एवं सम्पूज्य षष्ठ्यां तु भक्त्या सम्पूजयेद्द्विजान् सुप्त्वा संप्राश्य गोमूत्रम् उत्थाय कृतनैत्यकः
Thus, having worshipped with devotion on the sixth day, one should also honor the twice-born; after sleeping, sipping cow's urine, and rising, one should perform the daily rites.
सम्पूज्य विप्रानन्नेन गुडपात्रसमन्वितम् तद्वस्त्रयुग्मं पद्मं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
Having honored the Brahmins with food accompanied by a vessel of jaggery, one should offer them a pair of garments and the lotus.
अतैललवणं भुक्त्वा सप्तम्यां मौनसंयुतः ततः पुराणश्रवणं कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता
On the seventh day, eating food without oil and salt, observing silence, one who desires prosperity should then listen to the Purāṇas.
अनेन विधिना सर्वम् उभयोरपि पक्षयोः कृत्वा यावत्पुनर्माघशुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तमी
By performing all this procedure in both fortnights, until the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Māgha returns again,
व्रतान्ते कलशं दद्यात् सुवर्णकमलान्वितम् शय्यां सोपस्करां दद्यात् कपिलां च पयस्विनीम्
At the conclusion of the vow, one should give a pot adorned with a golden lotus, a bed with its furnishings, and a tawny, milk-giving cow.
अनेन विधिना यस्तु वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः विशोकसप्तमीं कुर्यात् स याति परमां गतिम्
Whoever observes the Viśoka Saptamī in this manner, free from miserliness regarding wealth, attains the highest state.
यावज्जन्मसहस्राणां साग्रं कोटिशतं भवेत् तावन्न शोकमभ्येति रोगदौर्गत्यवर्जितः
For as many as a hundred million and one thousand births, he does not encounter sorrow, remaining free from disease and misfortune.
यं यं प्रार्थयते कामं तं तमाप्नोति पुष्कलम् निष्कामः कुरुते यस्तु स परं ब्रह्म गच्छति
Whatever desire one prays for, that he obtains in abundance; but he who performs it without desire attains the Supreme Brahman.
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि विशोकाख्यां च सप्तमीम् सो ऽपीन्द्रलोकमाप्नोति न दुःखी जायते क्वचित्
Whoever recites or hears about this Saptamī called Viśoka also attains the world of Indra and is never born into suffering.
अन्यामपि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्ना तु फलसप्तमीम् यामुपोष्य नरः पापाद् विमुक्तः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्
I shall now describe another, called the Phala Saptamī; by observing it, a man becomes free from sin and attains heaven.
मार्गशीर्षे शुभे मासि सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः तामुपोष्याथ कमलं कारयित्वा तु काञ्चनम्
In the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the seventh day, with a regulated vow, after fasting, one should have a golden lotus made.
शर्करासंयुतं दद्याद् ब्राह्मणाय कुटुम्बिने रविं काञ्चनकं कृत्वा पलस्यैकस्य धर्मवित् दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायां भानुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
One should give to a householder Brahmin a golden image of the Sun, together with sugar, weighing one pala, at both the morning and evening times, saying, 'May the Sun be pleased with me.'
भक्त्या तु विप्रान्सम्पूज्य चाष्टम्यां क्षीरभोजनम् दत्त्वा कुर्यात्फलयुतं यावत्स्यात्कृष्णेसप्तमी
Having worshipped the Brahmins with devotion, and on the eighth day giving them a meal with milk, one should continue the vow with fruit until the Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.
तामप्युपोष्य विधिवद् अनेनैव क्रमेण तु तद्वद्धैमफलं दत्त्वा सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
Observing that as well, in the proper manner and order, one should give a golden fruit adorned with a golden lotus, just as before.
शर्करापात्रसंयुक्तं वस्त्रमाल्यसमन्वितम् संवत्सरं च तेनैव विधिनोभयसप्तमीम्
With a vessel of sugar, together with cloth and garlands, and for a year, in this very manner, one should observe both the seventh days.
उपोष्य दत्त्वा क्रमशः सूर्यमन्त्रमुदीरयेत् भानुरर्को रविर्ब्रह्मा सूर्यः शक्रो हरिः शिवः श्रीमान्विभावसुस्त्वष्टा वरुणः प्रीयतामिति
Having fasted, and having given in order, one should recite the Sun-mantra: 'Bhānu, Arka, Ravi, Brahmā, Sūrya, Śakra, Hari, Śiva, Śrīmān, Vibhāvasu, Tvaṣṭṛ, Varuṇa—may they be pleased.'
प्रतिमासं च सप्तम्याम् एकैकं नाम कीर्तयेत् प्रतिपक्षं फलत्यागम् एतत्कुर्वन्समाचरेत्
On each seventh day of the month, one should recite each name; on each fortnight, one should perform the offering of fruit, doing this regularly.
व्रतान्ते विप्रमिथुनं पूजयेद्वस्त्रभूषणैः शर्कराकलशं दद्याद् धेमपद्मदलान्वितम्
At the end of the vow, one should honor a pair of Brāhmaṇas with cloth and ornaments, and give a sugar pot adorned with golden lotus petals.
यथा न विफलाः कामास् त्वद्भक्तानां सदा रवे तथानन्तफलावाप्तिर् अस्तु मे सप्तजन्मसु
O Sun, just as the desires of your devotees are never fruitless, so may I obtain endless rewards for seven births.
इमामनन्तफलदां यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम् सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते
Whoever performs this sevenfold vow, which grants endless rewards, becomes purified from all sins and is honored in the world of the Sun.
सुरापानादिकं किंचिद् यदत्रामुत्र वा कृतम् तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्
Whatever sin, such as drinking liquor and the like, is committed here or elsewhere, all that is destroyed by one who performs the sevenfold vow.
कुर्वाणः सप्तमीं चेमां सततं रोगवर्जितः भूतान्भव्यांश्च पुरुषांस् तारयेदेकविंशतिम् यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि सो ऽपि कल्याणभाग्भवेत्
One who always performs this seventh-day vow remains free from disease and delivers twenty-one beings, both past and future; whoever hears or recites this also attains blessedness.
शर्करासप्तमीं वक्ष्ये तद्वत्कल्मषनाशिनीम् आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं ययानन्तं प्रजायते
I will now describe the Sugar Seventh-day vow, which likewise destroys sin; by which endless life, health, and prosperity arise.
माधवस्य सिते पक्षे सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः प्रातः स्नात्वा तिलैः शुक्लैः शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः
On the seventh day of the bright fortnight of Mādhava, with firm resolve, having bathed in the morning, one should use white sesame and anoint with white garlands.
स्थण्डिले पद्ममालिख्य कुङ्कुमेन सकर्णिकम् तस्मिन्नमः सवित्रे तु गन्धधूपौ निवेदयेत्
On a clean spot, drawing a lotus with a center using saffron, one should offer fragrance and incense there to Savitṛ, with reverence.
स्थापयेदुदकुम्भं च शर्करापात्रसंयुतम् शुक्लवस्त्रैरलंकृत्य शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः सुवर्णेन समायुक्तं मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
One should place a water pot together with a vessel of sugar, adorn it with white cloths and white garlands, and worship it with gold, using this mantra.
विश्ववेदमयो यस्माद् वेदवादीति पठ्यसे सर्वस्यामृतमेव त्वम् अतः शान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे
Since you are composed of all the Vedas, you are called Vedavādi; you are the nectar of all—therefore, grant me peace.
पञ्चगव्यं ततः पीत्वा स्वपेत्तत्पार्श्वतः क्षितौ सौरसूक्तं स्मरन्नास्ते पुराणश्रवणेन च
Then, having drunk pañcagavya, one should sleep on the ground beside it, remembering the hymn to the Sun and listening to the Purāṇas.
अहोरात्रे गते पश्चाद् अष्टम्यां कृतनैत्यकः तत्सर्वं विदुषे तद्वद् ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
After a day and night have passed, on the eighth day, having performed the daily rites, one should give all that to a learned Brāhmaṇa in the same way.
भोजयेच्छक्तितो विप्राञ् छर्कराघृतपायसैः भुञ्जीतातैललवणं स्वयमप्यथ वाग्यतः
One should feed Brāhmaṇas as able with sugar, ghee, and rice pudding; oneself should eat food without oil and salt, remaining self-controlled.