पालाशाभिरवाप्नोति समिद्भिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसम् । पलाशकुसुमैर्हुत्वा सर्वमिष्टमवाप्नुयात्
By offering palāśa wood as fuel, one attains the brilliance of Brahman; by offering palāśa flowers, one attains all desired things.
पयो हुत्वाऽऽप्नुयान्मेधामाज्यं बुद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । अभिमन्त्र्य पिबेद् ब्राह्मं रसं मेधामवाप्नुयात्
By offering milk, one attains intelligence; by offering clarified butter, one attains wisdom. By consecrating and drinking the Brahma essence, one attains intelligence.
पुष्पहोमे भवेद्वासस्तन्तुभिस्तद्विधं पटम् । लवणं मधुसम्मिश्रं हुत्वेष्टं वशमानयेत्
Through a flower offering, one obtains clothing made of threads of that kind; by offering salt mixed with honey, one brings the desired under control.
नयेदिष्टं वशं हुत्वा लक्ष्मीपुष्पैर्मधुप्लुतैः । नित्यमञ्जलिनाऽऽत्मानमभिषिञ्चेज्जले स्थितः
By offering Lakshmi flowers soaked in honey, one brings the desired under control; always, with folded hands, one should anoint oneself while standing in water.
मतिमारोग्यमायुष्यमग्र्यं स्वास्थ्यमवाप्नुयात् । कुर्याद्विप्रोऽन्यमुद्दिश्य सोऽपि पुष्टिमवाप्नुयात्
One attains intelligence, health, longevity, and excellent well-being; if a Brahmin performs this for another, that person also attains nourishment.
अथ चारुविधिर्मासं सहस्रं प्रत्यहं जपेत् । आयुष्कामः शुचौ देशे प्राप्नुयादायुरूत्तमम्
Then, by performing the beautiful rite, reciting a thousand times daily for a month, one seeking longevity in a pure place attains supreme life span.
आयुरारोग्यकामस्तु जपेन्मासद्वयं द्विजः । भवेदायुष्यमारोग्यं श्रियै मासत्रयं जपेत्
A twice-born desiring longevity and health should recite for two months; longevity and health are attained, and for prosperity, one should recite for three months.
आयुः श्रीपुत्रदाराद्याश्चतुर्भिश्च यशो जपात् । पुत्रदारायुरारोग्यं श्रियं विद्यां च पञ्चभिः
Longevity, prosperity, sons, wives, and fame are attained by reciting for four months; sons, wives, longevity, health, prosperity, and knowledge are attained by reciting for five months.
एवमेवोत्तरान्कामान् मासैरेवोत्तरैर्व्रजेत् । एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहुः स्थित्वा निराश्रयः
In this way, one attains higher desires by reciting for additional months; one should recite standing on one foot, with arms raised, without support.
मासं शतत्रयं विप्रः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् । एवं शतोत्तरं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात्
A Brahmin who recites for three hundred months attains all desires; likewise, by reciting for one hundred more, one attains a thousand and everything.
रुद्ध्वा प्राणमपानं च जपेन्मासं शतत्रयम् । यदिच्छेत्तदवाप्नोति सहस्रात्परमाप्नुयात्
By restraining the breath and the downward breath, and reciting for three hundred months, whatever one desires is attained, and more than a thousand is attained.
एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहू रुद्ध्वानिलं वशः । मासं शतमवाप्नोति यदिच्छेदिति कौशिकः
Reciting standing on one foot, with arms raised, controlling the breath, one attains whatever is desired by reciting for a hundred months, O Kauśika.
एवं शतत्रयं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात् । निमज्ज्याप्सु जपेन्मासं शतमिष्टमवाप्नुयात्
Thus, by reciting for three hundred months, one attains a thousand and everything; by immersing oneself in water and reciting for a hundred months, one attains what is desired.
एवं शतत्रयं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात् । एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहू रुद्ध्वा निराश्रयः
Thus, by reciting for three hundred months, one attains a thousand and everything; reciting standing on one foot, with arms raised, restraining oneself without support.
नक्तमश्नन् हविष्यान्नं वत्सरादृषितामियात् । गीरमोघा भवेदेवं जप्त्वा संवत्सरद्वयम्
By eating only at night and subsisting on sacrificial food, one attains the desired result in a year; by reciting thus for two years, one's speech becomes unfailing.
त्रिवत्सरं जपेदेवं भवेत्त्रैकालदर्शनम् । आयाति भगवान्देवश्चतुःसंवत्सरं जपेत्
By reciting thus for three years, one gains the vision of the three times; by reciting for four years, the blessed Lord himself appears.
पञ्चभिर्वत्सरैरेवमणिमादिगुणो भवेत् । एवं षड्वत्सरं जप्त्वा कामरूपित्वमाप्नुयात्
By five years in this way, one attains the powers beginning with aṇimā; by reciting for six years, one obtains the ability to assume any form at will.
सप्तिभिर्वत्सरैरेवममरत्वमवाप्नुयात् । मनुत्वं नवभिः सिद्धमिन्द्रत्वं दशभिर्भवेत्
By seven years in this way, one attains immortality; with nine years, one achieves the status of Manu, and with ten years, the status of Indra.
एकादशभिराप्नोति प्राजापत्यं सुवत्सरैः । बह्मत्वं प्राप्नुयादेवं जप्त्वा द्वादशवत्सरान्
By eleven years, one attains the status of Prajāpati; by reciting for twelve years, one attains the state of Brahmā.
एतेनैव जिता लोकास्तपसा नारदादिभिः । शाकमन्ये परे मूलं फलमन्ये पयः परे
By this very austerity, the worlds have been conquered by Nārada and others; some subsist on vegetables, others on roots, some on fruits, and others on milk.
घृतमन्ये परे सोममपरे चरुवृत्तयः । ऋषयः पक्षमश्नन्ति केचिद्भैक्ष्याशिनोऽहनि
Some subsist on clarified butter, others on soma, some on offerings of cooked food; some sages eat every fortnight, some live on alms once a day.
हविष्यमपरेऽश्नन्तः कुर्वन्त्येव परं तपः । अथ शुद्ध्यै रहस्यानां त्रिसहस्रं जपेद् द्विजः
Others eat only sacrificial food, performing intense austerity; now, for purification, a twice-born should recite the secret mantra three thousand times.
मासं शुद्धो भवेत्स्तेयात्सुवर्णस्य द्विजोत्तमः । जपेन्मासं त्रिसाहस्रं सुरापः शुद्धिमाप्नुयात्
By reciting three thousand times for a month, a twice-born who has stolen gold becomes pure; likewise, one who has drunk liquor attains purification by reciting three thousand times for a month.
मासं जपेत् त्रिसाहस्रं शुचिः स्याद् गुरुतल्पगः । त्रिसहस्रं जपेन्मासं कुटीं कृत्वा वने वसन्
By reciting three thousand times for a month, one who has approached his teacher's wife becomes pure; by reciting three thousand times for a month while dwelling in a hut in the forest, one is freed from the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa.
ब्रह्महा मुच्यते पापादिति कौशिकभाषितम् । द्वादशाहं निमज्ज्याप्सु सहस्रं प्रत्यहं जपेत्
Thus it is declared by Kauśika: by immersing in water for twelve days and reciting a thousand times each day, one is freed from all great sins.
मुच्येरन्नंहसः सर्वे महापातकिनो द्विजाः । त्रिसाहस्रं जपेन्मासं प्राणानायम्य वाग्यतः
All twice-born who are great sinners are freed from sin by this; by reciting three thousand times for a month, restraining the breath and controlling speech.
महापातकयुक्तो वा मुच्यते महतो भयात् । प्राणायामसहस्रेण ब्रह्महापि विशुध्यति
Even one afflicted with great sin is freed from great fear; by a thousand prāṇāyāmas, even a brāhmaṇa-slayer becomes purified.
षट्कृत्वस्त्वभ्यसेदूर्ध्वं प्राणापानौ समाहितः । प्राणायामो भवेदेष सर्वपापप्रणाशनः
Practicing this six times, with mind fixed on the upward and downward breaths, this prāṇāyāma destroys all sins.
सहस्रमभ्यसेन्मासं क्षितिपः शुचितामियात् । द्वादशाहं त्रिसाहस्रं जपेद्धि गोवधे द्विजः
By practicing a thousand times for a month, a king attains purity; for killing a cow, a twice-born should recite three thousand times for twelve days.
अगम्यागमनस्तेयहननाभक्ष्यभक्षणे । दशसाहस्रमभ्यस्ता गायत्री शोधयेद् द्विजम्
For approaching the forbidden, theft, killing, or eating what should not be eaten, by practicing the Gāyatrī ten thousand times, a twice-born is purified.