कुर्याद्यावत्पुनर्माघशुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तमी।। व्रतांते कलशं दद्यात्सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
One should continue this until the seventh day of the bright half of Māgha returns; at the conclusion of the vow, one should give a pot adorned with a golden lotus.
शय्यां सोपस्करां दद्यात्कपिलां च पयस्विनीं।। अनेन विधिना यस्तु वित्तशाठ्येन वर्जितः
One should give a bed with its furnishings and a tawny, milk-giving cow; whoever performs this rite without miserliness regarding wealth,
विशोकसप्तमीं कुर्यात्स याति परमां गतिम्।। यावज्जन्मसहस्राणां साग्रं कोटिशतं भवेत्
And observes the Viśoka Saptamī, attains the highest state; for as many as a hundred crore thousand lifetimes,
तावन्न शोकमाप्नोति रोगदौर्गत्यवर्जितः।। यं यं कामयते कामं तं तं प्राप्नोति पुष्कलम्
He does not experience sorrow, remaining free from disease and misfortune; whatever desire he wishes for, he obtains in abundance.
निष्कामं कुरुते यस्तु स परं ब्रह्म गच्छति।। यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि विशोकाख्यां तु सप्तमीम्
But whoever performs it without desire attains the Supreme Brahman; whoever recites or hears the Saptamī called Viśokā,
सोपींद्रलोकमासाद्य न दुःखी जायते क्वचित्।। अन्यामपि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्ना तु फलसप्तमीम्
He too, reaching the world of Indra, is never born into suffering; now I will declare another, called the Phala Saptamī.
यामुपोष्य नरः पापैर्विमुक्तः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्।। मार्गशीर्षे शुभे मासि पंचम्यां नियतव्रतः
By observing which, a man, freed from sins, attains heaven; in the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the fifth day, with a firm vow,
षष्ठीमुपोष्य कमलं कारयित्वा तु कांचनम्।। शर्करासंयुतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने
Having fasted on the sixth day, one should have a golden lotus made; one should give it, together with sugar, to a Brahmin with family.
रूपं च कांचनं कृत्वा फलस्यैकस्य धर्मवित्।। दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायां भानुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
Making a golden image of a fruit, the knower of dharma should give it at both times of day, saying, 'May the Sun be pleased with me.'
शक्त्या तु विप्रान्संपूज्य सप्तम्यां क्षीरभोजनम्।। कृत्वा कुर्यात्फलत्यागं यावत्स्यात्कृष्णसप्तमी२५० 1.21.
Having worshipped the Brahmins according to ability, on the seventh day one should take a meal of milk; having done so, one should offer the fruit until the Kṛṣṇa Saptamī arrives.
तामुपोष्याथ विधिवदनेनैव क्रमेण तु।। तद्वद्धेमफलं दत्वा सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
Having fasted on that day as prescribed, in the same order, one should give a golden fruit adorned with a golden lotus.
शर्करापात्रसंयुक्तं वस्त्रमालासमन्वितम्।। संवत्सरमनेनैव विधिनोभयसप्तमीम्
Accompanied by a vessel of sugar and a garlanded cloth; for a year, in this manner, one should observe both Saptamīs.
उपोष्य दद्यात्क्रमशः सूर्यमंत्रमुदीरयेत्।। भानुरर्को रविर्ब्रह्मा सूर्यः शुक्रो हरिः शिवः
Having fasted, one should give in order and recite the Sūrya mantra: 'Bhānu, Arka, Ravi, Brahmā, Sūrya, Śukra, Hari, Śiva,'
श्रीमान्विभावसुस्त्वष्टा वरुणः प्रीयतामिति।। प्रतिमासं च सप्तम्यामेकैकं नाम कीर्त्तयेत्
'Śrīmān, Vibhāvasu, Tvaṣṭā, Varuṇa—may they be pleased.' On each Saptamī of every month, one should recite each name in turn.
प्रतिपक्षं फलत्यागमेतत्कुर्वन्समाचरेत्।। व्रतांते विप्रमिथुनं पूजयेद्वस्त्रभूषणैः
One should perform this offering at the conclusion of the vow, giving it to the opposing side; at the end of the observance, one should honor a pair of Brahmins with garments and ornaments.
शर्कराकलशं दद्याद्धेमपद्मफलान्वितम्।। यथा न विफलः कामस्त्वद्भक्तानां सदा भवेत्
One should give a pot filled with sugar and golden lotuses as fruit, so that the desires of your devotees may never go unfulfilled.
तथानंतफलावाप्तिरस्तु मे जन्मजन्मनि।। इमामनंतफलदां यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्
May I obtain endless fruit, birth after birth; whoever performs this seventh fruit-giving, which bestows endless rewards—
भूतभव्यांश्च पुरुषांस्तारयेदेकविंशतिम्।। यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि सोपि कल्याणभाग्भवेत्
—he delivers twenty-one persons, past and future; whoever hears or recites this also attains auspiciousness.
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते।। सुरापानादिकं किंञ्चिदत्रामुत्र च वा कृतम्
With all sins cleansed, he is honored in the world of the Sun; whatever sin, such as drinking liquor, may have been committed here or elsewhere—
तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्।। शर्करासप्तमीं वक्ष्ये तद्वत्कल्मषनाशिनीम्
—all of that is destroyed for the one who performs the seventh fruit-giving; now I will explain the Sugar Seventh, which likewise destroys sin.
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं ययानंतं प्रजायते।। माधवस्य सिते पक्षे सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः
By which endless life, health, and prosperity arise; in the bright fortnight of Mādhava, on the seventh day, one should observe the vow with discipline.
प्रातः स्नात्वा तिलैः शुभ्रैः शुद्धमाल्यानुलेपनः।। स्थंडिले पद्ममालिख्य कुंकुमेन सकर्णिकम्
After bathing in the morning, anointed with pure white sesame and clean garlands, one should draw a lotus with a pericarp on the ground using saffron.
तस्मिन्नमः सवित्रेति गंधपुष्पं निवेदयेत्।। स्थापयेदुदकुंभं च शर्करापात्रसंयुतम्
On that, offering fragrance and flowers with the mantra 'Salutation to Savitṛ,' one should place a water-pot together with a vessel of sugar.
शुक्लवस्त्रैरलंकृत्य शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः।। स्वर्णपुष्पसमायुक्तं मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
Adorned with white garments, white garlands, and ointments, and joined with golden flowers, one should worship with this mantra.
विश्ववेदमयो यस्मात्त्वं वेदेषु च पठ्यसे।। त्वमेवामृतसर्वस्वमतः शांतिं प्रयच्छ मे
Because you are composed of all the Vedas and are recited in the Vedas, you alone are the essence of immortality; therefore, grant me peace.
पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा स्वपेत्तत्पार्श्वतः क्षितौ।। सौरसूक्तं जपन्नास्ते पुराणश्रवणेन च
Then, after drinking pañcagavya, one should sleep on the ground beside it, remaining there reciting the Sūrya hymn and listening to the Purāṇas.
अहोरात्रे गते पश्चादष्टम्यां कृतनैत्यकः।। तत्सर्वं वेदविदुषे ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
When day and night have passed, on the eighth day, after performing the daily rites, one should offer all of this to a Brahmin learned in the Vedas.
भोजयेच्छक्तितो विप्रान्शर्कराघृतपायसैः।। भुंजीतातैललवणं स्वयमप्यथ वाग्यतः
One should feed Brahmins as able with sugar, ghee, and rice pudding; oneself should eat food without oil or salt, remaining self-controlled.
अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासिमासि समाचरेत्।। संवत्सरांते शयनं शर्कराकलशान्वितम्
In this manner, one should perform the entire observance every month; at the end of the year, one should give a bed with a pot of sugar.
सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तं तथैकांगां पयस्विनीम्।। गृहं च शक्तिमान्दद्यात्समस्तोपस्करान्वितम्
Together with all necessary articles, and likewise a single-limbed milch cow; and, if able, one should give a house furnished with all equipment.