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.
जप्तो ऽयं मदनक्षोभं नाशयत्येव निश्चितम्
This recitation certainly destroys the agitation of passion, without doubt.
अथ मन्त्रातरं वाक्ष्ये भूतविद्रावणं परम्
Now I will declare another mantra, supreme for driving away spirits.
पवनो वनपुत्रान्ते आवेशिद्वयमीरयेत्
The wind, at the edge of the forest, should be invoked to move in two directions.
ब्रह्मा मुनिः स्याद्गायत्री छन्दो ऽत्र देवता पुनः
Brahmā is the sage for this; the meter is Gāyatrī, and the deities are again invoked.
षड्दीर्घाढ्येन बीजेन षडङ्गानि समाचरेत्
With the seed syllable rich in six long vowels, one should perform the six limbs.
पारिजातद्रुमूलस्थं चिन्तयेत्साधकोत्तमः
The foremost practitioner should contemplate at the root of the Pārijāta tree.
त्रिमध्वक्तैर्यञ्जत्पीठे पूर्वोक्तेपूर्ववत्सुधीः
With three offerings of honey, worship on the seat as previously described, just as before, with a pure mind.
आक्रन्दंस्तं विमुच्याथ ग्रहः शीघ्रं पलायते
Having released the afflicted one, the possessing spirit quickly flees.
परीक्षिताय शिष्याय देया वा निजसूनवे
It should be given to Parīkṣit, to a disciple, or to one's own son.
विशेषतः समाराध्य यथोक्तं फलमाप्नुयात्
By especially worshipping as prescribed, one attains the stated result.