वसनं भूषणं माल्यं गन्धमाचमनीयकम् । मनोहरं सुतल्पं च देयान्येतानि षोडश
Clothing, ornaments, garlands, fragrance, water for sipping, a delightful soft bed—these sixteen should be given.
दारुसारविकारं च हेमादिनिर्मितं च वा । देवाधारं पुण्यदं च मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम्
A vessel made of sandalwood or crafted from gold and other materials, a support for the deity, bestowing merit, I have offered to You.
तीर्थोदकं च पाद्यं च पुण्यदं प्रीतिदं महत् । पूजाङ्गभूतं शुद्धं च मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम्
Sacred water from holy places, water for washing the feet, bestowing merit and great delight, pure and essential for worship, I have offered to You.
पवित्ररूपमर्घ्यं च दूर्वापुष्पदलान्वितम् । पुण्यदं शङ्खतोयाक्तं मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम्
Pure water for offering, adorned with blades of sacred grass and flower petals, bestowing merit, water from a conch, I have offered to You.
सुगन्धं गन्धतोयं च स्नेहं सौगन्धकारकम् । मया निवेदितं भक्त्या स्नानीयं प्रतिगृह्यताम्
Fragrant scented water, oil producing fragrance, I have offered with devotion; please accept this water for bathing.
गन्धद्रव्योद्भवं पुण्यं प्रीतिदं दिव्यगन्धदम् । मया निवेदितं भक्त्या गन्धतोयं तवाम्बिके
Sacred, delightful, divine-scented water derived from fragrant substances, I have offered with devotion, O Ambika, this scented water to You.
सर्वमङ्गलरूपं च सर्वं च मङ्गलप्रदम् । पुण्यदं च सुधूपं तं गृहाण परमेश्वरि
All-auspicious in form and bestowing all auspiciousness, meritorious and excellent incense, please accept this, O Supreme Lady.
सुगन्धयुक्तं सुखदं मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम् । जगतां दर्शनार्थाय प्रदीपं दीप्तिकारकम्
Fragrant and pleasing, I have offered to You; for the vision of the worlds, the lamp that brings illumination.
अन्धकारध्वंसबीजं मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम् । तुष्टिदं पुष्टिदं चैव प्रीतिदं क्षुद्विनाशनम्
The seed for dispelling darkness, I have offered to You; it brings satisfaction, nourishment, delight, and removes hunger.
पुण्यदं स्वादुरूपं च नैवेद्यं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । ताम्बूलप्रवरं रम्यं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम्
Meritorious and sweet in form, please accept this food offering; the excellent betel, charming and scented with camphor and other fragrances.
तुष्टिदं पुष्टिदं चैव मया तुभ्यं निवेदितम् । सुशीतलं वारि शीतं पिपासानाशकारणम्
Bringing satisfaction and nourishment, I have offered to You; the pure, cool water, cold and quenching thirst.
जगतां जीवनरूपं च जीवनं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । देहशोभास्वरूपं च सभाशोभाविवर्धनम्
The essence of life for all beings, please accept this life-giving offering; the form that enhances bodily radiance and increases the splendor of the assembly.
कार्पासजं च कृमिजं वसनं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । काञ्चनादिविनिर्माणं श्रीकरं श्रीयुतं सदा
Clothing made of cotton or silk, please accept; always crafted from gold and other materials, bringing prosperity and adorned with wealth.
सुखदं पुण्यदं रत्नभूषणं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । नानावृक्षसमुद्भूतं नानारूपसमन्वितम्
Pleasing, meritorious, gem-studded ornaments, please accept; produced from various trees and endowed with various forms.
फलस्वरूपं फलदं फलं च प्रतिगृह्यताम् । सर्वमङ्गलरूपं च सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम्
May the fruit, the giver of fruits, and the fruit itself be accepted; that which is the form of all auspiciousness, the most auspicious among all auspicious things.
नानापुष्पविनिर्माणं बहुशोभासमन्वितम् । प्रीतिदं पुण्यदं चैव माल्यं च प्रतिगृह्यताम्
May this garland, fashioned from various flowers, endowed with much beauty, bestowing delight and merit, be accepted.
पुण्यदं च सुगन्धाढ्यं गन्धं च देवि गृह्यताम् । सिन्दूरं च वरं रम्यं भालशोभाविवर्धनम्
O Goddess, may this fragrance, rich in sweet scent and bestowing merit, be accepted, as well as this excellent, lovely vermilion, which increases the beauty of the forehead.
भूषणानां च प्रवरं सिन्दूरं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । विशुद्धं ग्रन्थिसंयुक्तं पुण्यसूत्रविनिर्मितम्
May this vermilion, the best among ornaments, pure and joined with knots, made from a meritorious thread, be accepted.
पवित्रं वेदमन्त्रेण यज्ञसूत्रं च गृह्यताम् । द्रव्याण्येतानि मूलेन दत्त्वा स्तोत्रं पठेत्सुधीः
May this sacred yajña-thread, consecrated with Vedic mantras, be accepted; having given these materials in full, the wise one should recite the hymn.
ततो विप्राय भक्त्या च व्रती दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम् । सावित्रीति चतुर्थ्यन्तं वह्निजायान्तमेव च
Then, with devotion, the vow-holder should give a gift to the brāhmaṇa, reciting the Sāvitrī mantra up to the fourth case ending and up to the phrase 'born from fire'.
लक्ष्मीमायाकामपूर्वं मन्त्रमष्टाक्षरं विदुः । माध्यन्दिनोक्तं स्तोत्रं च सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
They know the eight-syllabled mantra of Lakṣmī, Māyā, and Kāma as preceding, and the midday hymn, which grants the fruits of all desires.
विप्रजीवनरूपं च निबोध कथयामि ते । कृष्णेन दत्तां सावित्रीं गोलोके ब्रह्मणे पुरा
Hear from me the account of the sustenance of the brāhmaṇas: formerly, in Goloka, Kṛṣṇa gave the Sāvitrī to Brahmā.
नायाति सा तेन सार्धं ब्रह्मलोके च नारद । ब्रह्मा कृष्णाज्ञया भक्त्या तुष्टाव वेदमातरम्
O Nārada, she did not go with him to Brahmaloka; then, by Kṛṣṇa's command, Brahmā worshipped the Mother of the Vedas with devotion.
तदा सा परितुष्टा च ब्रह्माणं चकमे पतिम् । ब्रह्मोवाव सच्चिदानन्दरूपे त्वं मूलप्रकृतिरूपिणि
Then, being satisfied, she chose Brahmā as her husband. Brahmā said: 'You are of the nature of existence, consciousness, and bliss, the embodiment of primal nature.'
हिरण्यगर्भरूपे त्वं प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि । तेजःस्वरूपे परमे परमानन्दरूपिणि
You are of the form of Hiraṇyagarbha; be gracious, O beautiful one, you who are the essence of light, supreme, and the embodiment of supreme bliss.
द्विजातीनां जातिरूपे प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि । नित्ये नित्यप्रिये देवि नित्यानन्दस्वरूपिणि
You are the origin of the twice-born; be gracious, O beautiful one, O eternal, beloved of the eternal, O Goddess, embodiment of eternal bliss.
सर्वमङ्गलरूपे च प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि । सर्वस्वरूपे विप्राणां मन्त्रसारे परात्परे
You are the form of all auspiciousness; be gracious, O beautiful one, you who are the essence of all, supreme among mantras for the brāhmaṇas.
सुखदे मोक्षदे देवि प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि । विप्रपापेध्मदाहाय ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमे
Giver of happiness and liberation, O Goddess, be gracious, O beautiful one, blazing like a flaming fire to burn away the sins of brāhmaṇas.
बह्मतेजःप्रदे देवि प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि । कायेन मनसा वाचा यत्पापं कुरुते नरः
Bestower of great brilliance, O Goddess, be gracious, O beautiful one; whatever sin a person commits by body, mind, or speech,
तत्त्वत्स्मरणमात्रेण भस्मीभूतं भविष्यति । इत्युक्त्वा जगतां धाता तस्थौ तत्रैव संसदि
By merely remembering you, it will be reduced to ashes. Having spoken thus, the Creator of the worlds remained there in the assembly.