दृष्ट्वा च मानसैर्द्रव्यैः प्रार्थयेन्मनुनामुना
Having seen this, one should offer with mental substances and pray with the prescribed mantra.
प्रातः समुत्थाय तव प्रियार्थं संसारयात्रां त्वनुवर्तयिष्ये
Rising in the morning, for your sake, I will follow the journey of worldly life.
तततः कुर्यात्सर्वसिद्ध्यै त्वजपाया निवेदनम्
Then, for the attainment of all accomplishments, one should offer the ajapa.
अजपाख्यां तु गायत्रीं जीवोजपति सर्वदा
The living being always recites the Gayatri known as ajapa.
देवता परमोहंसश्चाद्यन्ते बीजशक्तिकम्
The deity is the supreme swan, at the beginning and end, endowed with seed and power.
निराभासश्च धर्मश्च ज्ञानं चेति तथा पुनः
It is without appearance, is righteousness, and is knowledge—so it is again.
जातयुक्तान्साधकेन्द्र षडङ्गेषु नियोजयेत्
The accomplished adept should assign those born with such qualities to the six limbs.
सकारस्तादृशश्चैव प्रवेशे ध्यानमीरितम्
The syllable 'sa' is thus prescribed for meditation at the entrance.
मूलाधारे वादिसांतबीजयुक्ते चतुर्दले
In the root center, with the seed from 'va' to 'sa', in the four-petaled lotus.
पाशाङ्कुशसुधापात्रमोदकोल्लासपाणये
Holding a noose, goad, nectar vessel, and sweet delight in her hands.
स्वाधिष्टाने विद्रुमाभे वादिलान्तार्णसंयुते
In the sacral center, shining like coral, joined from 'va' to 'la' within.
स्रुवाक्षमालालसितबाहवे पद्मजन्मने
With hands adorned with a ladle and rosary, O lotus-born one.
विद्युल्लसितमेघाभे डादिफआन्तार्णपत्रके
With leaves dark as rain clouds lit by lightning, bearing the marks from ḍa to pha within,
सश्रिये षट्सहस्रं च विष्णवे विनिवेदयेत्
With beauty, let six thousand be offered to Viṣṇu.
शुक्ले शूलाभयवरसधाकलशधारिणे
To the white one, holding trident, gesture of fearlessness, boon-bestowing, and a pot,
वृषारूढाय रुद्राय षट्सहस्रं निवेदयेत्
To Rudra, mounted on the bull, let six thousand be offered.
महाज्योतिप्रकाशायेन्द्रियाधिपतये ततः
Then, to the great light, the lord of the senses,
आज्ञाचक्रे हक्षयुक्ते द्विदिले ऽब्जे सहस्रकम्
In the command-wheel, joined with the letter ha, in the two-petalled lotus, a thousand (should be offered).
सहस्रारे महापद्मे नादबिन्दुद्वयान्विते
In the thousand-petalled great lotus, endowed with the duality of sound and point,
प्ररमाद्ये च गुरवे सहस्रं विनिवेदयेत्
At the beginning of worship, to the teacher, a thousand should be offered.
एकविंशतिसाहस्रप्रमितस्य जपस्य च
Of the recitation measured as twenty-one thousand,
संकल्पेन मोक्षदाता विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
With the resolve: 'May Viṣṇu, the giver of liberation, be pleased with me.'
ब्रह्मैवाहं न संसारी नित्यमुक्तो न शोकभाक्
I am truly Brahman, not bound in worldly existence, ever free, untouched by sorrow.
ततः समाचरेद्देहकृत्यं देवार्चनं तथा
Then one should perform bodily duties and likewise the worship of the gods.
तद्धिधानं प्रवक्ष्यामि सदाचारस्य लक्षणम्
I shall now explain the method of placing that, the mark of good conduct.
समुद्रमेखले देवि पर्वतस्तनमण्डले
O goddess, with the ocean as her girdle, and mountains as her breasts,
इति भूमिं तु संप्रार्थ्य विहरेञ्च यथाविधि
Thus, having prayed to the earth, one should move about according to the proper rule.
गच्छन्तु ऋषयो देवाः पिशाचा ये च गुह्यकाः
Let the seers, gods, spirits, and those who are secretive depart.
इति तालत्रयं दत्वा शिरः प्रावृत्य वाससा
Thus, giving three claps and covering the head with a cloth,
मलं विसृज्य सौचं तु मृदाद्भिः समुपाचरेत्
Having evacuated waste, one should perform purification with earth and water.