Listen, O blessed ones, to the sacred path of worship and its fruits as revealed in the ancient lore. When a devotee offers with pure devotion even a simple leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water to the gods, these are joyfully accepted; but those without faith are not so graced. Purity of intention is the foundation—joined with self-discipline and proper conduct, it ensures that every act, however humble, becomes fruitful and auspicious. By praising, reciting hymns, making offerings, or worshipping Vivasvat—the radiant Sun—and by fasting with a devoted heart, one is cleansed of all sins. Indeed, one who bows their head to the ground in reverence is instantly freed from all sins; there can be no doubt about this truth. Consider the devotee who, filled with devotion, circumambulates the Sun: in doing so, it is as if he circumambulates the entire earth with its seven continents. And he who, fixing the Sun within his mind, circumambulates the sky, has, in that very act, circled all the gods. When one eats only once and worships the Sun on the sixth day, maintaining discipline and vows, he is endowed with true devotion. Or, worshipping Bhāskara with fasting day and night on the seventh day, one attains the merit of an Ashvamedha sacrifice. On the sixth or seventh day, especially the seventh day of the dark fortnight, fasting with controlled senses leads one to the highest state. He who worships Bhāskara with all manner of jewels, riding in a vehicle shining like a lotus, is destined for the world of the Sun. On the seventh day of the bright fortnight, the devotee who fasts and offers pure gifts to Bhāskara is freed from all sins and reaches the Sun’s world; he should drink water offered in a vessel sanctified by the Sun. By gradually increasing the count of days, and eliminating every twenty-fourth day, the observance is perfected in two years. This sacred vow, known as Arkasaptami, is praised as fulfilling all desires, especially when it falls on the seventh day of the bright fortnight and coincides with the Sun’s day—it is supremely auspicious. This seventh day is called Vijaya, the victorious; offerings made then, as well as bathing, charity, austerity, fire offerings, and fasting, yield immense fruit. All acts performed on Vijaya Saptami destroy great sins, and those who perform ancestral rites on the Sun’s day, and worship the great white form, obtain their heart’s desires. All their righteous acts are dedicated to Bhāskara, the Sun. In the families of such devoted ones, there is never anyone who is poor or diseased, whether the offerings are made with white, red, or yellow clay. Whoever applies the sacred unguent receives the results he wishes for, and Citrabhanu, the Sun, should be worshipped with fragrant flowers of many kinds. Fasting and worshipping the Sun brings one’s desires to fruition; lighting a lamp filled with ghee or sesame oil brings further merit. He who worships Aditya with his eyes is never diminished; he who always gives lamps is illuminated by the lamp of knowledge. Gifts of sesame seeds, pure oil, or even a sesame cow, whether in fire rituals or as lamps, destroy great sins. The one who always gives lamps in temples, at crossroads, and in streets becomes handsome and fortunate. The first lamp should be offered with sacred substances, the second with herbal juices; but lamps should never be given with marrow, fat, or bone extract. The lamp always rises upward, never downward; the giver is uplifted and does not fall to a lower state. One must never steal or destroy a lamp that is always burning; the thief of a lamp is bound by destruction, anger, and darkness. The giver of lamps shines like a lamp in the world of the gods; and he who anoints the lamp with saffron, aloe, and sandalwood attains wealth, fame, and prosperity after death. The one who is pure, offering red sandalwood and red flowers, and who always presents arghya at sunrise, will find success within a year; from sunrise until sunset, this observance should be maintained. Even reciting a single mantra or hymn facing the Sun—this observance of Aditya destroys great sins. Arghya should be offered with all its proper elements; performing this at sunrise with faith removes all sins. When arghya is given together with gold, a cow, a bull, land, and garments, the giver attains merit lasting for seven births. Arghya should be carefully offered in fire, in water, in the sky, on pure ground, upon an image, or on a ball of rice, always facing forward, never to the left or right, with ghee or even guggul, and always with devotion to the Sun. At that very moment, all sins are destroyed—this is certain—especially when using a square vessel or one made of devadāru wood. By offering camphor and agarwood incense, one attains the path to heaven, whether during the Sun’s northern or southern course. Special worship on solstices, lunar eclipses, and at the beginnings of the sixty-eight divisions of time brings freedom from all sins; thus, at such times and always, one should worship with devotion. Whoever worships the Sun is honored in the Sun’s world, with offerings of rice, milk, cakes, fruits, roots, ghee, and cooked food. By making a bali-offering to the Sun, all desires are fulfilled; and by offering libations with ghee, one becomes accomplished in all aims. Thus is the glory of devotion to Bhāskara, the radiant Sun, revealed—by faith, purity, and steadfastness, the devotee is uplifted, purified, and fulfilled.