शुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तम्याम् उपवासपरो नरः सर्वशुक्लोपहारेण पूजयेद् यस् तु भास्करम्
On the seventh day of the bright fortnight, the man devoted to fasting, who worships Bhāskara with all pure offerings.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोकं स गच्छति अर्कसंपुटसंयुक्तम् उदकं प्रसृतं पिबेत्
Freed from all sins, he reaches the world of the sun; he should drink water offered in a vessel associated with the sun.
क्रमवृद्ध्या चतुर्विंशम् एकैकं क्षपयेत् पुनः द्वाभ्यां संवत्सराभ्यां तु समाप्तनियमो भवेत्
By increasing the count in order, one should eliminate each twenty-fourth (day) again; with two years, the observance is completed.
सर्वकामप्रदा ह्य् एषा प्रशस्ता ह्य् अर्कसप्तमी शुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तम्यां यदादित्यदिनं भवेत्
This Arkasaptami is praised as granting all desires; on the seventh day of the bright fortnight, when it is the day of the Sun, it is especially auspicious.
सप्तमी विजया नाम तत्र दत्तं महत् फलम् स्नानं दानं तपो होम उपवासस् तथैव च
The seventh is called Vijaya; offerings given then yield great fruit, as do bathing, charity, austerity, fire offerings, and fasting.
सर्वं विजयसप्तम्यां महापातकनाशनम् ये चादित्यदिने प्राप्ते श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः
Everything performed on Vijaya Saptami destroys great sins; and those people who perform ancestral rites on the Sun's day—
यजन्ति च महाश्वेतं ते लभन्ते यथेप्सितम् येषां धर्म्याः क्रियाः सर्वाः सदैवोद्दिश्य भास्करम्
—and who worship the great white (form), obtain whatever they desire; all their righteous acts are always dedicated to Bhaskara (the Sun).
न कुले जायते तेषां दरिद्रो व्याधितो ऽपि वा श्वेतया रक्तया वापि पीतमृत्तिकयापि वा
In their family, there is never born anyone who is poor or diseased, whether the (offering) is with white, red, or yellow clay.
उपलेपनकर्ता तु चिन्तितं लभते फलम् चित्रभानुं विचित्रैस् तु कुसुमैश् च सुगन्धिभिः
The one who applies the unguent receives the result of what he has wished for; and Citrabhanu (the Sun) should be worshipped with various fragrant flowers.
पूजयेत् सोपवासो यः स कामान् ईप्सितांल् लभेत् घृतेन दीपं प्रज्वाल्य तिलतैलेन वा पुनः
Whoever worships (the Sun) while fasting attains the desired objects; lighting a lamp with ghee or with sesame oil again—
आदित्यं पूजयेद् यस् तु चक्षुषा न स हीयते दीपदाता नरो नित्यं ज्ञानदीपेन दीप्यते
Whoever worships Aditya with his eyes is never diminished; the one who always gives lamps is illuminated by the lamp of knowledge.
तिलाः पवित्रं तैलं वा तिलगोदानम् उत्तमम् अग्निकार्ये च दीपे च महापातकनाशनम्
Sesame seeds, pure oil, or the excellent gift of a sesame cow—these, in fire rituals and in lamps, destroy great sins.
दीपं ददाति यो नित्यं देवतायतनेषु च चतुष्पथेषु रथ्यासु रूपवान् सुभगो भवेत्
Whoever always gives a lamp in temples, at crossroads, and in streets becomes handsome and fortunate.
हविर्भिः प्रथमः कल्पो द्वितीयश् चौषधीरसैः वसामेदोस्थिनिर्यासैर् न तु देयः कथंचन
The first (lamp) should be made with offerings, the second with herbal juices; but it should never be given with marrow, fat, or bone extract.
भवेद् ऊर्ध्वगतिर् दीपो न कदाचिद् अधोगतिः दाता दीप्यति चाप्य् एवं न तिर्यग्गतिम् आप्नुयात्
A lamp rises upward, never downward; the giver is illuminated and does not attain a lower state.
ज्वलमानं सदा दीपं न हरेन् नापि नाशयेत् दीपहर्ता नरो बन्धं नाशं क्रोधं तमो व्रजेत्
One should never steal or destroy a lamp that is always burning; the thief of a lamp meets bondage, destruction, anger, and darkness.
दीपदाता स्वर्गलोके दीपमालेव राजते यः समालभते नित्यं कुङ्कुमागुरुचन्दनैः
The giver of lamps shines like a lamp in the world of the gods; whoever always anoints (the lamp) with saffron, aloe, and sandalwood—
संपद्यते नरः प्रेत्य धनेन यशसा श्रिया रक्तचन्दनसंमिश्रै रक्तपुष्पैः शुचिर् नरः
—that person, after death, attains wealth, fame, and prosperity; and one who is pure with red sandalwood and red flowers—
उदये ऽर्घ्यं सदा दत्त्वा सिद्धिं संवत्सराल् लभेत् उदयात् परिवर्तेत यावद् अस्तमने स्थितः
By always offering arghya at sunrise, one attains success within a year; from sunrise until sunset, one should continue (the observance).
जपन्न् अभिमुखः किंचिन् मन्त्रं स्तोत्रम् अथापि वा आदित्यव्रतम् एतत् तु महापातकनाशनम्
Reciting, facing (the Sun), even a little mantra or hymn—this observance of Aditya destroys great sins.
अर्घ्येण सहितं चैव सर्वे साङ्गं प्रदापयेत् उदये श्रद्धया युक्तः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
One should offer the arghya with all its proper components; performing this at sunrise with faith, one is freed from all sins.
सुवर्णधेनुअनड्वाहवसुधावस्त्रसंयुतम् अर्घ्यप्रदाता लभते सप्तजन्मानुगं फलम्
The giver of arghya, accompanied by gold, a cow, a bull, land, and garments, attains the fruit that follows for seven births.
अग्नौ तोये ऽन्तरिक्षे च शुचौ भूम्यां तथैव च प्रतिमायां तथा पिण्ड्यां देयम् अर्घ्यं प्रयत्नतः
Arghya should be carefully offered in fire, in water, in the sky, on pure ground, upon an image, and on a ball (of rice or similar).
नापसव्यं न सव्यं च दद्याद् अभिमुखः सदा सघृतं गुग्गुलं वापि रवेर् भक्तिसमन्वितः
One should always offer, facing forward, neither to the left nor right, with ghee or even guggul, to the Sun with devotion.
तत्क्षणात् सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः श्रीवासं चतुरस्रं च देवदारुं तथैव च
At that very moment, one is freed from all sins—of this there is no doubt—using a square vessel, or one made of devadāru wood.
कर्पूरागरुधूपानि दत्त्वा वै स्वर्गगामिनः अयने तूत्तरे सूर्यम् अथवा दक्षिणायने
By offering camphor and agarwood incense, one attains the path to heaven, whether during the Sun's northern or southern course.
पूजयित्वा विशेषेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते विषुवेषूपरागेषु षडशीतिमुखेषु च
Having worshipped especially, one is freed from all sins during solstices, lunar eclipses, and at the beginnings of the sixty-eight divisions.
पूजयित्वा विशेषेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते एवं वेलासु सर्वासु सर्वकालं च मानवः
Having worshipped especially, one is freed from all sins; thus, at all such times and always, a person should do so.
भक्त्या पूजयते यो ऽर्कं सो ऽर्कलोके महीयते कृसरैः पायसैः पूपैः फलमूलघृतौदनैः
Whoever worships the Sun with devotion is honored in the world of the Sun, with offerings of rice, milk, cakes, fruits, roots, ghee, and cooked food.
बलिं कृत्वा तु सूर्याय सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नुयात् घृतेन तर्पणं कृत्वा सर्वसिद्धो भवेन् नरः
By making a bali-offering to the Sun, one attains all desires; by offering libation with ghee, a person becomes accomplished in all aims.