अथ लक्ष्म्यवतारो ऽन्यः कीर्त्यते मुनिसत्तम
Now, O best of sages, another incarnation of Lakṣmī is described.
बगलामुखसर्वान्ते इन्धिकाह्रादिनीयुता
At the end of all, Bagalāmukhī, accompanied by the fire-offering and other rites, is present.
वाचं मुखं पदं स्तंभयान्ते जिह्वापदं वदेत्
At the end, one should utter: 'May speech, mouth, and word be paralyzed; may the tongue and word be stilled.'
तारो ऽग्निसुंदरी मन्त्रो बगलायाः प्रकीर्तितः
The mantra of Bagalā is called Tārāgnisuṃdarī.
देवता नेत्रपञ्चेषुनवपञ्चदिगर्णकैः
The goddess is to be worshipped with five arrows of the eyes and with fifteen guardians of the directions.
स्वर्णासनस्थां हेमाभां स्तंभिनीमिन्दुशेखराम्
Seated on a golden throne, shining like gold, she is the paralyzer, crowned with the moon.
एवं ध्यात्वाजपेल्लक्षमयुतं चंपकोद्भवैः
Thus meditating, one should recite a hundred thousand times, using champaka flowers.
चन्दनागुरुचन्द्राद्यैः पूजार्थं यन्त्रमालिखेत्
For the purpose of worship, one should draw the yantra with sandalwood, aguru, camphor, and other substances.
मङ्गला स्तंभिनी चैव जृंभिणी मोहिनी तथा
Maṅgalā, Staṃbhinī, Jṛṃbhiṇī, and also Mohinī are (her forms).
धात्री च कलना कालकर्षिणी भ्रामिकापि च
Dhātrī, Kalanā, Kālakarṣiṇī, and also Bhrāmikā (are her forms).
भूगृहस्य चतुर्दिक्षु पूर्वादिषु यजेत्क्रमात्
In the four directions of the house, beginning with the east, one should perform worship in sequence.
इन्द्रादींश्च ततो बाह्ये निजायुधसमन्वितान्
Then, outside of that, one should worship Indra and the other deities, each accompanied by their own weapons.
पीतवस्त्रपदासीनः पीतमाल्यानुलेपनः
Seated on a yellow cloth, adorned with yellow garlands and ointments,
पीतां ध्यायन्भगवतीं पयोमध्ये ऽयुतं जपेत्
Meditating on the yellow goddess, one should recite the mantra a hundred thousand times in the midst of milk.
मधुरत्रितयाक्तैः स्यादाकर्षो लवर्णैर्ध्रुवम्
By the utterance of the threefold sweetness, attraction is surely achieved with the syllables of 'la'.
ताललोणहरिद्राभिर्द्विषां संस्तंभनं भवेत्
With tal, salt, and turmeric, the restraint of enemies is accomplished.
श्मशाने पावके हुत्वा नाशयेदचिरादरीन्
By offering oblations in the cremation ground's fire, enemies are destroyed without delay.
गृहधूमं चितावह्नौ हुत्वा प्रोच्चाटयेद्रिपून्
By offering the smoke of the house into the funeral pyre's fire, enemies are expelled.
जुहोति सो ऽखिलान् रोगान् शमयेद्दर्शनादपि
He who offers oblations dispels all diseases, even by mere sight.
ब्रह्मचर्यरतो लक्षं जपेदखिलसिद्धये
Devoted to celibacy, one should recite the mantra a hundred thousand times for the attainment of all accomplishments.
त्रिशतं मन्त्रितं पीतं हन्याद्विषपराभवम्
Three hundred times, if the mantra is recited over yellow, it destroys the defeat by poison.
अलक्तरञ्जिते लक्षं मन्त्रयेन्मनुनामुना
On a surface dyed with lac, one should recite the mantra a hundred thousand times, using the prescribed formula.
पारदं च शिलां तालं पिष्टं मधुसमन्वितम्
Mercury, stone, and tal, ground together with honey,
अदृश्यः स्यान्नृणामेष आश्चर्य्यं दृश्यतामिदम्
This becomes invisible to people; let this wonder be seen.
हरितालनिशाचूर्णैरुन्मत्तुरससंयुतैः
With powders of orpiment and nightshade, mixed with the juice of datura,
तद्यन्त्रं स्थापितप्राणं पीतसूत्रेण वेष्टयेत्
One should wrap the device, whose life has been established, with a yellow thread.
रचयेदृषभं रम्यं यन्त्रं तन्मध्यतः क्षिपेत्
One should construct a beautiful bull-shaped device and place it in the center of that.
स्तंभयेद्विद्विषां वाचं गतिं कार्यपरंपराम्
He restrains the speech, movement, and succession of actions of enemies.
अङ्गारेण चितास्थेन तत्र यन्त्रं समालिखेत्
With a coal taken from the funeral pyre, one should inscribe the diagram there.
प्रेतवस्त्रे लिखेद्यन्त्रं अङ्गारेणैव तत्पुनः
On a shroud of the dead, one should again draw the diagram with the same coal.