त्रिसन्ध्यं वेदनिर्घोषं कुर्वीत फलमुत्तमम्
One should recite the Vedic chants at the three junctions of the day; this yields the highest result.
यावन्नीराजनं कुर्यात्पर्वाणि विधिवद्रवौ
One should perform the waving of lights according to the proper rule during festivals, as long as the ritual bath is not completed.
कपिलापञ्चगव्येन कुशवारियुतेन वै
With the five products of the cow from a tawny cow, mixed with water in which kuśa grass has been placed,
यस्त्वेकमपि सर्वेब्दे ब्रह्मस्नानं प्रयच्छति
Whoever gives even one of these to all, grants the sacred bath of Brahma.
कपिलापञ्चगव्येन दधिक्षीरयुतेन च 1.163.
With the five products of the tawny cow, mixed with curd and milk,
ऋभवो वीरमुद्दिश्य देहशुद्धिं च शाश्वतीम्
The Ṛbhus, having invoked the hero, established eternal bodily purity.
कापिलं यः पिबेच्छूद्रो देवकार्यार्थनिर्मितम्
A śūdra who drinks the kapila mixture prepared for the purpose of divine service,
वर्षकोटिसहस्रेण यत्पापं समुपार्जितम्
Whatever sin has been accumulated over a hundred thousand million years,
कल्पकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम्
Whatever sin has been accumulated over a hundred thousand million aeons,
सप्तम्यां च कृतस्नानो यजेत्सूर्यं सकृन्नरः वसुहेमादियुक्तं च क्षीरस्नानस्य तत्समम्
If a man, having bathed on the seventh lunar day, worships the Sun even once with wealth, gold, and the like, it is equal to bathing in milk.
सकृदाढकेन पयसा यो भानुं स्नाप येन्नरः
If a man bathes the Sun even once with a measure of milk,
स्नाप्य दध्ना सकृद्भानुं स त्रिलोके महीयते
He who bathes the Sun even once with curd is honored in all three worlds.
उद्धृत्य शालिपिष्टेन वायुलोकेषु पूज्यते स गोपतिपुरं गच्छेत्सर्वकामसमन्वितः
Having offered rice flour, he is worshipped in the realms of air; that person goes to the city of the lord of cows, endowed with all desires fulfilled.
फलोदकेन यो भानुं सकृत्स्नापयते नरः
Whoever bathes the Sun even once with fruit-water, O man—
श्रीखंडवारिणा स्नाप्य सकृद्भानुं नरा धिप 1.163.
Having bathed the Sun even once with sandalwood water, O ruler of men—
वस्त्रपूतेन तोयेन यद्यर्कं स्नापयेत्सकृत्
If one bathes the Sun even once with water purified by cloth—
आपो हिष्ठेति जप्येन गंगातोयेन भारत
By reciting 'āpo hiṣṭha' and using Ganges water, O descendant of Bharata—
कर्पूरागुरुतोयेन योऽर्कं स्नापयते सकृत् स कुलानेकविंशतिमुत्तार्य रविमाव्रजेत्
Whoever bathes the Sun even once with water scented by camphor and agarwood, having lifted up twenty-one generations of his lineage, attains the Sun.
पितृनुद्दिश्य यो भानुं स्नापयेच्छीतवारिणा
Whoever bathes the Sun with cool water, dedicating it to the ancestors—
भानुं शीतांबुना स्नाप्य धारोष्णपयसा सह
Bathing the Sun with cool water together with a stream of warm milk—
एतत्स्नानत्रयं कृत्वा पूजयित्वा तु भारत
Having performed these three baths and worshipped, O descendant of Bharata—
मृत्कुम्भात्ताम्रकुम्भैस्तु स्नानं शतगुणं मतम् स्पर्शनादर्चनं श्रेष्ठं घृतस्नानमतः परम्
Bathing from earthen pots is considered a hundred times greater with copper pots; touch and worship are best, and bathing with ghee is superior thereafter.
इहामुत्र कृतं पापं घृतस्नानेन नश्यति
Sin committed here or in the next world is destroyed by bathing with ghee.
दशापराधांस्तोयेन क्षीरेण तु शतं क्षमेत्
With water, ten offenses are forgiven; with milk, a hundred.
नैरन्तर्येण यो मासं घृतस्नानं समाचरेत् 1.163.
Whoever performs a ghee bath continuously for a month—
स्नानं पलशतं ज्ञेयमभ्यंगः पञ्चविंशतिः
Bathing is to be understood as a hundred palas; anointing is twenty-five.
घृताभ्यंगं घृतस्नान भानोः कुर्य्याद्द्विजोत्तम
One should perform anointing with ghee and bathing with ghee for the Sun, O best of twice-born.
दशधेनुसहस्राणि यद्दत्त्वा लभते फलम्
The fruit obtained by giving ten thousand cows is gained.
अर्घ्यं पुष्पफलोपेतं यस्त्वर्काय निवेदयेत्
Whoever offers arghya to the Sun, adorned with flowers and fruits—
गंधतोयेन संमिश्रमुदकाद्द्वादशोत्तरम्
With water mixed with fragrant substances, the result is twelve times greater.