Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 20

DB 11 20.1

ब्रह्मयज्ञादिकीर्तनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच त्रिराचम्य द्विजः पूर्वं द्विर्मार्जनमथाचरेत् । उपस्पृशेत्सव्यपाणिं पादौ च प्रोक्षयेत्ततः

brahmayajñādikīrtanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca trirācamya dvijaḥ pūrvaṃ dvirmārjanamathācaret | upaspṛśetsavyapāṇiṃ pādau ca prokṣayettataḥ

The Declaration of the Brahma-yajña and the Rest. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The twice-born, having first sipped water three times, should then perform the wiping (of the mouth) twice; he should touch (water to) his left hand and then sprinkle his feet.

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DB 11 20.2

शिरसि चक्षुषि तथा नासायां श्रोत्रदेशके । हृदये च तथा मौलौ प्रोक्षणं सम्यगाचरेत्

śirasi cakṣuṣi tathā nāsāyāṃ śrotradeśake | hṛdaye ca tathā maulau prokṣaṇaṃ samyagācaret

On the head, on the eyes, likewise on the nose, on the region of the ears, and on the heart and likewise on the crown, he should perform the sprinkling properly.

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DB 11 20.3

देशकालौ समुच्चार्य ब्रह्मयज्ञमथाचरेत् । द्वौ दर्भौ दक्षिणे हस्ते वामे त्रीनासने सकृत्

deśakālau samuccārya brahmayajñamathācaret | dvau darbhau dakṣiṇe haste vāme trīnāsane sakṛt

Having pronounced the place and the time, he should then perform the Brahma-yajña: two darbha blades in the right hand, three in the left, one on the seat,

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DB 11 20.4

उपवीते शिखायां च पादमूले सकृत्सकृत् । विमुक्तये सर्वपापक्षयार्थं चैवमेव हि

upavīte śikhāyāṃ ca pādamūle sakṛtsakṛt | vimuktaye sarvapāpakṣayārthaṃ caivameva hi

one each on the sacred thread, on the tuft of hair, and at the base of the feet — for liberation, and just so for the sake of the destruction of all sins.

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DB 11 20.5

सूत्रोक्तदेवताप्रीत्यै ब्रह्मयज्ञं करोम्यहम् । गायत्रीं त्रिर्जपेत्पूर्वं चाग्निमीळे ततः परम्

sūtroktadevatāprītyai brahmayajñaṃ karomyaham | gāyatrīṃ trirjapetpūrvaṃ cāgnimīl̤e tataḥ param

"For the pleasure of the deities named in the sūtra, I perform the Brahma-sacrifice." First he should recite the Gāyatrī three times, and after that, "agnim īḷe" (the opening of the Ṛgveda).

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DB 11 20.6

यदङ्गेति ततः प्रोच्य अग्निर्वै इति कीर्तयेत् । अथ महाव्रतं चैव पन्था एतच्च कीर्तयेत्

yadaṅgeti tataḥ procya agnirvai iti kīrtayet | atha mahāvrataṃ caiva panthā etacca kīrtayet

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DB 11 20.7

अथातः संहितायाश्च विदा मघवदित्यपि । महाव्रतस्येति तथा इषे त्वोर्जे इतीव हि

athātaḥ saṃhitāyāśca vidā maghavadityapi | mahāvratasyeti tathā iṣe tvorje itīva hi

Then next (he should recite) "and of the saṃhitā," and also "vidā maghavan," likewise "of the mahāvrata," and indeed "iṣe tvā urje."

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DB 11 20.8

अग्न आयाहि चेत्येवं शन्तो देवीरितीति च । अथ तस्य समाम्नायो वृद्धिरादैजितीव हि

agna āyāhi cetyevaṃ śanto devīritīti ca | atha tasya samāmnāyo vṛddhirādaijitīva hi

And thus "Come, O Agni," and "May the divine (waters be) for our welfare," and then "Now (comes) the traditional list of its (sounds)," and likewise "vṛddhi is ā, ai, au."

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DB 11 20.9

अथ शिक्षां प्रवक्ष्यामि पञ्चसंवत्सरेति च । मयरसतजभनेत्येव गौर्ग्मा इत्येव कीर्तयेत्

atha śikṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi pañcasaṃvatsareti ca | mayarasatajabhanetyeva gaurgmā ityeva kīrtayet

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DB 11 20.10

अथातो धर्मजिज्ञासा अथातो ब्रह्म इत्यपि । तच्छंयोरिति च प्रोच्य ब्रह्मणे नम इत्यपि

athāto dharmajijñāsā athāto brahma ityapi | tacchaṃyoriti ca procya brahmaṇe nama ityapi

Then (he should recite) "Now, therefore, the inquiry into dharma," and also "Now, therefore, Brahman"; and having pronounced "tac chaṃ yoḥ," (he should say) also "Homage to Brahman."

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तर्पणं चैव देवानां ततः कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणम् । प्रजापतिश्च ब्रह्मा च वेदा देवास्तथर्षयः

tarpaṇaṃ caiva devānāṃ tataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇam | prajāpatiśca brahmā ca vedā devāstatharṣayaḥ

And (he should offer) the libation to the gods; thereafter he should make the circumambulation. Prajāpati and Brahmā, the Vedas, the gods, and likewise the seers —

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DB 11 20.12

सर्वाणि चैव छन्दांसि तथोङ्कारस्तथैव च । वषट्कारो व्याहृतयः सावित्री च ततः परम्

sarvāṇi caiva chandāṃsi tathoṅkārastathaiva ca | vaṣaṭkāro vyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrī ca tataḥ param

And all the metres, and likewise the syllable Om, and the exclamation "vaṣaṭ," the utterances (vyāhṛtis), and after that the Sāvitrī,

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DB 11 20.13

गायत्री चैव यज्ञाश्च द्यावापृथिवी इत्यपि । अन्तरिक्षं त्वहोरात्राणि च सांख्या अतः परम्

gāyatrī caiva yajñāśca dyāvāpṛthivī ityapi | antarikṣaṃ tvahorātrāṇi ca sāṃkhyā ataḥ param

And the Gāyatrī, and the sacrifices, and heaven and earth as well, the mid-air region, and the days and nights, and after that the Sāṃkhyas.

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DB 11 20.14

सिद्धाः समुद्रा नद्यश्च गिरयश्च ततः परम् । क्षेत्रौषधिवनस्पत्यो गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा

siddhāḥ samudrā nadyaśca girayaśca tataḥ param | kṣetrauṣadhivanaspatyo gandharvāpsarasastathā

The Siddhas, the oceans and the rivers, and the mountains beyond that; the fields, herbs and trees, the Gandharvas and Apsarases likewise —

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DB 11 20.15

नागा वयांसि गावश्च साध्या विप्रास्तथैव च । यक्षा रक्षांसि भूतानीत्येवमन्तानि कीर्तयेत्

nāgā vayāṃsi gāvaśca sādhyā viprāstathaiva ca | yakṣā rakṣāṃsi bhūtānītyevamantāni kīrtayet

Nāgas, birds, cows, the Sādhyas, and likewise the brahmins, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and (other) beings — thus he should recite (the names), ending with these.

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DB 11 20.16

अथो निवीती भूत्वा च ऋषीन्सन्तर्पयेदपि । शतर्चिनो माध्यमाश्च गृत्समदस्तथैव च

atho nivītī bhūtvā ca ṛṣīnsantarpayedapi | śatarcino mādhyamāśca gṛtsamadastathaiva ca

Then, having placed (the sacred thread) around the neck in the nivīta manner, he should also satisfy the seers with libations — the Śatarcins, the Mādhyamas, and Gṛtsamada likewise,

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DB 11 20.17

विश्वामित्रो वामदेवोऽत्रिर्भरद्वाज एव च । वसिष्ठश्च प्रगाथश्च पावमान्यस्ततः परम्

viśvāmitro vāmadevo'trirbharadvāja eva ca | vasiṣṭhaśca pragāthaśca pāvamānyastataḥ param

Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Atri, and Bharadvāja, and Vasiṣṭha, and Pragātha, and after that the Pāvamānī (hymns),

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DB 11 20.18

क्षुद्रसूक्ता महासूक्ताः सनकश्च सनन्दनः । सनातनस्तथैवात्र सनत्कुमार एव च

kṣudrasūktā mahāsūktāḥ sanakaśca sanandanaḥ | sanātanastathaivātra sanatkumāra eva ca

The (seers of the) short hymns and the (seers of the) long hymns, and Sanaka and Sanandana, and likewise Sanātana here, and Sanatkumāra too;

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DB 11 20.19

कपिलासुरिनामानौ वोहलिः पञ्चशीर्षकः । प्राचीनावीतिना तच्च कर्तव्यमथ तर्पणम्

kapilāsurināmānau vohaliḥ pañcaśīrṣakaḥ | prācīnāvītinā tacca kartavyamatha tarpaṇam

(Then) the two named Kapila and Āsuri, Vohali, (and) Pañcaśīrṣaka; and that libation (tarpaṇa) is to be performed by (one wearing) the sacred thread over the right shoulder.

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सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिर्वैशम्पायनः पैलसूत्रयुक् । भाष्यभारतपूर्वं च महाभारत इत्यपि एकादशस्कन्धे ब्रह्मयज्ञादिकीर्तनं नाम विंशोऽध्यायः

sumanturjaiminirvaiśampāyanaḥ pailasūtrayuk | bhāṣyabhāratapūrvaṃ ca mahābhārata ityapi ekādaśaskandhe brahmayajñādikīrtanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Sumantu, Jaimini, Vaiśampāyana, Paila together with the Sūtra, and the Bhāṣya, the Bhārata, and also the "Mahābhārata" — [these are to be recited]. Thus the twentieth chapter, called "The Naming of the Brahmayajña and the Rest," in the eleventh Book.

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धर्माचार्या इमे सर्वे तृप्यन्त्विति च कीर्तयेत् । जानन्ति बाहविगार्ग्यगौतमाश्चैव शाकलः

dharmācāryā ime sarve tṛpyantviti ca kīrtayet | jānanti bāhavigārgyagautamāścaiva śākalaḥ

And he should recite: "May all these teachers of dharma be satisfied." (They) know: Bāhavi, Gārgya, and the Gautamas, and Śākala,

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DB 11 20.22

बाभ्रव्यमाण्डव्ययुतोमाण्डूकेयस्ततः परम् । गार्गी वाचक्नवी चैव वडवा प्रातिथेयिका

bābhravyamāṇḍavyayutomāṇḍūkeyastataḥ param | gārgī vācaknavī caiva vaḍavā prātitheyikā

Bābhravya and Māṇḍavya, together with Māṇḍūkeya thereafter; and Gārgī Vācaknavī, and Vaḍavā Prātitheyikā —

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सुलभायुक्तमैत्रेयी कहोलश्च ततः परम् । कौषीतकं महाकौषीतकं वै तर्पयेत्ततः

sulabhāyuktamaitreyī kaholaśca tataḥ param | kauṣītakaṃ mahākauṣītakaṃ vai tarpayettataḥ

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भारद्वाजं च पैङ्ग्यं च महापैङ्ग्यं सुयज्ञकम् । सांख्यायनमैतरेयं महैतरेयमेव च

bhāradvājaṃ ca paiṅgyaṃ ca mahāpaiṅgyaṃ suyajñakam | sāṃkhyāyanamaitareyaṃ mahaitareyameva ca

And (he should satisfy) Bhāradvāja, and Paiṅgya, and Mahāpaiṅgya, Suyajñaka, Sāṃkhyāyana, Aitareya, and Mahaitareya as well;

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DB 11 20.25

बाष्कलं शाकलं चैव सुजातवक्त्रमेव च । औदवाहिं च सौजामिं शौनकं चाश्वलायनम्

bāṣkalaṃ śākalaṃ caiva sujātavaktrameva ca | audavāhiṃ ca saujāmiṃ śaunakaṃ cāśvalāyanam

And Bāṣkala and Śākala, and Sujātavaktra too, and Audavāhi and Saujāmi, Śaunaka and Āśvalāyana —

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ये चान्ये सर्व आचार्यास्ते सर्वे तृप्तिमाप्नुयुः । ये के चास्मत्कुले जाता अपुत्रा गोत्रिणो मृताः

ye cānye sarva ācāryāste sarve tṛptimāpnuyuḥ | ye ke cāsmatkule jātā aputrā gotriṇo mṛtāḥ

and whatever other teachers there are — may they all attain satisfaction; and whoever have been born in our family and have died sonless, kinsmen of our lineage —

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DB 11 20.27

ते गृह्णन्तु मया दत्तं वस्त्रनिष्पीडनोदकम् । एवं ते ब्रह्मयज्ञस्य विधिरुक्तो महामुने

te gṛhṇantu mayā dattaṃ vastraniṣpīḍanodakam | evaṃ te brahmayajñasya vidhirukto mahāmune

may they receive the water wrung out from (my) garment, given by me. Thus, O great sage, the rule of the brahma-sacrifice has been declared to you.

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DB 11 20.28

यश्चायं कुरुते ब्रह्मयज्ञस्य विधिमुत्तमम् । सर्ववेदाङ्गपाठस्य फलमाप्नोति साधकः

yaścāyaṃ kurute brahmayajñasya vidhimuttamam | sarvavedāṅgapāṭhasya phalamāpnoti sādhakaḥ

And whoever performs this excellent rite of the brahma-sacrifice, that practitioner obtains the fruit of reciting all the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences.

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DB 11 20.29

वैश्वदेवं ततः कुर्यान्नित्यश्राद्धं तथैव च । अतिथिभ्योऽन्नदानं च नित्यमेव समाचरेत्

vaiśvadevaṃ tataḥ kuryānnityaśrāddhaṃ tathaiva ca | atithibhyo'nnadānaṃ ca nityameva samācaret

Then he should perform the Vaiśvadeva rite and likewise the daily śrāddha; and he should always give food to guests.

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DB 11 20.30

गोग्रासं च ततो दत्त्वा भुञ्जीत ब्राह्मणैः सह । अह्नस्तु पञ्चमे भागे प्रकुर्यादेतदुत्तमम्

gogrāsaṃ ca tato dattvā bhuñjīta brāhmaṇaiḥ saha | ahnastu pañcame bhāge prakuryādetaduttamam

Then, having given the cow's mouthful (of food), he should eat together with brahmins; and he should do this in the fifth part of the day — that is best.

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DB 11 20.31

इतिहासपुराणाद्यैः षष्ठसप्तमकौ नयेत् । अष्टमे लोकयात्रा तु बहिः सन्ध्यां ततः पुनः

itihāsapurāṇādyaiḥ ṣaṣṭhasaptamakau nayet | aṣṭame lokayātrā tu bahiḥ sandhyāṃ tataḥ punaḥ

He should pass the sixth and seventh (parts of the day) with the epics, Purāṇas and the like; in the eighth, worldly business, and then again the twilight rite outside.

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अथ सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यां प्रवक्ष्यामि महामुने । यदनुष्ठानमात्रेण महामाया प्रसीदति

atha sāyantanīṃ sandhyāṃ pravakṣyāmi mahāmune | yadanuṣṭhānamātreṇa mahāmāyā prasīdati

Now I shall declare the evening twilight rite, O great sage, by the mere performance of which Mahāmāyā is pleased.

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DB 11 20.33

आचम्य प्राणानायम्य साधकः स्थिरमानसः । बद्धपद्मासनो योगी सायंकाले स्थिरो भवेत्

ācamya prāṇānāyamya sādhakaḥ sthiramānasaḥ | baddhapadmāsano yogī sāyaṃkāle sthiro bhavet

Having sipped water and restrained the breaths, the practitioner, with steady mind, seated in the bound lotus posture, the yogin should remain still at evening time.

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श्रुतिस्मृत्यादिकर्मादौ सगर्भः प्राणसंयमः । अगर्भो ध्यानमात्रं तु स चामन्त्रः प्रकीर्तितः

śrutismṛtyādikarmādau sagarbhaḥ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ | agarbho dhyānamātraṃ tu sa cāmantraḥ prakīrtitaḥ

At the beginning of rites (enjoined) in śruti, smṛti and the rest, breath-restraint is "with seed" (sagarbha); "without seed" (agarbha) is mere meditation, and that is declared to be without mantra.

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DB 11 20.35

भूतशुद्ध्यादिकं कृत्वा नान्यथा कर्म कीर्तितम् । सलक्षो देवतां ध्यात्वा पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः

bhūtaśuddhyādikaṃ kṛtvā nānyathā karma kīrtitam | salakṣo devatāṃ dhyātvā pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ

Having performed the purification of the elements and so on — otherwise the rite is not (properly) declared — marking (his) aim, having meditated on the deity with inhalation, retention and exhalation,

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ध्यानं प्रकुर्यात्सन्ध्यायां सायंकाले विचक्षणः । वृद्धां सरस्वतीं देवीं कृष्णाङ्गीं कृष्णवाससम्

dhyānaṃ prakuryātsandhyāyāṃ sāyaṃkāle vicakṣaṇaḥ | vṛddhāṃ sarasvatīṃ devīṃ kṛṣṇāṅgīṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam

the discerning one should carry out meditation at the twilight, at evening time, (on) the aged goddess Sarasvatī, dark-limbed and dark-clothed,

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शङ्खचक्रगदापद्महस्तां गरुडवाहनाम् । नानारत्नलसद्भूषां क्वणन्मञ्जीरमेखलाम्

śaṅkhacakragadāpadmahastāṃ garuḍavāhanām | nānāratnalasadbhūṣāṃ kvaṇanmañjīramekhalām

holding conch, discus, mace and lotus in her hands, riding Garuḍa, with ornaments gleaming with many jewels, with tinkling anklets and girdle,

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DB 11 20.38

अनर्घ्यरत्नमुकुटां तारहारावलीयुताम् । ताटङ्कबद्धमाणिक्यकान्तिशोभिकपोलकाम्

anarghyaratnamukuṭāṃ tārahārāvalīyutām | tāṭaṅkabaddhamāṇikyakāntiśobhikapolakām

with a crown of priceless gems, adorned with rows of pearl necklaces, her cheeks lovely with the radiance of rubies set in her ear-ornaments,

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DB 11 20.39

पीताम्बरधरां देवीं सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणीम् । सामवेदेन सहितां संयुतां सत्त्ववर्त्मना

pītāmbaradharāṃ devīṃ saccidānandarūpiṇīm | sāmavedena sahitāṃ saṃyutāṃ sattvavartmanā

the goddess wearing a yellow garment, whose form is being-consciousness-bliss, accompanied by the Sāma Veda, joined with the path of sattva,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.40

व्यवस्थितां च स्वर्लोके आदित्यपय्हगामिनीम् । आवाहयाम्यहं देवीमायान्तीं सूर्यमण्डलात्

vyavasthitāṃ ca svarloke ādityapayhagāminīm | āvāhayāmyahaṃ devīmāyāntīṃ sūryamaṇḍalāt

and abiding in the world of heaven, traveling the path of the sun — I invoke the goddess as she comes from the orb of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.41

एवं ध्यात्वा च तां देवीं सन्ध्यासङ्कल्पमाचरेत् । आपो हि ष्ठेति मन्त्रेण अग्निश्चेति तथैव च

evaṃ dhyātvā ca tāṃ devīṃ sandhyāsaṅkalpamācaret | āpo hi ṣṭheti mantreṇa agniśceti tathaiva ca

Having thus meditated on that goddess, he should make the resolve for the twilight rite; with the mantra "āpo hi ṣṭhā" and likewise with "agniś ca,"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.42

विदध्यादाचमनकं शेषं पूर्ववदीरितम् । गायत्रीमन्त्रमुक्च्चार्य श्रीनारायणप्रीतये

vidadhyādācamanakaṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadīritam | gāyatrīmantramukccārya śrīnārāyaṇaprītaye

he should perform the sipping of water; the rest is as stated before. Having uttered the Gāyatrī mantra, for the pleasure of Śrī Nārāyaṇa

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.43

अर्घ्यं दद्याच्च सूर्याय साधकः शुद्धमानसः । उभौ पादौ समौ कृत्वा हस्ते धूत्वा जलाञ्जलिम्

arghyaṃ dadyācca sūryāya sādhakaḥ śuddhamānasaḥ | ubhau pādau samau kṛtvā haste dhūtvā jalāñjalim

the practitioner, with a pure mind, should offer the water-oblation to the Sun; having set both feet even, having shaken a handful of water in his hand,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.44

देवं ध्यात्वा मण्डलस्थं क्षिपेदर्घ्यं ततः क्रमात् । अर्घ्यं दद्यात्तु यो नीरे मूढात्मा ज्ञानवर्जितः

devaṃ dhyātvā maṇḍalasthaṃ kṣipedarghyaṃ tataḥ kramāt | arghyaṃ dadyāttu yo nīre mūḍhātmā jñānavarjitaḥ

having meditated on the god standing in the orb, he should then throw the oblation in due order. But he who, a deluded soul devoid of knowledge, offers the oblation while standing in the water,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.45

उल्लङ्घ्य स्मृतिमन्त्रांश्च प्रायश्चित्ती भवेद्द्विजः । ततः सूर्यमुपस्थायाप्यसावादित्यमन्त्रतः

ullaṅghya smṛtimantrāṃśca prāyaścittī bhaveddvijaḥ | tataḥ sūryamupasthāyāpyasāvādityamantrataḥ

Transgressing the mantras of the tradition, the twice-born becomes one liable to expiation. Then, after approaching the sun with the mantra "asāv ādityaḥ" (yonder sun),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 11 20.46

गायत्र्याश्च जपं कुर्यादुपविश्य ततो बृसीम् । सहस्रं वा तदर्धं वा श्रीदेवीध्यानपूर्वकम्

gāyatryāśca japaṃ kuryādupaviśya tato bṛsīm | sahasraṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā śrīdevīdhyānapūrvakam

and then, sitting down on the seat (bṛsī), he should perform the recitation of the Gāyatrī — a thousand (times) or half of that — preceded by meditation on the glorious Goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.47

यथा प्रातः पुनस्तद्वदुपस्थानादिकं चरेत् । सायं सन्ध्यातर्पणे च क्रमेण परिकीर्तयेत्

yathā prātaḥ punastadvadupasthānādikaṃ caret | sāyaṃ sandhyātarpaṇe ca krameṇa parikīrtayet

As in the morning, so again he should perform the approaching (of the sun) and the rest; and (now) the evening twilight-worship and libation shall be declared in order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.48

वसिष्ठो ऋषिरेवात्र सरस्वत्याः प्रकीर्तितः । देवता विष्णुरूपा सा छन्दश्चैव सरस्वती

vasiṣṭho ṛṣirevātra sarasvatyāḥ prakīrtitaḥ | devatā viṣṇurūpā sā chandaścaiva sarasvatī

Here Vasiṣṭha is declared to be the seer of Sarasvatī; the deity is she who has Viṣṇu's form, and the metre too is Sarasvatī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.49

सायंकालीनसन्ध्यायास्तर्पणे विनियोगकः । स्वरित्युक्त्वा च पुरुषं सामवेदं तथैव च

sāyaṃkālīnasandhyāyāstarpaṇe viniyogakaḥ | svarityuktvā ca puruṣaṃ sāmavedaṃ tathaiva ca

The application (viniyoga) is for the libation of the evening twilight-worship. Having said "svaḥ," and (then) "puruṣa," and likewise "Sāmaveda,"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 11 20.50

मण्डलं चेति सम्प्रोच्य हिरण्यगर्भकं तथा । तथैव परमात्मानं ततोऽपि च सरस्वतीम्

maṇḍalaṃ ceti samprocya hiraṇyagarbhakaṃ tathā | tathaiva paramātmānaṃ tato'pi ca sarasvatīm

and having pronounced "maṇḍala," and likewise "Hiraṇyagarbha," and just so "Paramātman," and after that "Sarasvatī,"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.51

वेदमातरमेवात्र सङ्कृतिं तद्वदेव च । सन्ध्यां वृद्धां तथा विष्णुरूपिणीमुषसीं तथा

vedamātaramevātra saṅkṛtiṃ tadvadeva ca | sandhyāṃ vṛddhāṃ tathā viṣṇurūpiṇīmuṣasīṃ tathā

and here "Mother of the Vedas," and likewise "Saṅkṛti," and "Sandhyā," "the Aged one," and "she whose form is Viṣṇu's," and "Uṣasī,"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 11 20.52

निर्मृजीं च तथा सर्वसिद्धीनां कारिणीं तथा । सर्वमन्त्राधिपतिकां भूर्भुवः स्वश्च पूरुषम्

nirmṛjīṃ ca tathā sarvasiddhīnāṃ kāriṇīṃ tathā | sarvamantrādhipatikāṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaśca pūruṣam

and likewise "Nirmṛjī," and "she who effects all attainments," and "mistress of all mantras," and "bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ," and "puruṣa" —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 11 20.53

इत्येवं तर्पणं कार्यं सन्ध्यायाः श्रुतिसम्मतम् । सायं सन्ध्याविधानं च कथितं पापनाशनम्

ityevaṃ tarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ sandhyāyāḥ śrutisammatam | sāyaṃ sandhyāvidhānaṃ ca kathitaṃ pāpanāśanam

thus is the libation to Sandhyā to be performed, as approved by scripture. And the rule of the evening twilight-worship has been told, the destroyer of sin,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 20.54

सर्वदुःखहरं व्याधिनाशकं मोक्षदं तथा । सदाचारेषु सन्ध्यायाः प्राधान्यं मुनिपुङ्गव । सन्ध्याचरणतो देवी भक्ताभीष्टं प्रयच्छति

sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ vyādhināśakaṃ mokṣadaṃ tathā | sadācāreṣu sandhyāyāḥ prādhānyaṃ munipuṅgava | sandhyācaraṇato devī bhaktābhīṣṭaṃ prayacchati

remover of all suffering, destroyer of disease, and giver of liberation. Among good practices, O best of sages, the twilight-worship holds the first place; through the performance of the twilight-worship the Goddess grants her devotee's desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition