In the sacred tradition, there is a vow that brings endless life, health, and prosperity. This vow is to be observed with discipline on the bright fortnight of Mādhava, specifically on the seventh day. On that morning, after bathing, the devotee anoints themselves with pure white sesame and adorns themselves with clean garlands. Then, using saffron, a lotus with a pericarp is carefully drawn upon the ground. Upon this lotus, the devotee offers fragrance and flowers, reciting the mantra, “Salutation to Savitṛ,” and places a water-pot alongside a vessel filled with sugar. Dressed in white garments, adorned with white garlands and ointments, and decorated with golden flowers, the devotee continues to worship with reverence, uttering: “You are composed of all the Vedas and are recited in the Vedas; you alone are the essence of immortality. Therefore, grant me peace.” After these offerings, the devotee drinks pañcagavya and lies on the ground beside the sacred arrangement, reciting the Sūrya hymn and listening to the Purāṇas throughout the night. When a full day and night have passed, on the eighth day, after performing the daily rites, all that has been offered is respectfully given to a Brahmin learned in the Vedas. Brahmins are then fed, as one is able, with sugar, ghee, and rice pudding, while the devotee himself eats food free from oil and salt, remaining self-controlled. This observance is to be performed in its entirety each month. At the end of the year, the devotee should give a bed with a pot of sugar, along with all necessary articles, and a single-limbed milch cow. If able, one may also offer a fully equipped house. The devotee should give as generously as possible—be it a thousand niṣkas, a hundred, ten, three, or even a single niṣka—accompanied by a lotus and the proper mantra, never acting deceitfully with wealth, for such deceit brings fault. It is said that when the Sun drank the amṛta, drops of nectar fell from his mouth and became rice, mung beans, and barley upon the earth. From this arose the essence of sugarcane, which is like nectar itself. Thus, sugar is sacred for offerings to both gods and ancestors. This seventh day dedicated to sugar bestows the fruit of the great horse sacrifice, pacifies all evils, and increases sons and grandsons. Whoever performs this vow with supreme devotion attains the highest Brahman, dwells in heaven for a kalpa, and ultimately reaches the supreme state. Even those who hear, remember, or recite this sacred account in the realm of the lord of gods are granted wisdom and are honored by gods and sages in the city of immortals. Next is the lotus seventh day, by whose mere invocation the Sun is pleased. On the pure seventh day of spring, after bathing well with white mustard, the devotee places a beautiful lotus made of gold in a vessel of sesame. This is wrapped with a pair of cloths and worshipped with fragrant flowers, with the prayers: “Salutations to the lotus-handed, salutations to the sustainer of the universe. Salutations to the Sun, salutations to the radiant one.” At both sunrise and sunset, the devotee offers water. After honoring a Brahmin with garments, garlands, and ornaments, a decorated brown cow is given, as prescribed, according to one’s ability. When day and night have passed, on the eighth day, Brahmins are again fed, and the devotee eats pure food, avoiding meat and oil. Month after month, on each bright seventh day, this observance is maintained with devotion and honesty regarding wealth. At the completion of the vow, a bed adorned with a golden lotus is given. According to means, cows that yield milk and are made of gold are offered, along with desired utensils such as vessels, seats, lamps, and other appropriate items. Whoever performs the lotus seventh day in this manner attains endless prosperity and happiness in the realm of the Sun. In each cycle, the devotee ascends through the seven worlds, surrounded by celestial nymphs, ultimately reaching the highest path. Even those who see, hear, or recite this at the proper time with devotion receive wisdom and pure prosperity, entering the realms of the Gandharvas and Vidyādharas. Now, the Mandāra seventh day is declared, a sacred observance that destroys all sins and grants all desires. On the fifth day of the bright half of Māgha, the devotee eats lightly. After making a tooth-stick, he fasts on the sixth day. Brahmins are honored, and prayers are offered to Maṇḍāra at night. Rising at dawn and bathing, the devotee again honors the twice-born. Brahmins are fed according to one’s capacity, and eight Mandāra flowers are prepared, along with a beautiful golden figure of a man holding a lotus. A lotus is made with black sesame seeds in a copper vessel, with a leaf as a base, and golden Mandāra flowers are offered to Bhāskara in the east. With reverence, the devotee worships Sūrya on a spotless petal, then Arka to the south, Aryaman in the southwest, Vedadhāmā in the west, Caṇḍabhānu in the northwest, Pūṣan in the north, and Ānanda as the highest. In the center of the lotus, the golden figure is placed, representing the Supreme Soul, wrapped in white cloths and offered food, garlands, fruits, and the like. Having thus worshipped all these, the offerings are given to a knower of the Veda. Then, facing east and observing silence, the householder may eat food with oil and salt. This entire observance is performed every seventh day of the month for a year, free from miserliness regarding wealth. At the end of the vow, all is placed upon a pot and, desiring prosperity, the devotee gives it, along with cows, according to his means. Thus, these sacred vows, performed with devotion, honesty, and generosity, bring blessings of prosperity, wisdom, happiness, and the highest spiritual state, as revealed in the ancient tradition.