दध्योदनेन नैवेद्यं दद्यात्साधकसत्तमः
The best practitioner should offer as food boiled rice with curd.
एवं कृते तु नष्टानां महिषीणां गवामपि
When this is done, even lost buffaloes and cows
चौरादिदुष्टसत्त्वानां सर्पादीनां भये पुनः
and in the case of fear from evil beings such as thieves or serpents,
पूर्वद्वारे गजः स्थाप्यो दक्षिणे महिषस्तथा
an elephant should be placed at the eastern door, and a buffalo at the southern.
एवं क्रमेण खड्गं च क्षुरिकादण्डमुद्गरान्
In this order, a sword, a knife, a staff, and a mace
कृत्वा डमरुहस्तां च चकिताक्षीं प्रयत्नतः
should be placed with care, along with a woman holding a ḍamaru and with startled eyes.
जातीपुष्पैस्तु संपूज्य शुद्धधूप प्रकल्पयेत्
After worshipping with jasmine flowers, pure incense should be offered.
गगनं दीपिकेन्द्वाढ्यां शास्त्रं च पुरतो जपेत्
One should recite the scripture in front of the lamp adorned with celestial light.
अनयोर्भौंमवारे तु कुर्यादारंभमादरात्
On a Saturday, one should begin this rite with reverence.
कृत्वा तदन्तरे तालमीष्टन्नम्रं समालिखेत्
Having done so, in the interval, one should draw a palm leaf, slightly bowed, as desired.
वामहस्तेन तालाग्रं दक्षिणे ज्ञानमुद्रिका
With the left hand, touch the tip of the palm leaf; with the right, form the gesture of knowledge.
चतुरस्र विधायाथ तन्मध्ये मूर्तिमालिखेत्
Then, having made a square, one should draw the image in its center.
तोयेन स्नानगन्धादि यथासंभवमर्पयेत्
With water, and as available, offer bathing, fragrance, and other items.
किलिद्वयं जपं प्रोक्तमेवं कुर्याद्दिने दिने
The recitation of the two kilakas should be performed in this manner every day.
श्यामपाषाणखण्डेन लिखित्वा भूपतेर्गृहम्
With a piece of dark stone, one should inscribe it at the king’s house.
अन्योन्यपुच्छ रिधित्रययुक्तां हनूमतः
Depict Hanuman, endowed with threefold prosperity, with their tails entwined.
जटामांसीभवं धूपं तैलाक्तघृतदीपकम्
Incense made from jatamansi, and a lamp anointed with oil and ghee, should be used.
ध्येयो दक्षिणहस्तेन रोटिकां भक्षयन्हरिः
One should meditate on Hari, eating a flatbread with his right hand.
प्नारयन्भ्रुकुटीं बद्ध्वा भीषयन्मथयन्स्थितः
He stands, knitting his brows, roaring, terrifying and crushing foes.
एवं कृतविधानेन परसैन्यं विनाशयेत्
By performing the rite in this way, one destroys the enemy’s army.
प्रायोगा बहवस्तत्र संक्षेपाद्गदिता मया
Many applications have been briefly described here by me.
तस्यासाध्यं न वै किञ्चिद्विद्यते भुवनत्रये
For him, nothing is unattainable in the three worlds.
अविनीताय शिष्याय पिशुनाय कदाचन
Never to an undisciplined or slanderous student should this be taught.
बहुना किमिहोक्तेन सर्वं दद्यात्कपीश्वरः
What more need be said? The Lord of Monkeys grants all.
तारो नमो हनुमते जाठरत्रयमीरयेत्
One should utter the mantra 'Tāra, obeisance to Hanuman,' and move the three intestines.
आत्मतत्त्वं ततः पश्चात्प्रकाशययुगं ततः
Then, one should realize the true nature of the self, and thereafter the pair of illuminations.
वसिष्ठो ऽस्य मुनिश्छन्दो ऽनुष्टुप् च देवताः पुनः
Vasiṣṭha is the sage for this; the meter is Anuṣṭubh, and the deities are again invoked.
मन्त्रार्णैश्च षडङ्गानि कृत्वा ध्यायेत्कपीश्वरम्
Having established the six limbs with the syllables of the mantra, one should meditate upon the Lord of the monkeys.
अध्यात्मचित्तमासीनं कदलीवनमध्यगम्
Seated with a mind absorbed in spiritual contemplation, in the midst of a grove of banana trees.
ध्यात्वैवं प्रजपेल्लक्षं दशांशं जुहुयात्तिलैः
Having meditated thus, one should recite the mantra a hundred thousand times and offer one-tenth of that in sesame oblations.