at the throat, and the syllable 'tu' at all the joints.