On the sixth day of the sacred observance, the devotee begins with heartfelt worship, offering reverence and devotion to the divine. After honoring the twice-born—those learned Brahmins—he rests, then awakens to sip cow’s urine as a purifying act, and rises to perform the daily rites. The Brahmins are treated with special respect: they are served food accompanied by a vessel of jaggery, gifted a pair of garments, and presented with the lotus. On the seventh day, the devotee eats simple food, avoiding oil and salt, and observes silence. Those who seek prosperity should listen attentively to the Purāṇas, absorbing their wisdom. This entire procedure is to be performed in both fortnights, continuing until the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Māgha returns once more. At the conclusion of the vow, the devotee offers a pot adorned with a golden lotus, a bed with its furnishings, and a tawny cow that gives milk. Whoever observes the Viśoka Saptamī in this manner, free from miserliness and generous with wealth, attains the highest state. For a hundred million and one thousand births, such a person does not encounter sorrow, remaining free from disease and misfortune. Whatever desire is prayed for, it is obtained in abundance; but those who perform the vow without desire attain the Supreme Brahman. Even those who recite or hear about the Viśoka Saptamī attain the world of Indra and are never born into suffering. Now, another sacred vow is described: the Phala Saptamī. By observing it, a person becomes free from sin and attains heaven. In the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the seventh day, with regulated discipline and fasting, one should have a golden lotus made. A golden image of the Sun is to be given to a householder Brahmin, along with sugar weighing one pala, at both morning and evening, accompanied by the prayer, “May the Sun be pleased with me.” The Brahmins are worshipped with devotion, and on the eighth day, a meal with milk is given to them. The devotee continues the vow, subsisting on fruit until the Kṛṣṇa Saptamī. This observance is continued in the proper manner, and a golden fruit adorned with a golden lotus is given, just as before. With a vessel of sugar, cloth, and garlands, for a year the devotee observes both seventh days in this way. After fasting and giving in order, the devotee recites the Sun-mantra: “Bhānu, Arka, Ravi, Brahmā, Sūrya, Śakra, Hari, Śiva, Śrīmān, Vibhāvasu, Tvaṣṭṛ, Varuṇa—may they be pleased.” On each seventh day of the month, each name is recited; on each fortnight, fruit is offered, maintaining regularity. At the end of the vow, a pair of Brāhmaṇas are honored with cloth and ornaments, and a sugar pot adorned with golden lotus petals is given. The devotee prays, “O Sun, just as the desires of your devotees are never fruitless, so may I obtain endless rewards for seven births.” Whoever performs this sevenfold vow, which grants endless rewards, is purified from all sins and honored in the world of the Sun. Even the gravest sins, such as drinking liquor and the like, are destroyed by one who performs the sevenfold vow. Those who always perform the seventh-day vow remain free from disease and deliver twenty-one beings, both past and future; those who hear or recite this also attain blessedness. Next, the Sugar Seventh-day vow is revealed, a rite that destroys sin and brings endless life, health, and prosperity. On the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Mādhava, with firm resolve and after bathing in the morning, the devotee uses white sesame and anoints with white garlands. On a clean spot, a lotus is drawn with saffron at its center, and fragrance and incense are offered there to Savitṛ with reverence. A water pot, together with a vessel of sugar, is placed and adorned with white cloths and white garlands. The devotee worships it with gold, reciting the mantra: “Since you are composed of all the Vedas, you are called Vedavādi; you are the nectar of all—therefore, grant me peace.” After drinking pañcagavya, the devotee sleeps on the ground beside the offerings, remembering the hymn to the Sun and listening to the Purāṇas. After a day and night have passed, on the eighth day, the daily rites are performed, and all offerings are given to a learned Brāhmaṇa in the same manner. The Brahmins are fed as able with sugar, ghee, and rice pudding, while the devotee eats food without oil and salt, remaining self-controlled. This entire rite is performed every month; at the end of the year, a bed with a sugar pot is offered. Together with all necessary items, and a single milking cow, the devotee gives a house furnished with all equipment, according to ability: a thousand gold coins, or a hundred, or ten, or even one, or half of one. A horse of gold is also given, with recitation of mantras, and the devotee avoids deceit regarding wealth, for acting thus brings fault. It is remembered that from the mouth of the one drinking nectar, drops of the sun’s nectar fell upon the earth, which became rice and barley. Sugar is supreme; the essence of sugarcane possesses the nature of nectar. Sugar, coming from the sun, is auspicious and fit for offerings to ancestors and gods. This is the Sugar Seventh, which grants the fruit of the horse sacrifice, dispels all evils, and increases sons and grandsons. Whoever performs it with supreme devotion attains a good destiny, dwells in heaven for an age, and then reaches the highest state. Whoever hears, remembers, or recites this faultless account receives wisdom in the realm of the sun and is honored by the gods and celestial maidens. Finally, the Lotus Seventh is introduced, by whose mere mention the sun is pleased here.