Varaha Purana

एवं महौजसं कर्म तव मार्गानुसारतः

Thus, this most powerful act is to be performed according to your path,

केन द्रव्येण संयुक्तं तन्ममाचक्ष्व माधव

With what substance should it be accompanied? Tell me this, O Mādhava.

उवाच धर्मसंयुक्तं धर्मज्ञो वाक्यकोविदः येन मन्त्रेण संयुक्तो मम प्रापणकं नयेत्

He who knows righteousness, skilled in speech, spoke of what is joined with righteousness: 'With which mantra it is joined, let it be brought to me.'

सप्त व्रीहींस्ततो गृह्य पयसा सह संयुतम्

Then, taking seven grains of rice, together with milk,

एते चान्ये च बहवः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

These and many others, by the hundreds and thousands,

व्रीहीणां च प्रवक्ष्यामि उपयोग्यानि माधवि

I shall declare, O Mādhavi, the types of rice suitable for use.

धर्मचिल्लिकशाकं च सुगन्धं रक्तमालिकौ

Dharmacillika, leafy greens, fragrant red jasmine,

आमोदा शिवसुन्दर्यौ शिरीकाकुलशालिकाः

Āmodā, Śivasundarī, Śirī, Kākula, and Śālikā varieties,

कर्मण्या मुद्गमाषा वै तिलकङ्गुकुलित्थकाः 119.

Also, mudga beans, māṣa beans, sesame, kaṅgu, kuluttha, and others are suitable for the rite.

श्यामाकमिति चोक्तानि कर्मण्यानि वसुन्धरे

Śyāmāka is also mentioned as suitable for the rite, O Vasundharā.

एतानि प्रतिगृह्णामि यच्च भागवतं प्रियम्

These I accept, and also what is dear to the devotee.

एतानि प्रापणे दद्यान्मम चैतत्प्रियावहम्

These should be offered in the rite for me, for they bring me delight.

भागो ममास्ति तत्रापि पशूनां छागलस्य च

My share is there also, of animals and of goats.

वर्जयेत्तत्र मांसानि यजुषा वैष्णवोऽश्नुते

But one should avoid meat there; the Vaiṣṇava eats with the Yajus.

पक्षिणां च प्रवक्ष्यामि ये प्रयोज्या वसुन्धरे

Now I shall declare, O Vasundharā, the birds that are to be used.

लावकं वार्त्तिकं चैव प्रशस्तं च कपिञ्जलम्

The lāvaka, the vārttika, and also the praised kapiñjala,

मम कर्मणि योग्या ये ते मया परिकीर्त्तिताः

Those that are suitable for my rite have been enumerated by me.

नापराध्नोति स नरो मम चोक्तं वचः प्रिये

That man does not transgress my spoken command, dear one.

ततो यष्टव्यमेवं हि य इच्छेत् सिद्धिमुत्तमाम् 119.

Therefore, one who desires the highest accomplishment should indeed perform the sacrifice in this way.

प्राप्नुवन्ति परां सिद्धिं ममैव कृतकर्मिणः

Those who perform actions prescribed by me attain supreme perfection.

अथ त्रिसन्ध्यामन्त्रोपस्थानम् शृणुष्व परमं गुह्यं पूर्वं पृष्टं त्वया धरे

Now, listen to the supreme secret of the invocation at the three junctions of the day, which you previously asked about, O Earth.

स्नानं कृत्वा यथान्यायं मम कर्मपरायणाः

Having bathed properly, those devoted to my rites—

यश्चैवमुच्यते भद्रे मम रूपं सनातनम्

And whoever, O blessed one, recites thus my eternal form—

अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक् च अहमेव व्यवस्थितः

Below, above, and across, I alone am established.

सर्वथा वन्दनीयास्ते मम भक्तेन सर्वदा

In every way, they are always to be worshipped by my devotee.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि गुह्यं लोके महद्यशः

Moreover, I shall tell you another secret, renowned in the world.

कृत्वापि परमं कर्म बुद्धिमादाय तद्विधाम्

Having performed the supreme act with proper understanding—

ओं नमो नारायणेत्युक्त्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

Uttering 'Om namo Nārāyaṇa,' one should recite this mantra:

यजामहे धर्मपरायणोद्भवं नारायणं सर्वलोकप्रधानम्

We worship Nārāyaṇa, the source of those devoted to righteousness, the chief of all worlds.