Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 21
DB 11 21.1
गायत्रीपुरश्चरणविधिकथनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अथातः श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन् गायत्र्या पापनाशनम् । पुरश्चरणकं पुण्यं यथैष्टफलदायकम्
gāyatrīpuraścaraṇavidhikathanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ brahman gāyatryā pāpanāśanam | puraścaraṇakaṃ puṇyaṃ yathaiṣṭaphaladāyakam
The telling of the rule for the preliminary observance (puraścaraṇa) of the Gāyatrī. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Now then, hear, O brahman, of the Gāyatrī's sin-destroying, meritorious preliminary observance, which gives fruit according to one's wish.
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DB 11 21.2
पर्वताग्रे नदीतीरे बिल्वमूले जलाशये । गोष्ठे देवालयेऽश्वत्थे उद्याने तुलसीवने
parvatāgre nadītīre bilvamūle jalāśaye | goṣṭhe devālaye'śvatthe udyāne tulasīvane
On a mountain top, on a river bank, at the root of a bilva tree, by a body of water, in a cow-pen, in a temple, at an aśvattha tree, in a garden, in a grove of tulasī,
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DB 11 21.3
पुण्यक्षेत्रे गुरोः पार्श्वे चित्तैकाग्र्यस्थलेऽपि च । पुरश्चरणकृन्मन्त्री सिध्यत्येव न संशयः
puṇyakṣetre guroḥ pārśve cittaikāgryasthale'pi ca | puraścaraṇakṛnmantrī sidhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
in a holy place, beside one's teacher, and also in a spot (fit) for one-pointedness of mind — the mantra-adept who performs the preliminary observance surely attains success; there is no doubt.
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DB 11 21.4
यस्य कस्यापि मन्त्रस्य पुरश्चरणमारभेत् । व्याहृतित्रयसंयुक्तां गायत्रीं चायुतं जपेत्
yasya kasyāpi mantrasya puraścaraṇamārabhet | vyāhṛtitrayasaṃyuktāṃ gāyatrīṃ cāyutaṃ japet
Whatever mantra's preliminary observance he may begin, he should recite the Gāyatrī, joined with the three utterances, ten thousand times.
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DB 11 21.5
नृसिंहार्कवराहाणां तान्त्रिकं वैदिकं तथा । विना जप्त्वा तु गायत्रीं तत्सर्वं निष्कलं भवेत्
nṛsiṃhārkavarāhāṇāṃ tāntrikaṃ vaidikaṃ tathā | vinā japtvā tu gāyatrīṃ tatsarvaṃ niṣkalaṃ bhavet
Of (the mantras) of Nṛsiṃha, the Sun, and Varāha, whether tantric or vedic — without reciting the Gāyatrī, all that becomes fruitless.
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DB 11 21.6
सर्वे शाक्ता द्विजाः प्रोक्ता न शैवा न च वैष्णवाः । आदिशक्तिमुपासन्ते गायत्रीं वेदमातरम्
sarve śāktā dvijāḥ proktā na śaivā na ca vaiṣṇavāḥ | ādiśaktimupāsante gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram
All twice-born are declared to be Śāktas, neither Śaivas nor Vaiṣṇavas; they worship the primordial Power, the Gāyatrī, mother of the Vedas.
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DB 11 21.7
मन्त्रं संशोध्य यत्नेन पुरश्चरणतत्परः । मन्त्रशोधनपूर्वाङ्गमात्मशोधनमुत्तमम्
mantraṃ saṃśodhya yatnena puraścaraṇatatparaḥ | mantraśodhanapūrvāṅgamātmaśodhanamuttamam
Having carefully purified the mantra, one becomes intent on the preliminary observance; but the purification of oneself, which precedes the purification of the mantra as its (first) member, is the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 21.8
आत्मतत्त्वशोधनाय त्रिलक्षं प्रजपेद्बुधः । अथवा चैकलक्षं तु श्रुतिप्रोक्तेन वर्त्मना
ātmatattvaśodhanāya trilakṣaṃ prajapedbudhaḥ | athavā caikalakṣaṃ tu śrutiproktena vartmanā
For the purification of the principle that is the self, the wise man should recite three hundred thousand (times), or else one hundred thousand, by the way declared in scripture.
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DB 11 21.9
आत्मशुद्धिं विना कर्तुर्जपहोमादिकाः क्रियाः । निष्फलास्तास्तु विज्ञेयाः कारणं श्रुतिचोदितम्
ātmaśuddhiṃ vinā karturjapahomādikāḥ kriyāḥ | niṣphalāstāstu vijñeyāḥ kāraṇaṃ śruticoditam
Without purification of the self, the doer's acts of recitation, oblation and the rest are to be known as fruitless; the reason is enjoined by scripture:
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DB 11 21.10
तपसा तापयेद्देहं पितृदेवांश्च तर्पयेत् । तपसा स्वर्गमाप्नोति तपसा विन्दते महत्
tapasā tāpayeddehaṃ pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet | tapasā svargamāpnoti tapasā vindate mahat
By austerity he should heat the body, and should satisfy the ancestors and the gods; by austerity one gains heaven, by austerity one obtains what is great.
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DB 11 21.11
क्षत्रियो बाहुवीर्येण तरेदापद आत्मनः । धनेन वैश्यः शूद्रस्तु जपहोमैर्द्विजोत्तमः
kṣatriyo bāhuvīryeṇa taredāpada ātmanaḥ | dhanena vaiśyaḥ śūdrastu japahomairdvijottamaḥ
A kshatriya should cross over his own calamities by the strength of his arms, a vaishya by wealth, and a shudra (by service), but the best of the twice-born by muttered recitation and oblations.
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DB 11 21.12
अतएव तु विप्रेन्द्र तपः कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः । शरीरशोषणं प्राहुस्तापसास्तप उत्तमम्
ataeva tu viprendra tapaḥ kuryātprayatnataḥ | śarīraśoṣaṇaṃ prāhustāpasāstapa uttamam
Therefore, O best of brahmins, one should perform austerity with effort; the ascetics call the drying up of the body the highest austerity.
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DB 11 21.13
शोधयेद्विधिमार्गेण कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः । अथान्नशुद्धिकरणं वक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद
śodhayedvidhimārgeṇa kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ | athānnaśuddhikaraṇaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada
One should purify (oneself) by the prescribed path, by the kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa and other (penances). Now I shall tell (you) the purification of food; listen, Nārada.
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DB 11 21.14
अयाचितोञ्छशुक्लाख्यभिक्षावृत्तिचतुष्टयम् । तान्त्रिकैर्वैदिकैश्चैवं प्रोक्तान्नस्य विशुद्धता
ayācitoñchaśuklākhyabhikṣāvṛtticatuṣṭayam | tāntrikairvaidikaiścaivaṃ proktānnasya viśuddhatā
The fourfold mode of livelihood called the unasked-for (food), gleaning, the 'white' (pure), and begging — thus by the Tāntrikas and the Vaidikas the purity of food is declared.
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DB 11 21.15
भिक्षान्नं शुद्धमानीय कृत्वा भागचतुष्टयम् । एकं भागं द्विजेभ्यस्तु गोग्रासस्तु द्वितीयकः
bhikṣānnaṃ śuddhamānīya kṛtvā bhāgacatuṣṭayam | ekaṃ bhāgaṃ dvijebhyastu gogrāsastu dvitīyakaḥ
Having brought pure food obtained by begging and made four portions (of it): one portion for the twice-born, and the second a mouthful for the cow;
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DB 11 21.16
अतिथिभ्यस्तृतीयस्तु तदूर्ध्वं तु स्वभार्ययोः । आश्रमस्य यथा यस्य कृत्वा ग्रासविधिं क्रमात्
atithibhyastṛtīyastu tadūrdhvaṃ tu svabhāryayoḥ | āśramasya yathā yasya kṛtvā grāsavidhiṃ kramāt
the third for guests, and beyond that for one's own wives — having made the rule of mouthfuls in order, as is proper for the stage of life of each;
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DB 11 21.17
आदौ क्षिप्त्वा तु गोमूत्रं यथाशक्ति यथाक्रमम् । तदूर्ध्वं ग्राससंख्या स्याद्वानप्रस्थगृहस्थयोः
ādau kṣiptvā tu gomūtraṃ yathāśakti yathākramam | tadūrdhvaṃ grāsasaṃkhyā syādvānaprasthagṛhasthayoḥ
having first poured on cow's urine, according to ability and in due order — beyond that would be the number of mouthfuls for the forest-dweller and the householder.
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DB 11 21.18
कुक्कुटाण्डप्रमाणं तु ग्रासमानं विधीयते । अष्टौ ग्रासा गृहस्थस्य वनस्थस्य तदर्धकम्
kukkuṭāṇḍapramāṇaṃ tu grāsamānaṃ vidhīyate | aṣṭau grāsā gṛhasthasya vanasthasya tadardhakam
The measure of a mouthful is laid down as the size of a hen's egg; eight mouthfuls for the householder, half of that for the forest-dweller.
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DB 11 21.19
ब्रह्मचारी यथेष्टं च गोमूत्रं विधिपूर्वकम् । प्रोक्षणं नववारं च षड्वारं च त्रिवारकम्
brahmacārī yatheṣṭaṃ ca gomūtraṃ vidhipūrvakam | prokṣaṇaṃ navavāraṃ ca ṣaḍvāraṃ ca trivārakam
And the celibate student (may take) as much as he wishes; and cow's urine according to rule — the sprinkling being nine times, or six times, or three times.
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DB 11 21.20
निश्छिद्रं च करं कृत्वा सावित्रीं च तदित्यृचम् । मन्त्रमुच्चार्य मनसा प्रोक्षणे विधिरुच्यते
niśchidraṃ ca karaṃ kṛtvā sāvitrīṃ ca tadityṛcam | mantramuccārya manasā prokṣaṇe vidhirucyate
And having made the hand without gaps, and mentally uttering the Sāvitrī and the verse beginning 'tat' — such is said to be the rule in sprinkling.
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DB 11 21.21
चौरो वा यदि चाण्डालो वैश्यः क्षत्रस्तथैव च । अन्नं दद्यात्तु यः कश्चिदधमो विधिरुच्यते एकादशस्कन्धे गायत्रीपुरश्चरणविधिकथनं नामैएकविंशोऽध्यायः
cauro vā yadi cāṇḍālo vaiśyaḥ kṣatrastathaiva ca | annaṃ dadyāttu yaḥ kaścidadhamo vidhirucyate ekādaśaskandhe gāyatrīpuraścaraṇavidhikathanaṃ nāmaiekaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Whether it be a thief, or a caṇḍāla, a vaishya, or likewise a kshatriya — whoever, being low, gives food, the rule is (thus) declared. [Colophon: In the eleventh skandha, the twenty-first chapter, called the statement of the rule of the preliminary observance of the Gāyatrī.]
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DB 11 21.22
शूद्रान्नं शूद्रसम्पर्कं शूद्रेण च सहाशनम् । ते यान्ति नरकं घोरं यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
śūdrānnaṃ śūdrasamparkaṃ śūdreṇa ca sahāśanam | te yānti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvaccandradivākarau
A shudra's food, contact with a shudra, and eating together with a shudra — those (who do so) go to a terrible hell for as long as the moon and the sun (endure).
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DB 11 21.23
गायत्रीच्छन्दो मन्त्रस्य यथासंख्याक्षराणि च । तावल्लक्षाणि कर्तव्यं पुरश्चरणकं तथा
gāyatrīcchando mantrasya yathāsaṃkhyākṣarāṇi ca | tāvallakṣāṇi kartavyaṃ puraścaraṇakaṃ tathā
As many syllables as there are in the mantra of the Gāyatrī metre, so many hundred-thousands (of repetitions) are to be performed as the preliminary observance.
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DB 11 21.24
द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षमानं तु विश्वामित्रमतं तथा । जीवहीनो यथा देहः सर्वकर्मसु न क्षमः
dvātriṃśallakṣamānaṃ tu viśvāmitramataṃ tathā | jīvahīno yathā dehaḥ sarvakarmasu na kṣamaḥ
But the measure of thirty-two hundred-thousand is likewise the opinion of Viśvāmitra. As a body without life is not capable of any actions,
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DB 11 21.25
पुरश्चरणहीनस्तु तथा मन्त्रः प्रकीर्तितः । ज्येष्ठाषाढौ भाद्रपदं पौषं तु मलमासकम्
puraścaraṇahīnastu tathā mantraḥ prakīrtitaḥ | jyeṣṭhāṣāḍhau bhādrapadaṃ pauṣaṃ tu malamāsakam
so is a mantra declared (to be) that lacks the preliminary observance. Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha, Bhādrapada, and Pauṣa, and the intercalary month,
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DB 11 21.26
अङ्गारं शनिवारं च व्यतीपातं च वैधृतिम् । अष्टमीं नवमीं षष्ठीं चतुर्थीं च त्रयोदशीम्
aṅgāraṃ śanivāraṃ ca vyatīpātaṃ ca vaidhṛtim | aṣṭamīṃ navamīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ caturthīṃ ca trayodaśīm
Tuesday and Saturday, the vyatīpāta and the vaidhṛti (conjunctions), the eighth, the ninth, the sixth, the fourth and the thirteenth (lunar days),
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DB 11 21.27
चतुर्दशीममावास्यां प्रदोषं च तथा निशाम् । यमाग्निरुद्रसर्पेन्द्रवसुश्रवणजन्मभम्
caturdaśīmamāvāsyāṃ pradoṣaṃ ca tathā niśām | yamāgnirudrasarpendravasuśravaṇajanmabham
the fourteenth, the new-moon day, and the evening twilight and likewise the night, (the lunar mansions) of Yama, Agni, Rudra, the Serpent, Indra, the Vasus, Śravaṇa, and one's birth-star,
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DB 11 21.28
मेषकर्कतुलाकुम्भान्मकरं चैव वर्जयेत् । सर्वाण्येतानि वर्ज्यानि पुरश्चरणकर्मणि
meṣakarkatulākumbhānmakaraṃ caiva varjayet | sarvāṇyetāni varjyāni puraścaraṇakarmaṇi
and one should avoid Aries, Cancer, Libra, Aquarius, and Capricorn: all these are to be avoided in the act of the preliminary observance.
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DB 11 21.29
चन्द्रतारानुकूले च शुक्लपक्षे विशेषतः । पुरश्चरणकं कुर्यान्मन्त्रसिद्धिः प्रजायते
candratārānukūle ca śuklapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | puraścaraṇakaṃ kuryānmantrasiddhiḥ prajāyate
When the moon and the stars are favourable, and especially in the bright fortnight, one should perform the preliminary observance; (then) success in the mantra arises.
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DB 11 21.30
स्वस्तिवाचनकं कुर्यान्नान्दीश्राद्धं यथाविधि । विप्रान्सन्तर्प्य यत्नेन भोजनाच्छादनादिभिः
svastivācanakaṃ kuryānnāndīśrāddhaṃ yathāvidhi | viprānsantarpya yatnena bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ
One should perform the svastivācana and the nāndīśrāddha according to rule, and having carefully gratified brahmins with food, clothing and the rest,
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DB 11 21.31
आरभेत्तु ततः पश्चादनुज्ञानपुरःसरम् । प्रत्यङ्मुखः शिवस्थाने द्विजश्चान्यतमे जपेत्
ārabhettu tataḥ paścādanujñānapuraḥsaram | pratyaṅmukhaḥ śivasthāne dvijaścānyatame japet
Then afterwards, having first obtained permission, let (him) begin; facing west, at a place of Śiva, or at any other (holy site), let the twice-born recite.
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DB 11 21.32
काशीपुरी च केदारो महाकालोऽथ नासिकम् । त्र्यम्बकं च महाक्षेत्रं पञ्च दीपा इमे भुवि
kāśīpurī ca kedāro mahākālo'tha nāsikam | tryambakaṃ ca mahākṣetraṃ pañca dīpā ime bhuvi
The city of Kāśī, Kedāra, Mahākāla, then Nāsika, and the great sacred field Tryambaka — these are the five lamps on earth.
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DB 11 21.33
सर्वत्रैव हि दीपस्तु कूर्मासनमिति स्मृतम् ।
sarvatraiva hi dīpastu kūrmāsanamiti smṛtam |
For everywhere indeed the lamp (i.e. the seat at such a place) is remembered as the tortoise-seat.
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DB 11 21.34
न न्यूनं नातिरिक्तं च जपं कुर्याद्दिने दिने । नैरन्तर्येण कुर्वन्ति पुरश्चर्यां मुनीश्वराः
na nyūnaṃ nātiriktaṃ ca japaṃ kuryāddine dine | nairantaryeṇa kurvanti puraścaryāṃ munīśvarāḥ
Day after day (he) should do the recitation neither less nor more (than the fixed number); the lords among sages perform the preliminary observance without interruption.
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DB 11 21.35
प्रातरारभ्य विधिवज्जपेन्मध्यदिनावधि । मनःसंहरणं शौचं ध्यानं मन्त्रार्थचिन्तनम्
prātarārabhya vidhivajjapenmadhyadināvadhi | manaḥsaṃharaṇaṃ śaucaṃ dhyānaṃ mantrārthacintanam
Beginning at dawn (he) should recite according to rule until midday; (there should be) withdrawal of the mind, purity, meditation, and pondering the meaning of the mantra.
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DB 11 21.36
गायत्रीच्छन्दो मन्त्रस्य यथासंख्याक्षराणि च । तावल्लक्षाणि कर्तव्यं पुरश्चरणकं तथा
gāyatrīcchando mantrasya yathāsaṃkhyākṣarāṇi ca | tāvallakṣāṇi kartavyaṃ puraścaraṇakaṃ tathā
The metre (of the mantra) is gāyatrī; and as many as are the syllables of the mantra in number, so many hundred thousands are to be done as the preliminary observance.
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DB 11 21.37
जुहुयात्तद्दशांशेन सघृतेन पयोऽन्धसा । तिलैः पत्रैः प्रसूनैश्च यवैश्च मधुरान्वितैः
juhuyāttaddaśāṃśena saghṛtena payo'ndhasā | tilaiḥ patraiḥ prasūnaiśca yavaiśca madhurānvitaiḥ
With a tenth part of that (number) let (him) make offerings, with ghee, with milk and with boiled rice, with sesame, leaves and flowers, and with barley mixed with sweet things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.38
कुर्याद्दशांशतो होमं ततः सिद्धो भवेन्मनुः । गायत्री चैव संसेव्या धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदा
kuryāddaśāṃśato homaṃ tataḥ siddho bhavenmanuḥ | gāyatrī caiva saṃsevyā dharmakāmārthamokṣadā
(He) should perform the fire-offering with a tenth part; then the mantra becomes effective. And the gāyatrī is to be served, she who grants dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.39
नित्ये नैमित्तिके काम्ये त्रितये तु परायणः । गायत्र्यास्तु परं नास्ति इह लोके परत्र च
nitye naimittike kāmye tritaye tu parāyaṇaḥ | gāyatryāstu paraṃ nāsti iha loke paratra ca
For one who is devoted to the triad — the regular, the occasional, and the optative (rites) — there is nothing higher than the gāyatrī, in this world or in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.40
मध्याह्नमितभुङ् मौनी त्रिःस्नानार्चनतत्परः । जले लक्षत्रयं धीमाननन्यमानसक्रियः
madhyāhnamitabhuṅ maunī triḥsnānārcanatatparaḥ | jale lakṣatrayaṃ dhīmānananyamānasakriyaḥ
Eating a measured meal at midday, keeping silence, intent on bathing and worship three times (a day), the wise man (should recite) three hundred thousand (times) standing in water, with mind and act fixed on nothing else.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.41
कर्मणा यो जपेत्पश्चात्कर्मभिः स्वेच्छयापि वा । यावत्कार्यं न सिध्येत्तु तावत्कुर्याज्जपादिकम्
karmaṇā yo japetpaścātkarmabhiḥ svecchayāpi vā | yāvatkāryaṃ na sidhyettu tāvatkuryājjapādikam
He who thereafter recites along with the rite, or with the rites as he pleases — so long as the aim is not accomplished, so long should he perform the recitation and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 21.42
सामान्यकाम्यकर्मादौ यथावद्विधिरुच्यते । आदित्यस्योदये स्नात्वा सहस्रं प्रत्यहं जपेत्
sāmānyakāmyakarmādau yathāvadvidhirucyate | ādityasyodaye snātvā sahasraṃ pratyahaṃ japet
At the beginning of the ordinary and the optative rites the procedure is stated as follows: having bathed at the sun's rising, (he) should recite a thousand (times) each day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.43
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं धनं च लभते ध्रुवम् । षण्मासं वा त्रिमासं वा वर्षान्ते सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ dhanaṃ ca labhate dhruvam | ṣaṇmāsaṃ vā trimāsaṃ vā varṣānte siddhimāpnuyāt
(He) certainly obtains long life, health, lordship and wealth; in six months, or in three months, or at the year's end, he would attain the accomplishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.44
पद्मानां लक्षहोमेन घृताक्तानां हुताशने । प्राप्नोति निखिलं मोक्षं सिध्यत्येव न संशयः
padmānāṃ lakṣahomena ghṛtāktānāṃ hutāśane | prāpnoti nikhilaṃ mokṣaṃ sidhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
By the offering of a hundred thousand lotuses smeared with ghee into the fire, (he) obtains complete liberation; he succeeds indeed, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.45
मन्त्रसिद्धिं विना कर्तुर्जपहोमादिकाः क्रियाः । काम्यं वा यदि वा मोक्षः सर्वं तनिष्फलं भवेत्
mantrasiddhiṃ vinā karturjapahomādikāḥ kriyāḥ | kāmyaṃ vā yadi vā mokṣaḥ sarvaṃ taniṣphalaṃ bhavet
Without the mantra's efficacy, the doer's rites of recitation, oblation and the rest — whether it be an optative aim or liberation — all that becomes fruitless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.46
पञ्चविंशतिलक्षेण दध्ना क्षीरेण वा हुतात् । स्वदेहे सिध्यते जन्तुर्महर्षीणां मतं तथा
pañcaviṃśatilakṣeṇa dadhnā kṣīreṇa vā hutāt | svadehe sidhyate janturmaharṣīṇāṃ mataṃ tathā
By an offering of two and a half million with curds or with milk, the creature attains success in his own body — such too is the view of the great seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.47
अष्टाङ्गयोगसिद्ध्या च नरः प्राप्नोति यत्फलम् । तत्फलं सिद्धिमाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
aṣṭāṅgayogasiddhyā ca naraḥ prāpnoti yatphalam | tatphalaṃ siddhimāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
And whatever fruit a man obtains by the mastery of the eightfold yoga, that fruit he attains as (his) accomplishment; no doubt is to be entertained here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.48
शक्तो वापि त्वशक्तो वा आहारं नियतं चरेत् । षण्मासात्तस्य सिद्धिः स्याद्गुरुभक्तिरतः सदा
śakto vāpi tvaśakto vā āhāraṃ niyataṃ caret | ṣaṇmāsāttasya siddhiḥ syādgurubhaktirataḥ sadā
Whether able or unable, let (him) keep to a restricted diet; his accomplishment will come in six months, if he is ever devoted to the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.49
एकाहं पञ्चगव्याशी चैकाहं मारुताशनः । एकाहं ब्राह्मणान्नाशी गायत्रीजपकृद्भवेत्
ekāhaṃ pañcagavyāśī caikāhaṃ mārutāśanaḥ | ekāhaṃ brāhmaṇānnāśī gāyatrījapakṛdbhavet
One day eating the five products of the cow, one day feeding on air, one day eating a brahmin's food, let (him) be a reciter of the gāyatrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.50
स्नात्वा गङ्गादितीर्थेषु शतमन्तर्जले जपेत् । शतेनापस्ततः पीत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
snātvā gaṅgāditīrtheṣu śatamantarjale japet | śatenāpastataḥ pītvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Having bathed at the Gaṅgā and other sacred fords, (he) should recite a hundred (times) while in the water; then, drinking water with a hundred (recitations), he is released from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.51
चान्द्रायणादिकृच्छ्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति निश्चितम् । राजा वा यदि वा विप्रस्तपः कुर्यात्स्वके गृहे
cāndrāyaṇādikṛcchrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti niścitam | rājā vā yadi vā viprastapaḥ kuryātsvake gṛhe
(He) certainly obtains the fruit of the cāndrāyaṇa and the other austerities. Whether a king or a brahmin, let him perform austerity in his own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.52
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी वा वानप्रस्थोऽथवापि च । अधिकारपरत्वेन फलं यज्ञादिपूर्वकम्
gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho'thavāpi ca | adhikāraparatvena phalaṃ yajñādipūrvakam
Whether a householder, or a student of the Veda, or else a forest-dweller — according to (each one's) fitness (for it), the fruit is (obtained) by means of sacrifice and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 21.53
श्रौतस्मार्तादिकं कर्म क्रियते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः । साग्निकश्च सदाचारो विद्वद्भिश्च सुशिक्षितः
śrautasmārtādikaṃ karma kriyate mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ | sāgnikaśca sadācāro vidvadbhiśca suśikṣitaḥ
The rites of the Śruti and the Smṛti and so forth are performed by those who desire liberation; and (such a one is) a maintainer of the sacred fires, of good conduct, and well instructed by the learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.54
ततः कुर्यात्प्रयत्नेन फलमूलोदकादिभिः । भिक्षान्नं शुद्धमश्नीयादष्टौ ग्रासान्स्वयं भुजेत्
tataḥ kuryātprayatnena phalamūlodakādibhiḥ | bhikṣānnaṃ śuddhamaśnīyādaṣṭau grāsānsvayaṃ bhujet
Then let him perform (it) diligently with fruits, roots, water and the like. He should eat pure food obtained by begging; he should himself consume eight mouthfuls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 21.55
एवं पुरश्चरणकं कृत्वा मन्त्रसिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । देवर्षे यदनुष्ठानाद्दारिद्र्यं विलयं व्रजेत् । यच्छ्रुत्वापि च पुण्यानां महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
evaṃ puraścaraṇakaṃ kṛtvā mantrasiddhimavāpnuyāt | devarṣe yadanuṣṭhānāddāridryaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet | yacchrutvāpi ca puṇyānāṃ mahatīṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
Having thus performed the preliminary observance, one would attain success in the mantra. O divine sage, by the practice of which poverty goes to destruction, and by merely hearing which one would attain the great success of the meritorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition