ज्वरमारीविषूचिश्चगोमारीचमसूरिका जन्मर्क्षग्रहसंक्रांतिग्रहयोगास्वराशिके
Fever, epidemic disease, contagious illness, cow-pox, smallpox, birth-star conjunctions, planetary transits, and planetary conjunctions in one's own sign.
दुःस्वप्नदर्शनाद्याश्चमतावैह्यधिदैविकाः शवचांडालपतितस्पर्शाद्येंतर्गृहेगते
Evil dreams and the like are considered divine afflictions; also, when a corpse, an outcaste, or a fallen person is touched and enters the house.
एतादृशेसमुत्पन्नेभाविदुःखस्यसूचके शांतियज्ञंतुमतिमान्कुर्यात्तद्दोषशांतये
When such signs arise, indicating impending sorrow, the wise should perform a pacifying sacrifice to quell those faults.
देवालये ऽथगोष्ठेवाचैत्येवापिगृहांगणे प्रादेशोन्नतधिष्ण्येवैद्विहस्तेयस्वलंकृते
In a temple, cowshed, stupa, or even in the courtyard of a house, on a raised and well-decorated platform, or in a clean place, it should be performed.
भारमात्रव्रीहिधान्यंप्रस्थाप्यपरिसृत्यच मध्येविलिख्यकमलंतथादिक्षुविलिख्यवै
Place only as much rice or grain as needed, and after smoothing it out, draw a lotus in the center, and likewise draw a square around it.
तंतुनावेष्टितंकुंभं नवगुग्गुलधूपितम् मध्येस्थाप्यमहाकुंभंतथादिक्ष्वपिविन्यसेत्
Wrap a pot with a thread, fumigate it with fresh guggul, and place a large pot in the center; similarly, set it at the four directions.
सनालाम्रककूर्चादीन्कलशांश्च तथाष्टसु पूरयेन्मंत्रपूतेनपञ्चद्रव्ययुतेनहि
Fill the eight pots with water purified by mantra, along with five substances, and insert stalks of mango and other auspicious plants.
प्रक्षिपेन्नवरत्नानिनीलादीन्क्रमशस्तथा कर्मज्ञंचसपत्नीकमाचार्यंवरयेद्बुधः
Place the nine gems, beginning with sapphire, in order; the wise should appoint a priest, skilled in ritual, together with his wife.
सुवर्णप्रतिमां विष्णोरिंद्रादीनांच निक्षिपेत् सशिरस्केमध्यकुंभेविष्णुमाबाह्यपूजयेत्
Place a golden image of Vishnu and of Indra and the others; with head bowed, worship Vishnu in the central pot and also perform outer worship.
प्रागादिषुयथामंत्रमिंद्रादीन्क्रमशोयजेत् तत्तन्नाम्नाचतुर्थ्यांचनमोन्ते नयथाक्रमम्
In the directions beginning with the east, worship Indra and the others in order, with the appropriate mantras, and at the end, offer the oblations with their respective names.
आवाहनादिकंसर्वमाचार्येणैवकारयेत् आचार्य ऋत्विजा सार्धं तन्मात्रान्प्रजपेच्छतम्
All acts from invocation onward should be performed by the teacher alone; the teacher, together with the officiating priests, should recite the prescribed mantras.
कुंभस्य पश्चिमे भागेजपांतेहोममाचरेत् कोटिंलक्षंसहस्रंवाशतमष्टोत्तरं बुधाः
At the western side of the pot, after the recitation, the wise should perform the homa, whether a crore, a hundred thousand, a thousand, a hundred, or one hundred and eight times.
एकाहंवानवाहंवातथामंडलमेव वा यथायोग्यंप्रकुर्वीतकालदेशानुसारतः
It may be done in one day, nine days, or even in a mandala (forty days), as is appropriate, according to time and place.
शमीहोमश्च शांत्यर्थे वृत्त्यर्थेचपलाशकम् समिदन्नाज्यकैर्द्रव्यैर्नाम्नामंत्रेण वा हुनेत्
For the sake of peace, the śamī wood should be used for the homa, and for prosperity, palāśa wood; the offerings should be made with fuel, rice, and clarified butter, using the respective names and mantras.
प्रारंभेयत्कृतंद्रव्यंतत्क्रियांतंसमाचरेत् पुण्याहंवाचयित्वांते दिनेसंप्रोक्ष्ययेज्जलैः
After beginning, one should complete the ritual with the materials prepared for it; at the end, having recited the auspicious invocation, one should sprinkle the site with water.
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्यावदाहुतिसंख्यया आचार्यश्चहविष्याशीत्विजश्चभवेद्बुधाः
Afterwards, one should feed Brahmins according to the number of offerings made; the teacher and the officiating priests, being learned, should also partake of the sacrificial food.
आदित्यादीन्ग्रहानिष्ट्वासर्वहोमांत एवहि ऋत्विभ्योदक्षिणांदद्यान्नवरत्नंयथा क्रमम्
Having worshipped the planets beginning with the Sun at the conclusion of all the offerings, one should give gifts to the priests in order—food and jewels as appropriate.
दशदानंततःकुर्याद्भूरिदानंततः परम् बालानामुपनीतानांगृहिणांवनिनांधनम्
Then one should make ten gifts, and then even greater gifts: to children, to those who have undergone initiation, to householders, and to forest-dwellers.
कन्यानांचसभर्त्ःणांविधवानांततःपरम् तंत्रोपकरणंसर्वमाचार्यायनिवेदयेत्
Next, to maidens, to married women, and then to widows; all the implements used there should be presented to the teacher.
उत्पातानांचमारीणांदुःखस्वामीयमःस्मृतः तस्माद्यमस्यप्रीत्यर्थंकालदानंप्रदापयेत्
The lord of death is said to be the master of calamities and diseases; therefore, to please Yama, one should give the gift called Kālada.
शतनिष्केण वा कुर्याद्दशनिष्केण वा पुनः पाशांकुशधरं कालं कुर्यात्पुरुषरूपिणम्
One should make an image of Kāla, holding a noose and goad, in human form, using either a hundred niṣkas or ten niṣkas.
तत्स्वर्णप्रतिमादानंकुर्याद्दक्षिणयासह तिलदानंततःकुर्यात्पूर्णायुष्यप्रसिद्धये
One should give that golden image along with a gift, and then offer sesame seeds for the attainment of full longevity.
आज्यावेक्षणदानंचकुर्याद्व्याधिनिवृत्तये सहस्रंभोजयेद्विप्रान्दरिद्रःशतमेववा
One should give the gift of clarified butter for the removal of disease, and feed a thousand Brahmins—or, if poor, at least a hundred.
वित्ताभावेदरिद्रस्तुयथाशक्तिसमाचरेत् भैरवस्यमहापूजांकुर्याद्भूतादिशांतये
If one is destitute, one should perform as much as possible according to one's means; one should conduct the great worship of Bhairava for the pacification of spirits and directions.
महाभिषेकंनैवेद्यंशिवस्यान्तेतुकारयेत् ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्भूरिभोजनरूपतः
At the end, one should perform the great anointing and offering for Shiva, and afterwards feed Brahmins with abundant food.
एवंकृतेनयज्ञेनदोषशांतिमवाप्नुयात् शांतियज्ञमिमंकुर्याद्वर्षेवर्षेतुफाल्गुने
By performing the sacrifice in this way, one attains the pacification of faults; this peace-sacrifice should be performed every year in the month of Phālguna.
दुर्दर्शनादौ सद्यो वै मासमात्रेसमाचरेत् महापापादिसंप्राप्तौ कुर्याद्भैरवपूजनम्
At the first sign of inauspiciousness, one should perform it immediately, or at least within a month; if great sin arises, one should worship Bhairava.
महाव्याधिसमुत्पत्तौसंकल्पंपुनराचरेत् सर्वभावे दरिद्रस्तु दीपदानमथाचरेत्
If a great disease arises, one should make a resolve again; in every situation, if one is poor, one should at least give a lamp.
तदप्यशक्तः स्नात्वावैयत्किंचिद्दानमाचरेत् दिवाकरंनमस्कुर्यान्मन्त्रेणाष्टोत्तरंशतम्
If even that is not possible, after bathing, one should give whatever little one can, and offer salutations to the Sun with the mantra one hundred and eight times.
सहस्रमयुतंलक्षंकोटिंवाकारयेद् बुधः नमस्कारात्मयज्ञेन तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः
The wise should perform a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or even a crore salutations; by this sacrifice of salutations, all the deities are satisfied.