Varaha Purana

मुञ्च मुञ्च प्रभो चक्रमपि वह्निसमप्रभम्

Release, release, O Lord, even the discus, shining like fire.

तदैव चक्रेण विपाटितोऽसौ प्राप्तोऽपि मां भागवतप्रधानः रङ्गं च सीसं त्रपुधातुसंस्थं कांस्यं च रीतिश्च मलस्तु तेषाम्

Then, pierced by the discus, he attained me, being foremost among devotees. As for tin, lead, zinc, and bronze—these are impure, and so is iron; impurity belongs to them.

ताम्रपात्रेण वै भूमे प्रापणं यत्प्रदीयते 129.

Whatever is offered with a copper vessel upon the earth—

एतद्भागवतैः कार्यं मम प्रियकरैः सदा

This should always be performed by my dear devotees, the Bhāgavatas.

दीक्षितैर्वै भागवतैः पाद्यार्घ्यादौ च दीयते

Initiated Bhāgavatas should offer water for washing the feet and arghya, and so forth.

देवि तत्त्वेन कथितः किमन्यत् परिपृच्छसि देवदेव कथं सन्ध्यां दीक्षितः कुरुते वद

O goddess, I have explained this to you in truth; what else do you wish to ask? O Lord of gods, tell me how an initiated person performs the twilight worship.

केन मन्त्रेण वा भक्तस्तव कर्मपरायणः शृणु माधवि तत्त्वेन सन्ध्यामन्त्रमनुत्तमम्

By which mantra does your devoted follower, intent on action, perform it? Listen, Mādhavī, to the supreme mantra for twilight worship, in truth.

यथा वदन्ति वै सूर्यं सन्ध्यां पूर्वां परां तथा

Just as they worship the Sun, so too do they worship the former and later twilight.

मुहूर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थाय इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

Assuming a meditative posture for a moment, one should recite this mantra.

तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोके स मोदते

He delights in my world for as many thousands of years.

मन्त्रः – भवोद्भवमादिव्यक्तरूपमादित्यं सर्वे देवा ब्रह्मरुद्रेन्द्रास्त्वां च

Mantra— All the gods, Brahma, Rudra, Indra, and you, O Sun, are the primal, unmanifest form arising from existence.

वयं देवमादिमव्यक्तरूपं कृत्वा चात्मनि देव संस्थास्तथापि

We, having established the god, the primal, unmanifest form, within ourselves, likewise—

अनेनैव हि मन्त्रेण सन्ध्यां कुर्यात्तु दीक्षितः ।। 129.

Indeed, with this very mantra, the initiated should perform the twilight worship.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे चतुर्वर्णदीक्षाताम्रवर्णनं नामोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the glorious Varaha Purana, the one hundred twenty-ninth chapter entitled 'Description of the Initiation of the Four Classes and Copper.'

अथ राजान्नभोगे प्रायश्चित्तम् एवं दीक्षां ततः श्रुत्वा नारायणमुखान्मही

Now, expiation for eating the king's food. Having heard thus about the initiation from the mouth of Narayana, O Earth—

धरण्युवाच श्रुत्वाहं तु महाभाग जातास्मि विमला विभो

Earth said: Having heard, O greatly fortunate one, I have become pure, O Lord.

अहो देवस्य माहात्म्यं लोकनाथस्य तत्त्वतः

Ah, truly, the greatness of the Lord of the worlds!

एकं मे परमं गुह्यं यदीश हृदि वर्त्तते

There is one supreme secret that abides in my heart, O Lord.

देव पूर्वापराधास्ते द्वात्रिंशदपि कीर्तिताः

O God, your former and later offenses, even thirty-two, have been recounted.

कर्मणा केन शुद्ध्यन्ति अपराधस्य कारिणः

By what action are the doers of offense purified?

तद्वै भूम्या वचः श्रुत्वा हृषीकेशो महामनाः

Having heard those words of Earth, Hrishikesha, of great mind—

श्रीवराह उवाच ये तु भुञ्जन्ति राजान्नं लोभेन च भयेन वा

Sri Varaha said: Those who eat the king's food, whether out of greed or fear—

आपद्गता हि भुञ्जन्ति राजान्नं तु वसुन्धरे

Indeed, those in distress eat the king's food, O Vasundhara.

भगवद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कम्पिता च वसुन्धरा 130.

Hearing the words of the Blessed One, Vasundhara trembled.

ततो दीनमना भूत्वा सा मही संशितव्रता

Then, becoming dejected in mind, that Earth, firm in her vow—

धरण्युवाच को नु दोषोऽस्ति राज्ञां हि तन्मे त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि

Earth said: What indeed is the fault of kings? That you should tell me.

ततो भूम्या वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वधर्मविदां वरः

Then, having heard the words of Earth, the best of those who know all dharma—

श्रीवराह उवाच राजान्नं तु न भोक्तव्यं शुभैभार्गवतैः सदा

Śrī Varāha said: Food belonging to the king must never be consumed by the pious Bhārgavas.

यद्यप्येष समत्वेन राजा लोके प्रवर्त्तते

Even though the king acts with impartiality in the world,