पञ्चभूतात्मकं प्रोक्तं चतुर्वासनयान्वितम्
It is said to be composed of the five elements, endowed with four kinds of desires.
आहारेण विना जन्तुर्नाहारो मदनात्स्मृतः
Without food, a creature cannot exist; food is said to be born of desire.
पुन्नारीरूपवत्कृत्वा मदननेनैव विश्वसृक्
Having assumed the form of man and woman, the Creator, through desire, brings forth the world.
तत्प्रवृत्त्या प्रवर्तन्ते तन्निवृत्त्याक्षयां गतिम्
By that activity, beings proceed; by its cessation, they attain the imperishable state.
तद्रहस्यं तदोपायं शृणु वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम्
Now listen, I will tell you that secret and its means.
इयं हि मूलप्रकृतिर्लक्ष्मीः सर्वजगत्प्रसूः
This Lakṣmī is indeed the primal nature, the mother of all the worlds.
एवं मन्त्रानुभावात्स्यान्मथनं क्रियते यदि
Thus, if union is performed by the power of mantra,
तावुभौ मन्त्रकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः
For those two, engaged in the rite with mantra, there is no fault.
स्वस्त्रीविषय एवेदं तयोरपि विधेर्बलात्
This pertains only to one's own wife, even for those two, by the force of injunction.
तयोरपि मनाक्चेन्न निषिद्धदिवसेष्वघम्
Even for those two, if only a little, there is no sin on forbidden days.
पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां प्रीतये मथ्यते ऽधुना
Now, for the satisfaction of the twenty-five principles, union is performed.
तावुभौ पुण्यकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः
For those two, engaged in meritorious acts, there is no fault.
सर्वेषामेव पापानां यौगपद्येन नाशनम्
There is simultaneous destruction of all sins.
अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जपेत्पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
One should recite the fifteen-syllable mantra one thousand and eight times.
सर्वापद्भ्यो विमुच्येत सर्वाभीष्टं च विन्दति
He is freed from all calamities and attains all desired things.
संयोगजस्य पापस्य विशेषं वक्तुमर्हसि
You ought to speak in detail about the sin arising from association.
कर्ता प्रधानः सहकृन्निमित्तो ऽनुमतः क्रमात्
The doer is primary, the assistant, the instigator, and the approver, in order.
क्रमाद्दशांशतो ऽघं स्याच्छुद्धिः पूर्वोक्तमार्गतः
In order, the sin is a tenth part, and purification is as previously described.
लशुनं च कलिङ्गं च महाकोशातकीं तथा
Garlic, asafoetida, and the great myrobalan as well,
औदुंबरं च वार्ताकं कतकं बिल्वमल्लिका
The udumbara fig, eggplant, kataka, bael, and jasmine,
पुरग्रामाङ्गवैश्याङ्गवेश्योपायनविक्रयी
A resident of a city or village, one who accepts gifts from vaiśyas or courtesans,
वैद्यो वैखानसः शैवो नारीजीवो ऽन्नविक्रयी
A physician, a Vaikhānasa, a Shaiva, one who lives by women, or who sells food,
क्रमाद्दशगुणान्न्यूनमेषामन्नादने भवेत्
In sequence, the impurity in eating food from these is tenfold less.
तैरेव दृष्टं तद्भुक्तमुक्तपापं विनिर्दिशेत्
If one eats food seen by them, it is declared to be free from sin.
तैलपक्वमदृष्टं च भुञ्जन्पादमघं भवेत्
But if one eats food cooked in oil and unseen by them, there is a quarter of the sin.
वेश्यायास्तु त्रिपादं स्यात्तथा दृष्टे तदोदने
If it is seen by a courtesan, then there is three-quarters of the sin in that food.
तैलाज्यगुडसंयुक्तं पक्वं वैश्यान्न दुष्यति
Food of a vaiśya, cooked with oil, ghee, and jaggery, does not become impure.
वैश्यावद्ब्राह्मणी भ्रष्टा तया दृष्टेन किञ्चन
A fallen Brahmin woman is like a vaiśya; anything seen by her is likewise.
अथवान्तर्जले जप्त्वाद्रुपदां वा त्रिवारकम्
Alternatively, by reciting in water or on sacred grass three times,
उपोष्य रजनीमेकां ततः पापाद्विशुध्यति
By fasting for one night thereafter, one is purified from sin.