आदित्यभूसुतबुधमन्ददेवेज्यराहवः
The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Saturn, the gods, Jupiter, and Rahu.
रक्तारुणश्वेतनीलपीतधूम्रसितासिताः
Red, crimson, white, blue, yellow, smoky, grey, and black.
सोकपालांस्तदस्त्राणि तद्वाह्ये पूजयेत्सुधीः
A wise person should worship the guardians of the quarters, their weapons, and those outside them.
पौर्णमास्यां जिताहारो दद्यादर्ध्यं विधूदये
On the full moon, having subdued the appetite, one should offer libation at moonrise.
पश्चिमे मण्डले स्थित्वा पूजाद्रव्यं च मध्यमे
Standing in the western circle, and with the worship materials in the middle.
समभ्यर्च्यं विधानेन पीठपूजनपूर्वकम्
One should worship according to the procedure, after first worshipping the seat.
सुरभीपयसापूर्य्य तं स्पृशन्प्रजपेन्मनुम्
Filling it with fragrant milk, touching it, one should recite the mantra.
दद्यान्निशाकरायार्ध्यं सर्वाभीष्टार्थसिद्धये
One should offer libation to the moon for the accomplishment of all desired aims.
वषान्तरेण सवष्टं प्राप्नोति भुविमानवः
Within a year, with the prescribed rites, a person attains prosperity on earth.
चन्द्रमुखि द्विठान्तो ऽयं विद्यामन्त्र उदाहृतः
This mantra of knowledge, called Candramukhi, ends in two syllables.
धनं धान्यं सुतान्पौत्रान्सौभाग्यं लभते ऽचिरात्
He quickly obtains wealth, grain, sons, grandsons, and good fortune.
तारो दीर्घेन्दुयुग्व्योम तदेवेन्दुयुतः पुनः
The syllables are: tā, ra, dīrgha (long vowel), indu (moon), yug (pair), vyoma (sky), and again with indu (moon).
षडर्णो ऽयं महामन्त्रो मङ्गलस्याखिलेष्टदः
This six-syllabled great mantra grants all desired auspiciousness.
मन्त्रार्णैः षड्भिरङ्गानि क्रुर्वन्ध्यायेद्धरात्मजम्
With these six mantra-syllables, a woman without children should meditate on the son of the earth.
करैर्बिभ्राणमीशानस्वेदजं भूंसुतं स्मरेत्
She should remember the sweat-born son of the Lord, holding him with her hands.
समिद्भिर्जुहुयादग्नौ शैवे पीठे यजेत्कुजम्
She should offer oblations with sacred sticks into the fire, and worship Kuja on a Shaiva altar.
मङ्गलोभूमिपुत्रश्च ऋणहर्ता धनप्रदः
Maṅgala, the son of the earth, is the remover of debts and the giver of wealth.
लोहितो लोहिताक्षश्च सामगानां कृपाकरः
He is Lohita, Lohitākṣa, compassionate to those who sing Sāma hymns.
अङ्गारको महीसूनुः सर्वरोगापहारकः
Aṅgāraka, the son of the earth, removes all diseases.
इत्येक र्विशतिः प्रोक्ता मूर्तयो भूसुतस्य वै
Thus, twenty-one forms of the son of the earth have been described.
इन्द्राद्यानपि वज्रादीनेवं सिद्धो भवेन्मनुः
By this, a person becomes accomplished, like Indra and the others with their thunderbolts.
मार्गशीर्षे ऽथ वैशाखे व्रतारंभः प्रशस्यते
The beginning of the vow is especially praised in Mārgaśīrṣa or Vaiśākha.
विनिर्वर्त्य रदान्धावेदपामार्गेण वाग्यता
After completing the dental rituals, one should observe silence according to the prescribed method.
नैवेद्यादींश्च संभारान्रक्तान्सर्वान्प्रकल्पयेत्
He should prepare all the offerings, beginning with the food, so that they are all red.
रक्तगोगोमयालिप्तभूमौ रक्तासने विशेत्
On ground smeared with red cow dung, he should sit on a red seat.
मङ्गलादीनि नामानि स्वकीयाङ्गेषु विन्यसेत्
He should place the names of Maṅgala and others on his own limbs.
धरात्मजं नसोरक्ष्णोः कुजं भौमं ललाटके
He should place the son of the earth on his nostrils and eyes, Kuja and Bhauma on his forehead.
अङ्गारकं शिखायां च सर्वाङ्गे च महीसुतम्
He should place Aṅgāraka on his topknot and Mahīsuta on all his limbs.
मूर्द्धादि वृष्टिकर्तारमापादान्तं न्यसेत्सुधीः
The wise should place the rain-making symbol from the crown of the head to the tips of the feet.
न्यसेदन्ते ततो दिक्षु सर्वकार्यार्थसिद्धिदम्
Then, one should place it at the ends and in the directions, which brings success in all undertakings.