Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 24
DB 11 24.1
प्रातश्चिन्तनम् नारद उवाच नारायण महाभाग गायत्र्यास्तु समासतः । शान्त्यादिकान्प्रयोगांस्तु वदस्व करुणानिधे
prātaścintanam nārada uvāca nārāyaṇa mahābhāga gāyatryāstu samāsataḥ | śāntyādikānprayogāṃstu vadasva karuṇānidhe
Morning reflection. Nārada said: O Nārāyaṇa, greatly blessed one, tell (me) in brief the applications of the Gāyatrī — those for appeasement and the rest — O treasury of compassion.
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DB 11 24.2
श्रीनारायण उवाच अतिगुह्यमिदं पृष्टं त्वया ब्रह्यतनूद्भव । न कस्यापि च वक्तव्यं दुष्टाय पिशुनाय च
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca atiguhyamidaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā brahyatanūdbhava | na kasyāpi ca vaktavyaṃ duṣṭāya piśunāya ca
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: This that you have asked is exceedingly secret, O you born from Brahmā's body; and it is not to be told to anyone, nor to a wicked man or a slanderer.
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DB 11 24.3
अथ शान्तिः पयोऽक्ताभिः समिद्भिर्जुहुयाद् द्विजः । शमीसमिद्भिः शाम्यन्ति भूतरोगग्रहादयः
atha śāntiḥ payo'ktābhiḥ samidbhirjuhuyād dvijaḥ | śamīsamidbhiḥ śāmyanti bhūtarogagrahādayaḥ
Now, appeasement. The twice-born should offer with sticks of firewood smeared with milk; with śamī sticks the (afflictions of) spirits, diseases, malignant planets and the rest are appeased.
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DB 11 24.4
आर्द्राभिः क्षीरवृक्षस्य समिद्भिर्जुहुयाद् द्विजः । जुहुयाच्छकलैर्वापि भूतरोगादिशान्तये
ārdrābhiḥ kṣīravṛkṣasya samidbhirjuhuyād dvijaḥ | juhuyācchakalairvāpi bhūtarogādiśāntaye
The twice-born should offer with fresh sticks of a milk-tree; or he may offer with chips (of it) for the appeasing of spirits, disease and the rest.
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DB 11 24.5
जलेन तर्पयेत्सूर्यं पाणिभ्यां शान्तिमाप्नुयात् । जानुदघ्ने जले जप्त्वा सर्वान्दोषाञ्छमं नयेत्
jalena tarpayetsūryaṃ pāṇibhyāṃ śāntimāpnuyāt | jānudaghne jale japtvā sarvāndoṣāñchamaṃ nayet
He should offer water to the Sun with both hands; (thus) he would attain appeasement. Reciting while in knee-deep water, he brings all defects to quiescence.
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DB 11 24.6
कण्ठदघ्ने जले जप्त्वा मुच्येत्प्राणान्तिकाद्भयात् । सर्वेभ्यः शान्तिकर्मभ्यो निमज्याप्सु जपः स्मृतः
kaṇṭhadaghne jale japtvā mucyetprāṇāntikādbhayāt | sarvebhyaḥ śāntikarmabhyo nimajyāpsu japaḥ smṛtaḥ
Reciting in neck-deep water, he is freed from mortal danger. Of all the rites of appeasement, recitation while immersed in water is held (the best).
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DB 11 24.7
सौवर्णे राजते वापि पात्रे ताम्रमयेऽपि वा । क्षीरवृक्षमये वापि निर्व्रणे मृण्मयेऽपि वा
sauvarṇe rājate vāpi pātre tāmramaye'pi vā | kṣīravṛkṣamaye vāpi nirvraṇe mṛṇmaye'pi vā
In a vessel of gold, or of silver, or even of copper, or made of the wood of a milk-tree, or even of clay without a crack —
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DB 11 24.8
सहस्रं पञ्चगव्येन हुत्वा सुज्वलितेऽनले । क्षीरवृक्षमयैः काष्ठैः शेषं सम्पादयेच्छनैः
sahasraṃ pañcagavyena hutvā sujvalite'nale | kṣīravṛkṣamayaiḥ kāṣṭhaiḥ śeṣaṃ sampādayecchanaiḥ
Having offered a thousand oblations of pañcagavya in a well-kindled fire, with sticks of milk-trees, one should slowly complete the remainder.
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DB 11 24.9
प्रत्याहुतिं स्पृशञ्जप्त्वा सहस्रं पात्रसंस्थितम् । तेन तं प्रोक्षयेद्देशं कुशैर्मन्त्रमनुस्मरन्
pratyāhutiṃ spṛśañjaptvā sahasraṃ pātrasaṃsthitam | tena taṃ prokṣayeddeśaṃ kuśairmantramanusmaran
Touching (the water) placed in the vessel while muttering (the mantra) a thousand times at each oblation, with that (water) one should sprinkle that place with kuśa grass, calling the mantra to mind.
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DB 11 24.10
बलिं किरंस्ततस्तस्मिन्ध्यायेत्तु परदेवताम् । अभिचारसमुत्पन्ना कृत्या पापं च नश्यति
baliṃ kiraṃstatastasmindhyāyettu paradevatām | abhicārasamutpannā kṛtyā pāpaṃ ca naśyati
Then, scattering the bali offering there, he should meditate on the supreme deity; the kṛtyā produced by black magic, and (his) sin, perish.
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DB 11 24.11
देवभूतपिशाचाद्यान् यद्येवं कुरुते वशे । गृहं ग्रामं पुरं राष्ट्रं सर्वं तेभ्यो विमुच्यते
devabhūtapiśācādyān yadyevaṃ kurute vaśe | gṛhaṃ grāmaṃ puraṃ rāṣṭraṃ sarvaṃ tebhyo vimucyate
If he thus brings gods, spirits, piśācas and the rest under control, then house, village, town, kingdom — all is freed from them.
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DB 11 24.12
निखने मुच्यते तेभ्यो लिखने मध्यतोऽपि च । मण्डले शूलमालिख्य पूर्वोक्ते च क्रमेऽपि वा
nikhane mucyate tebhyo likhane madhyato'pi ca | maṇḍale śūlamālikhya pūrvokte ca krame'pi vā
By burying (it) one is freed from them, and by drawing (it) too in the middle; having drawn a trident in the maṇḍala, or else in the manner stated before,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.13
अभिमन्त्र्य सहस्रं तन्निखनेत्सर्वशान्तये । सौवर्णं राजतं वापि कुम्भं ताम्रमयं च वा
abhimantrya sahasraṃ tannikhanetsarvaśāntaye | sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi kumbhaṃ tāmramayaṃ ca vā
having consecrated it with a thousand (repetitions of the mantra), one should bury it for the pacification of all (ills). A pot of gold, or of silver, or made of copper,
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DB 11 24.14
मृण्मयं वा नवं दिव्यं सूत्रवेष्टितमव्रणम् । स्थण्डिले सैकते स्थाप्य पूरयेन्मन्त्रविज्जलैः
mṛṇmayaṃ vā navaṃ divyaṃ sūtraveṣṭitamavraṇam | sthaṇḍile saikate sthāpya pūrayenmantravijjalaiḥ
or of clay, new, fine, wound with thread, without a crack — placing it on a sandy altar-ground, one who knows the mantra should fill it with waters,
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DB 11 24.15
दिग्भ्य आहृत्य तीर्थानि चतसृभ्यो द्विजोत्तमैः । एलाचन्दनकर्पूरजातीपाटलमल्लिकाः
digbhya āhṛtya tīrthāni catasṛbhyo dvijottamaiḥ | elācandanakarpūrajātīpāṭalamallikāḥ
having had the sacred waters brought by the best of twice-born from the four directions; cardamom, sandal, camphor, jasmine, pāṭalā, mallikā,
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DB 11 24.16
बिल्वपत्रं तथा क्रान्तां देवीं व्रीहियवांस्तिलान् । सर्षपान्क्षीरवृक्षाणां प्रवालानि च निक्षिपेत्
bilvapatraṃ tathā krāntāṃ devīṃ vrīhiyavāṃstilān | sarṣapānkṣīravṛkṣāṇāṃ pravālāni ca nikṣipet
and a bilva leaf, and the goddess Krāntā (viṣṇukrāntā plant), rice, barley, sesame, mustard seeds, and the shoots of milk-trees he should cast in.
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DB 11 24.17
सर्वाण्यभिविधायैव कुशकूर्चसमन्वितम् । स्नातः समाहितो विप्रः सहस्रं मन्त्रयेद् बुधः
sarvāṇyabhividhāyaiva kuśakūrcasamanvitam | snātaḥ samāhito vipraḥ sahasraṃ mantrayed budhaḥ
Having arranged all these, (the pot) furnished with a bundle of kuśa grass, the wise brahmin, bathed and concentrated, should recite the mantra a thousand times.
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DB 11 24.18
दिक्षु सौरानधीयीरन्मन्त्रान्विप्रास्त्रयीविदः । प्रोक्षयेत्पाययेदेनं नीरं तेनाभिषिञ्चयेत्
dikṣu saurānadhīyīranmantrānviprāstrayīvidaḥ | prokṣayetpāyayedenaṃ nīraṃ tenābhiṣiñcayet
In (all) the directions let brahmins who know the three Vedas recite the solar mantras; he should sprinkle him, make him drink the water, and bathe him with it.
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DB 11 24.19
भूतरोगाभिचारेभ्यः स निर्मुक्तः सुखी भवेत् । अभिषेकेण मुच्येत मृत्योरास्यगतो नरः
bhūtarogābhicārebhyaḥ sa nirmuktaḥ sukhī bhavet | abhiṣekeṇa mucyeta mṛtyorāsyagato naraḥ
Freed from spirits, diseases and sorceries, he becomes happy; by the aspersion a man gone into the mouth of death is released.
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DB 11 24.20
अवश्यं कारयेद्विद्वान्राजा दीर्घं जिजीविषुः । गावो देयाश्च ऋत्विग्भ्य अभिषेके शतं मुने
avaśyaṃ kārayedvidvānrājā dīrghaṃ jijīviṣuḥ | gāvo deyāśca ṛtvigbhya abhiṣeke śataṃ mune
A learned king wishing to live long should certainly have it performed; and a hundred cows are to be given to the officiating priests at the aspersion, O sage.
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DB 11 24.21
दक्षिणा येन वा तुष्टिर्यथाशक्त्याथवा भवेत् । जपेदश्वत्थमालभ्य मन्दवारे शतं द्विजः
dakṣiṇā yena vā tuṣṭiryathāśaktyāthavā bhavet | japedaśvatthamālabhya mandavāre śataṃ dvijaḥ
Or the fee may be whatever gives (them) satisfaction, or according to one's ability. A twice-born should mutter (the mantra) a hundred times on a Saturday, touching an aśvattha tree;
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DB 11 24.22
भूतरोगाभिचारेभ्यो मुच्यते महतो भयात् । गुडूच्याः पर्वविच्छिन्नाः पयोऽक्ता जुहुयाद् द्विजः
bhūtarogābhicārebhyo mucyate mahato bhayāt | guḍūcyāḥ parvavicchinnāḥ payo'ktā juhuyād dvijaḥ
(thereby) he is freed from spirits, diseases, sorceries, and from great fear. A twice-born should offer as oblation pieces of guḍūcī cut at the joints, smeared with milk.
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DB 11 24.23
एवं मृत्युञ्जयो होमः सर्वव्याधिविनाशनः । आम्रस्य जुहुयात्पत्रैः पयोऽक्तैर्ज्वरशान्तये
evaṃ mṛtyuñjayo homaḥ sarvavyādhivināśanaḥ | āmrasya juhuyātpatraiḥ payo'ktairjvaraśāntaye
Such is the Mṛtyuñjaya oblation, destroyer of all diseases. He should offer mango leaves smeared with milk for the quelling of fever.
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DB 11 24.24
वचाभिः पयसाक्ताभिः क्षयं हुत्वा विनाशयेत् । मधुत्रितयहोमेन राजयक्ष्मा विनश्यति एकादशस्कन्धे सदाचारनिरूपणं नाम चतुर्विंशोध्यायः
vacābhiḥ payasāktābhiḥ kṣayaṃ hutvā vināśayet | madhutritayahomena rājayakṣmā vinaśyati ekādaśaskandhe sadācāranirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturviṃśodhyāyaḥ
By offering vacā (sweet flag) smeared with milk one destroys consumption; by the oblation of the three sweets rājayakṣma perishes. [Thus] in the eleventh Book, the twenty-fourth chapter, called the exposition of right conduct.
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DB 11 24.25
निवेद्य भास्करायान्नं पायसं होमपूर्वकम् । राजयक्ष्माभिभूतं च प्राशयेच्छान्तिमाप्नुयात्
nivedya bhāskarāyānnaṃ pāyasaṃ homapūrvakam | rājayakṣmābhibhūtaṃ ca prāśayecchāntimāpnuyāt
Having offered milk-rice food to the Sun preceded by the fire-oblation, he should give it to eat to one afflicted by rājayakṣma, and he would obtain relief.
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DB 11 24.26
लताः पर्वसु विच्छिद्य सोमस्य जुहुयाद् द्विजः । सोमे सूर्येण संयुक्ते पयोऽक्ताः क्षयशान्तये
latāḥ parvasu vicchidya somasya juhuyād dvijaḥ | some sūryeṇa saṃyukte payo'ktāḥ kṣayaśāntaye
Cutting the creepers of soma at the joints, a twice-born should offer them, smeared with milk, when the moon is conjoined with the sun, for the quelling of consumption.
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DB 11 24.27
कुसुमैः शङ्खवृक्षस्य हुत्वा कुष्ठं विनाशयेत् । अपस्मारविनाशः स्यादपामार्गस्य तण्डुलैः
kusumaiḥ śaṅkhavṛkṣasya hutvā kuṣṭhaṃ vināśayet | apasmāravināśaḥ syādapāmārgasya taṇḍulaiḥ
By offering the flowers of the śaṅkha tree one destroys leprosy; there would be destruction of epilepsy by the grains of apāmārga.
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DB 11 24.28
क्षीरवृक्षसमिद्धोमादुन्मादोऽपि विनश्यति । औदुम्बरसमिद्धोमादतिमेहः क्षयं व्रजेत्
kṣīravṛkṣasamiddhomādunmādo'pi vinaśyati | audumbarasamiddhomādatimehaḥ kṣayaṃ vrajet
By an oblation offered with kindled wood of a milk-tree even madness is destroyed; by an oblation of kindled udumbara wood excessive urination comes to an end.
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DB 11 24.29
प्रमेहं शमयेद्धुत्वा मधुनेक्षुरसेन वा । मधुत्रितयहोमेन नयेच्छान्तिं मसूरिकाम्
pramehaṃ śamayeddhutvā madhunekṣurasena vā | madhutritayahomena nayecchāntiṃ masūrikām
Having offered with honey or with sugarcane juice, one should quell urinary disease; by an oblation of the three sweets one should bring smallpox to quiescence.
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DB 11 24.30
कपिलासर्पिषा हुत्वा नयेच्छान्तिं मसूरिकाम् । उदुम्बरवटाश्वत्थैर्गोगजाश्वामयं हरेत्
kapilāsarpiṣā hutvā nayecchāntiṃ masūrikām | udumbaravaṭāśvatthairgogajāśvāmayaṃ haret
Having offered with the ghee of a tawny cow, one should bring smallpox to quiescence; with (the wood of) udumbara, banyan and aśvattha one should remove the diseases of cattle, elephants and horses.
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DB 11 24.31
पिपीलिमधुवल्मीके गृहे जाते शतं शतम् । शमीसमिद्भिरन्नेन सर्पिषा जुहुयाद् द्विजः
pipīlimadhuvalmīke gṛhe jāte śataṃ śatam | śamīsamidbhirannena sarpiṣā juhuyād dvijaḥ
When an anthill of ants or (a nest of) bees has arisen in the house, a hundred (oblations) each: the twice-born should offer with śamī firewood, with food, and with ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.32
तदुत्थं शान्तिमायाति शेषैस्तत्र बलिं हरेत् । अभ्रस्तनितभूकम्पालक्ष्यादौ वनवेतसः
tadutthaṃ śāntimāyāti śeṣaistatra baliṃ haret | abhrastanitabhūkampālakṣyādau vanavetasaḥ
The (evil) arisen from that comes to quiescence; with what remains he should offer the bali there. In the case of thunder from clouds, earthquake, portents and the like, (the firewood is) wild cane.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.33
सप्ताहं जुहुयादेवं राष्ट्रे राज्यं सुखी भवेत् । यां दिशं शतजप्तेन लोष्ठेनाभिप्रताडयेत्
saptāhaṃ juhuyādevaṃ rāṣṭre rājyaṃ sukhī bhavet | yāṃ diśaṃ śatajaptena loṣṭhenābhipratāḍayet
Thus he should offer for seven days; in the realm the kingdom (or: the king) will be happy. In whatever direction he strikes with a clod of earth over which (the mantra) has been recited a hundred times—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.34
ततोऽग्निमारुतारिभ्यो भयं तस्य विनश्यति । मनसैव जपेदेनां बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात्
tato'gnimārutāribhyo bhayaṃ tasya vinaśyati | manasaiva japedenāṃ baddho mucyeta bandhanāt
—then his fear from fire, wind and enemies is destroyed. One who is bound should recite this (mantra) with the mind alone and would be released from his bonds.
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DB 11 24.35
भूतरोगविषादिभ्यः स्पृशञ्जप्त्वा विमोचयेत् । भूतादिभ्यो विमुच्येत जलं पीत्वाभिमन्त्रितम्
bhūtarogaviṣādibhyaḥ spṛśañjaptvā vimocayet | bhūtādibhyo vimucyeta jalaṃ pītvābhimantritam
Reciting (the mantra) while touching (him), he should release (a man) from spirits, disease, poison and the like; and by drinking water over which (the mantra) has been spoken one would be freed from spirits and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.36
अभिमन्त्र्य शतं भस्म न्यसेद्भूतादिशान्तये । शिरसा धारयेद्भस्म मन्त्रयित्वा तदित्यृचा
abhimantrya śataṃ bhasma nyasedbhūtādiśāntaye | śirasā dhārayedbhasma mantrayitvā tadityṛcā
Having spoken (the mantra) over ash a hundred times, he should apply it for the pacifying of spirits and the like; he should bear the ash on his head, having consecrated it with the verse beginning "tat".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.37
सर्वव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः सुखी जीवेच्छतं समाः । अशक्तः कारयेच्छान्तिं विप्रं दत्त्वा तु दक्षिणाम्
sarvavyādhivinirmuktaḥ sukhī jīvecchataṃ samāḥ | aśaktaḥ kārayecchāntiṃ vipraṃ dattvā tu dakṣiṇām
Freed from all diseases, he would live happily a hundred years. One unable (to do it himself) should have the pacification-rite performed, giving a fee to a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.38
अथ पुष्टिं श्रियं लक्ष्मीं पुष्पैर्हुत्वाप्नुयाद् द्विजः । श्रीकामो जुहुयात्पद्मै रक्तैः श्रियमवाप्नुयात्
atha puṣṭiṃ śriyaṃ lakṣmīṃ puṣpairhutvāpnuyād dvijaḥ | śrīkāmo juhuyātpadmai raktaiḥ śriyamavāpnuyāt
Next, by offering with flowers the twice-born would obtain thriving, prosperity and fortune; one desiring prosperity should offer with red lotuses and would obtain prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.39
हुत्वा श्रियमवाप्नोति जातीपुष्पैर्नवैः शुभैः । शालितण्डुलहोमेन श्रियमाप्नोति पुष्कलाम्
hutvā śriyamavāpnoti jātīpuṣpairnavaiḥ śubhaiḥ | śālitaṇḍulahomena śriyamāpnoti puṣkalām
By offering with fresh, auspicious jasmine flowers he obtains prosperity; by an oblation of grains of śāli rice he obtains abundant prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.40
समिद्भिर्बिल्ववृक्षस्य हुत्वा श्रियमवाप्नुयात् । बिल्वस्य शकलैर्हुत्वा पत्रैः पुष्पैः फलैरपि
samidbhirbilvavṛkṣasya hutvā śriyamavāpnuyāt | bilvasya śakalairhutvā patraiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalairapi
Offering with firewood of the bilva tree he would obtain prosperity; offering with chips of bilva, and with its leaves, flowers and fruits too—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.41
श्रियमाप्नोति परमां मूलस्य शकलैरपि । समिद्भिर्बिल्ववृक्षस्य पायसेन च सर्पिषा
śriyamāpnoti paramāṃ mūlasya śakalairapi | samidbhirbilvavṛkṣasya pāyasena ca sarpiṣā
—and with chips of its root as well, he obtains the highest prosperity. With firewood of the bilva tree, and with milk-rice and ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.42
शतं शतं च सप्ताहं हुत्वा श्रियमवाप्नुयात् । लाजैस्त्रिमधुरोपेतैर्होमे कन्यामवाप्नुयात्
śataṃ śataṃ ca saptāhaṃ hutvā śriyamavāpnuyāt | lājaistrimadhuropetairhome kanyāmavāpnuyāt
a hundred each for seven days—having so offered he would obtain prosperity. When the oblation is of parched grain mixed with the three sweets, he would obtain a maiden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.43
अनेन विधिना कन्या वरमाप्नोति वाञ्छितम् । रक्तोत्पलशतं हुत्वा सप्ताहं हेम चाप्नुयात्
anena vidhinā kanyā varamāpnoti vāñchitam | raktotpalaśataṃ hutvā saptāhaṃ hema cāpnuyāt
By this procedure a maiden obtains the husband she desires. Offering a hundred red water-lilies for seven days, he would also obtain gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.44
सूर्यबिम्बे जलं हुत्वा जलस्थं हेम चाप्नुयात् । अन्नं हुत्वाप्नुयादन्नं व्रीहीन्व्रीहिपतिर्भवेत्
sūryabimbe jalaṃ hutvā jalasthaṃ hema cāpnuyāt | annaṃ hutvāpnuyādannaṃ vrīhīnvrīhipatirbhavet
Offering water into the disc of the sun, he would obtain gold that lies in water; offering food he would obtain food; (offering) rice-grains he becomes a lord of rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.45
करीषचूर्णैर्वत्सस्य हुत्वा पशुमवाप्नुयात् । प्रियङ्गुपायसाज्यैश्च भवेद्धोमादिभिः प्रजा
karīṣacūrṇairvatsasya hutvā paśumavāpnuyāt | priyaṅgupāyasājyaiśca bhaveddhomādibhiḥ prajā
Offering with the powdered dung of a calf he would obtain livestock; and by oblations and the rest with priyaṅgu, milk-rice and ghee there will be offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.46
निवेद्य भास्करायान्नं पायसं होमपूर्वकम् । भोजयेत्तदृतुस्नातां पुत्रं परमवाप्नुयात्
nivedya bhāskarāyānnaṃ pāyasaṃ homapūrvakam | bhojayettadṛtusnātāṃ putraṃ paramavāpnuyāt
Having presented food and milk-rice to the Sun, preceded by an oblation, he should feed it to her who has bathed after her menses; he would obtain an excellent son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.47
सप्ररोहाभिरार्द्राभिरायुर्हुत्वा समाप्नुयात् । समिद्भिः क्षीरवृक्षस्य हुत्वायुषमवाप्नुयात्
saprarohābhirārdrābhirāyurhutvā samāpnuyāt | samidbhiḥ kṣīravṛkṣasya hutvāyuṣamavāpnuyāt
Offering fresh (twigs) together with their shoots, he would attain a full lifespan; offering with firewood of a milk-tree he would obtain long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.48
सप्ररोहाभिरार्द्राभी रक्ताभिर्मधुरत्रयैः । व्रीहीणां च शतं हुत्वा हेम चायुरवाप्नुयात्
saprarohābhirārdrābhī raktābhirmadhuratrayaiḥ | vrīhīṇāṃ ca śataṃ hutvā hema cāyuravāpnuyāt
With (twigs) that are sprouting and moist, red ones, together with the three sweets; and having offered a hundred (grains) of rice, one may obtain gold and long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.49
सुवर्णकुड्मलं हुत्वा शतमायुरवाप्नुयात् । दूर्वाभिः पयसा वापि मधुना सर्पिषापि वा
suvarṇakuḍmalaṃ hutvā śatamāyuravāpnuyāt | dūrvābhiḥ payasā vāpi madhunā sarpiṣāpi vā
Having offered a golden bud, one may obtain a hundred (years of) life; or with dūrvā grass, with milk, or with honey, or with clarified butter—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.50
शतं शतं च सप्ताहमपमृत्युं व्यपोहति । शमीसमिद्भिरन्नेन पयसा वा च सर्पिषा
śataṃ śataṃ ca saptāhamapamṛtyuṃ vyapohati | śamīsamidbhirannena payasā vā ca sarpiṣā
—a hundred each for seven days, (this) drives away untimely death. With śamī kindling-sticks, with food, or with milk, or with clarified butter—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.51
शतं शतं च सप्ताहमपमृत्युं व्यपोहति । न्यग्रोधसमिधो हुत्वा पायसं होमयेत्ततः
śataṃ śataṃ ca saptāhamapamṛtyuṃ vyapohati | nyagrodhasamidho hutvā pāyasaṃ homayettataḥ
—a hundred each for seven days, (this) drives away untimely death. Having offered banyan kindling-sticks, one should then offer rice-milk pudding—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.52
शतं शतं च सप्ताहमपमृत्युं व्यपोहति । क्षीराहारो जपेन्मृत्योः सप्ताहाद्विजयी भवेत्
śataṃ śataṃ ca saptāhamapamṛtyuṃ vyapohati | kṣīrāhāro japenmṛtyoḥ saptāhādvijayī bhavet
—a hundred each for seven days, (this) drives away untimely death. Living on milk he should recite, and after seven days he becomes a conqueror of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.53
अनश्नन्वाग्यतो जप्त्वा त्रिरात्रं मुच्यते यमात् । निमज्ज्याप्सु जपेदेवं सद्यो मृत्योर्विमुच्यते
anaśnanvāgyato japtvā trirātraṃ mucyate yamāt | nimajjyāpsu japedevaṃ sadyo mṛtyorvimucyate
Not eating and restrained in speech, having recited for three nights, one is freed from Yama; immersed in water, if he recites thus, he is at once freed from death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.54
जपेद् बिल्वं समाश्रित्य मासं राज्यमवाप्नुयात् । बिल्वं हुत्वाप्नुयाद्राज्यं समूलफलपल्लवम्
japed bilvaṃ samāśritya māsaṃ rājyamavāpnuyāt | bilvaṃ hutvāpnuyādrājyaṃ samūlaphalapallavam
He should recite while resorting to a bilva tree for a month, and he will obtain kingship; by offering bilva together with root, fruit and shoots he will obtain kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.55
हुत्वा पद्मशतं मासं राज्यमाप्नोत्यकण्टकम् । यवागूं ग्राममाप्नोति हुत्वा शालिसमन्वितम्
hutvā padmaśataṃ māsaṃ rājyamāpnotyakaṇṭakam | yavāgūṃ grāmamāpnoti hutvā śālisamanvitam
Having offered a hundred lotuses for a month, he obtains a kingdom free of thorns; having offered barley gruel together with rice, he obtains a village.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.56
अश्वत्थसमिधो हुत्वा युद्धादौ जयमाप्नुयात् । अर्कस्य समिधो हुत्वा सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्
aśvatthasamidho hutvā yuddhādau jayamāpnuyāt | arkasya samidho hutvā sarvatra vijayī bhavet
Having offered aśvattha kindling-sticks, he may obtain victory in battle and the like; having offered arka kindling-sticks, he becomes victorious everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.57
संयुक्तैः पयसा पत्रैः पुष्पैर्वा वेतसस्य च । पायसेन शतं हुत्वा सप्ताहं वृष्टिमाप्नुयात्
saṃyuktaiḥ payasā patraiḥ puṣpairvā vetasasya ca | pāyasena śataṃ hutvā saptāhaṃ vṛṣṭimāpnuyāt
With leaves joined with milk, or with flowers of the vetasa reed; having offered a hundred (oblations) with rice-milk pudding, he may obtain rain within seven days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.58
नाभिदघ्ने जले जप्त्वा सप्ताहं वृष्टिमाप्नुयात् । जले भस्मशतं हुत्वा महावृष्टिं निवारयेत्
nābhidaghne jale japtvā saptāhaṃ vṛṣṭimāpnuyāt | jale bhasmaśataṃ hutvā mahāvṛṣṭiṃ nivārayet
Having recited in water reaching to the navel, he may obtain rain within seven days; having offered a hundred (oblations of) ash into water, he may ward off excessive rain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.59
पालाशाभिरवाप्नोति समिद्भिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसम् । पलाशकुसुमैर्हुत्वा सर्वमिष्टमवाप्नुयात्
pālāśābhiravāpnoti samidbhirbrahmavarcasam | palāśakusumairhutvā sarvamiṣṭamavāpnuyāt
With palāśa kindling-sticks he obtains the splendour of brahman; having offered palāśa blossoms, he may obtain everything desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.60
पयो हुत्वाऽऽप्नुयान्मेधामाज्यं बुद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । अभिमन्त्र्य पिबेद् ब्राह्मं रसं मेधामवाप्नुयात्
payo hutvā''pnuyānmedhāmājyaṃ buddhimavāpnuyāt | abhimantrya pibed brāhmaṃ rasaṃ medhāmavāpnuyāt
Having offered milk he would gain mental power; (offering) ghee he would gain understanding; having empowered it with the mantra he should drink the brāhmī juice, and he would gain mental power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.61
पुष्पहोमे भवेद्वासस्तन्तुभिस्तद्विधं पटम् । लवणं मधुसम्मिश्रं हुत्वेष्टं वशमानयेत्
puṣpahome bhavedvāsastantubhistadvidhaṃ paṭam | lavaṇaṃ madhusammiśraṃ hutveṣṭaṃ vaśamānayet
In an offering of flowers there comes clothing; with threads (as oblation), a cloth of that kind. Having offered salt mixed with honey, one should bring the desired (person) under one's power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.62
नयेदिष्टं वशं हुत्वा लक्ष्मीपुष्पैर्मधुप्लुतैः । नित्यमञ्जलिनाऽऽत्मानमभिषिञ्चेज्जले स्थितः
nayediṣṭaṃ vaśaṃ hutvā lakṣmīpuṣpairmadhuplutaiḥ | nityamañjalinā''tmānamabhiṣiñcejjale sthitaḥ
Having offered lakṣmī-flowers steeped in honey, he should bring the desired (person) under his power. Standing in water, he should daily sprinkle himself with a cupped handful (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.63
मतिमारोग्यमायुष्यमग्र्यं स्वास्थ्यमवाप्नुयात् । कुर्याद्विप्रोऽन्यमुद्दिश्य सोऽपि पुष्टिमवाप्नुयात्
matimārogyamāyuṣyamagryaṃ svāsthyamavāpnuyāt | kuryādvipro'nyamuddiśya so'pi puṣṭimavāpnuyāt
He would obtain intelligence, freedom from disease, long life, and the highest well-being. A brahmin may perform (this) with reference to another, and that (other) too obtains thriving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.64
अथ चारुविधिर्मासं सहस्रं प्रत्यहं जपेत् । आयुष्कामः शुचौ देशे प्राप्नुयादायुरूत्तमम्
atha cāruvidhirmāsaṃ sahasraṃ pratyahaṃ japet | āyuṣkāmaḥ śucau deśe prāpnuyādāyurūttamam
Now the excellent procedure: one desiring long life should recite a thousand (times) daily for a month in a pure place, and he will obtain the best of lifespans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.65
आयुरारोग्यकामस्तु जपेन्मासद्वयं द्विजः । भवेदायुष्यमारोग्यं श्रियै मासत्रयं जपेत्
āyurārogyakāmastu japenmāsadvayaṃ dvijaḥ | bhavedāyuṣyamārogyaṃ śriyai māsatrayaṃ japet
But the twice-born who desires long life and health should recite for two months; long life and health will come about; for prosperity he should recite for three months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.66
आयुः श्रीपुत्रदाराद्याश्चतुर्भिश्च यशो जपात् । पुत्रदारायुरारोग्यं श्रियं विद्यां च पञ्चभिः
āyuḥ śrīputradārādyāścaturbhiśca yaśo japāt | putradārāyurārogyaṃ śriyaṃ vidyāṃ ca pañcabhiḥ
Long life, prosperity, sons, wives and the rest; and with four (months) fame from the recitation; sons, wives, long life, health, prosperity and learning with five.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.67
एवमेवोत्तरान्कामान् मासैरेवोत्तरैर्व्रजेत् । एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहुः स्थित्वा निराश्रयः
evamevottarānkāmān māsairevottarairvrajet | ekapādo japedūrdhvabāhuḥ sthitvā nirāśrayaḥ
Just so he attains further desired objects by further months. Standing on one foot with arms raised and without support, he should recite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.68
मासं शतत्रयं विप्रः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् । एवं शतोत्तरं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात्
māsaṃ śatatrayaṃ vipraḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt | evaṃ śatottaraṃ japtvā sahasraṃ sarvamāpnuyāt
(Reciting) three hundred for a month, the brahmin would obtain all his desires; likewise, having recited a hundred more, up to a thousand, he would obtain everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.69
रुद्ध्वा प्राणमपानं च जपेन्मासं शतत्रयम् । यदिच्छेत्तदवाप्नोति सहस्रात्परमाप्नुयात्
ruddhvā prāṇamapānaṃ ca japenmāsaṃ śatatrayam | yadicchettadavāpnoti sahasrātparamāpnuyāt
Having restrained the outbreath and the inbreath, he should recite three hundred for a month; whatever he wishes, that he obtains — from a thousand he would obtain what is beyond (that).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.70
एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहू रुद्ध्वानिलं वशः । मासं शतमवाप्नोति यदिच्छेदिति कौशिकः
ekapādo japedūrdhvabāhū ruddhvānilaṃ vaśaḥ | māsaṃ śatamavāpnoti yadicchediti kauśikaḥ
Standing on one foot with arms raised, restrained, holding the breath, he should recite; in a month he obtains a hundred(fold), whatever he wishes — so says Kauśika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.71
एवं शतत्रयं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात् । निमज्ज्याप्सु जपेन्मासं शतमिष्टमवाप्नुयात्
evaṃ śatatrayaṃ japtvā sahasraṃ sarvamāpnuyāt | nimajjyāpsu japenmāsaṃ śatamiṣṭamavāpnuyāt
Having thus recited three hundred, up to a thousand, he would obtain everything; immersed in water he should recite for a month, a hundred, and he would obtain what he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.72
एवं शतत्रयं जप्त्वा सहस्रं सर्वमाप्नुयात् । एकपादो जपेदूर्ध्वबाहू रुद्ध्वा निराश्रयः
evaṃ śatatrayaṃ japtvā sahasraṃ sarvamāpnuyāt | ekapādo japedūrdhvabāhū ruddhvā nirāśrayaḥ
Having thus recited three hundred, up to a thousand, he would obtain everything; standing on one foot with arms raised, holding (the breath), without support, he should recite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.73
नक्तमश्नन् हविष्यान्नं वत्सरादृषितामियात् । गीरमोघा भवेदेवं जप्त्वा संवत्सरद्वयम्
naktamaśnan haviṣyānnaṃ vatsarādṛṣitāmiyāt | gīramoghā bhavedevaṃ japtvā saṃvatsaradvayam
Eating sacrificial food at night, after a year he would attain the state of a seer; his speech would become unfailing, having recited thus for two years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.74
त्रिवत्सरं जपेदेवं भवेत्त्रैकालदर्शनम् । आयाति भगवान्देवश्चतुःसंवत्सरं जपेत्
trivatsaraṃ japedevaṃ bhavettraikāladarśanam | āyāti bhagavāndevaścatuḥsaṃvatsaraṃ japet
Should he recite thus for three years, there comes about the seeing of the three times; the Lord God comes (to him if) he recites for four years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.75
पञ्चभिर्वत्सरैरेवमणिमादिगुणो भवेत् । एवं षड्वत्सरं जप्त्वा कामरूपित्वमाप्नुयात्
pañcabhirvatsarairevamaṇimādiguṇo bhavet | evaṃ ṣaḍvatsaraṃ japtvā kāmarūpitvamāpnuyāt
By five years he would thus possess the qualities beginning with minuteness; having recited thus for six years, he would obtain the power of taking any form at will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.76
सप्तिभिर्वत्सरैरेवममरत्वमवाप्नुयात् । मनुत्वं नवभिः सिद्धमिन्द्रत्वं दशभिर्भवेत्
saptibhirvatsarairevamamaratvamavāpnuyāt | manutvaṃ navabhiḥ siddhamindratvaṃ daśabhirbhavet
By seven years he would thus attain immortality; the state of a Manu is achieved by nine, the state of Indra comes about by ten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.77
एकादशभिराप्नोति प्राजापत्यं सुवत्सरैः । बह्मत्वं प्राप्नुयादेवं जप्त्वा द्वादशवत्सरान्
ekādaśabhirāpnoti prājāpatyaṃ suvatsaraiḥ | bahmatvaṃ prāpnuyādevaṃ japtvā dvādaśavatsarān
By eleven good years he attains the rank of Prajāpati; and having recited thus for twelve years, he would attain brahman-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.78
एतेनैव जिता लोकास्तपसा नारदादिभिः । शाकमन्ये परे मूलं फलमन्ये पयः परे
etenaiva jitā lokāstapasā nāradādibhiḥ | śākamanye pare mūlaṃ phalamanye payaḥ pare
By this very austerity the worlds were won by Nārada and the others; some (eat) vegetables, others a root, others fruit, others milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.79
घृतमन्ये परे सोममपरे चरुवृत्तयः । ऋषयः पक्षमश्नन्ति केचिद्भैक्ष्याशिनोऽहनि
ghṛtamanye pare somamapare caruvṛttayaḥ | ṛṣayaḥ pakṣamaśnanti kecidbhaikṣyāśino'hani
Others (eat) ghee, others soma, others live on sacrificial gruel; (some) seers eat once a fortnight, some live on begged food by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.80
हविष्यमपरेऽश्नन्तः कुर्वन्त्येव परं तपः । अथ शुद्ध्यै रहस्यानां त्रिसहस्रं जपेद् द्विजः
haviṣyamapare'śnantaḥ kurvantyeva paraṃ tapaḥ | atha śuddhyai rahasyānāṃ trisahasraṃ japed dvijaḥ
Others, eating sacrificial food, perform the highest austerity indeed. Now, for purification, the twice-born should recite the secret (verses) three thousand times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.81
मासं शुद्धो भवेत्स्तेयात्सुवर्णस्य द्विजोत्तमः । जपेन्मासं त्रिसाहस्रं सुरापः शुद्धिमाप्नुयात्
māsaṃ śuddho bhavetsteyātsuvarṇasya dvijottamaḥ | japenmāsaṃ trisāhasraṃ surāpaḥ śuddhimāpnuyāt
For a month — (thus) the best of the twice-born becomes pure from the theft of gold; the drinker of liquor should recite three thousand for a month and would attain purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.82
मासं जपेत् त्रिसाहस्रं शुचिः स्याद् गुरुतल्पगः । त्रिसहस्रं जपेन्मासं कुटीं कृत्वा वने वसन्
māsaṃ japet trisāhasraṃ śuciḥ syād gurutalpagaḥ | trisahasraṃ japenmāsaṃ kuṭīṃ kṛtvā vane vasan
He who has violated his teacher's bed should recite three thousand for a month and would become pure; one should recite three thousand for a month, having made a hut and dwelling in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.83
ब्रह्महा मुच्यते पापादिति कौशिकभाषितम् । द्वादशाहं निमज्ज्याप्सु सहस्रं प्रत्यहं जपेत्
brahmahā mucyate pāpāditi kauśikabhāṣitam | dvādaśāhaṃ nimajjyāpsu sahasraṃ pratyahaṃ japet
(Thus) the slayer of a brahmin is released from his sin — such is Kauśika's statement. For twelve days, immersed in water, he should recite a thousand each day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.84
मुच्येरन्नंहसः सर्वे महापातकिनो द्विजाः । त्रिसाहस्रं जपेन्मासं प्राणानायम्य वाग्यतः
mucyerannaṃhasaḥ sarve mahāpātakino dvijāḥ | trisāhasraṃ japenmāsaṃ prāṇānāyamya vāgyataḥ
All twice-born men guilty of the great sins would be released from their offence; he should recite three thousand for a month, restraining the breaths and his speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.85
महापातकयुक्तो वा मुच्यते महतो भयात् । प्राणायामसहस्रेण ब्रह्महापि विशुध्यति
mahāpātakayukto vā mucyate mahato bhayāt | prāṇāyāmasahasreṇa brahmahāpi viśudhyati
Or one joined with a great sin is released from the great fear; by a thousand breath-restraints even the slayer of a brahmin is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.86
षट्कृत्वस्त्वभ्यसेदूर्ध्वं प्राणापानौ समाहितः । प्राणायामो भवेदेष सर्वपापप्रणाशनः
ṣaṭkṛtvastvabhyasedūrdhvaṃ prāṇāpānau samāhitaḥ | prāṇāyāmo bhavedeṣa sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ
Concentrated, he should practise (drawing) the out-breath and in-breath upward six times; this constitutes a prāṇāyāma, destroyer of all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 24.87
सहस्रमभ्यसेन्मासं क्षितिपः शुचितामियात् । द्वादशाहं त्रिसाहस्रं जपेद्धि गोवधे द्विजः
sahasramabhyasenmāsaṃ kṣitipaḥ śucitāmiyāt | dvādaśāhaṃ trisāhasraṃ japeddhi govadhe dvijaḥ
Should a king practise a thousand (of these) for a month, he would attain purity; for the killing of a cow the twice-born should recite three thousand for twelve days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.88
अगम्यागमनस्तेयहननाभक्ष्यभक्षणे । दशसाहस्रमभ्यस्ता गायत्री शोधयेद् द्विजम्
agamyāgamanasteyahananābhakṣyabhakṣaṇe | daśasāhasramabhyastā gāyatrī śodhayed dvijam
In (the case of) intercourse with a woman one may not approach, theft, killing, and eating what is not to be eaten, the Gāyatrī repeated ten thousand times purifies the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.89
प्राणायामशतं कृत्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्विषात् । सर्वेषामेव पापानां सङ्करे सति शुद्धये
prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kṛtvā mucyate sarvakilviṣāt | sarveṣāmeva pāpānāṃ saṅkare sati śuddhaye
Having performed a hundred prāṇāyāmas one is freed from all sin; (this is) for the purification of all sins whatever when they are mixed together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.90
सहस्रमभ्यसेन्मासं नित्यजापी वने वसन् । उपवाससमं जप्यं त्रिसहस्रं तदित्यृचम्
sahasramabhyasenmāsaṃ nityajāpī vane vasan | upavāsasamaṃ japyaṃ trisahasraṃ tadityṛcam
One who is a constant repeater, dwelling in the forest, should practice a thousand for a month; the recitation of that ṛc (beginning) "tat" three thousand times is equal to a fast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.91
चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रमभ्यस्तात्कृच्छ्रसंज्ञिता । चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि चान्द्रायणसमानि तु
caturviṃśatisāhasramabhyastātkṛcchrasaṃjñitā | catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi cāndrāyaṇasamāni tu
When practiced twenty-four thousand (times) it is called a kṛcchra (penance); but sixty-four thousand are equal to a cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.92
शतकृत्वोऽभ्यसेन्नित्यं प्राणानायम्य सन्ध्ययोः । तदित्यृचमवाप्नोति सर्वपापक्षयं परम्
śatakṛtvo'bhyasennityaṃ prāṇānāyamya sandhyayoḥ | tadityṛcamavāpnoti sarvapāpakṣayaṃ param
Controlling the breaths at the two twilights, one should daily practice a hundred times that ṛc (beginning) "tat"; (thereby) one obtains the supreme destruction of all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.93
निमज्ज्याप्सु जपेन्नित्यं शतकृत्वस्तदित्यृचम् । ध्यायन्देवीं सूर्यरूपां सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
nimajjyāpsu japennityaṃ śatakṛtvastadityṛcam | dhyāyandevīṃ sūryarūpāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Having immersed himself in water, one should daily recite that ṛc (beginning) "tat" a hundred times; meditating on the Goddess in the form of the sun, he is wholly freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.94
इति ते सम्यगाख्याताः शान्तिशुद्ध्यादिकल्पनाः । रहस्यातिरहस्याश्च गोपनीयास्त्वया सदा
iti te samyagākhyātāḥ śāntiśuddhyādikalpanāḥ | rahasyātirahasyāśca gopanīyāstvayā sadā
Thus have the prescriptions for appeasement, purification and the rest been fully told to you; they are secret, most secret, and are always to be kept hidden by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.95
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तः सदाचारस्य संग्रहः । विधिनाऽऽचरणादस्य माया दुर्गा प्रसीदति
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ sadācārasya saṃgrahaḥ | vidhinā''caraṇādasya māyā durgā prasīdati
Thus in brief has the compendium of good conduct been declared; by practicing it according to rule, Māyā Durgā is pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.96
नैमित्तिकं च नित्यं च काम्यं कर्म यथाविधि । आचरेन्मनुजः सोऽयं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलाप्तिभाक्
naimittikaṃ ca nityaṃ ca kāmyaṃ karma yathāvidhi | ācarenmanujaḥ so'yaṃ bhuktimuktiphalāptibhāk
The occasional, the regular, and the desire-prompted rite—a man should perform (them) according to rule; such a one partakes of the attainment of the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.97
आचारः प्रथमो धर्मो धर्मस्य प्रभुरीश्वरी । इत्युक्तं सर्वशास्त्रेषु सदाचारफलं महत्
ācāraḥ prathamo dharmo dharmasya prabhurīśvarī | ityuktaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu sadācāraphalaṃ mahat
Conduct is the first duty, and the mistress of duty is the Goddess; thus it is said in all the scriptures that the fruit of good conduct is great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.98
आचारवान्सदा पूतः सदैवाचारवान्मसुखी । आचारवान्सदा धन्यः सत्यं सत्यं च नारद
ācāravānsadā pūtaḥ sadaivācāravānmasukhī | ācāravānsadā dhanyaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ ca nārada
He who has (good) conduct is ever pure, he who has conduct is ever happy, he who has conduct is ever blessed—truly, truly, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.99
देवीप्रसादजनकं सदाचारविधानकम् । यदपि शृणुयान्मर्त्यो महासम्पत्तिसौख्यभाक्
devīprasādajanakaṃ sadācāravidhānakam | yadapi śṛṇuyānmartyo mahāsampattisaukhyabhāk
Whatever mortal even (merely) hears the ordinance of good conduct, which produces the Goddess's favor, partakes of great wealth and happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 24.100
सदाचारेण सिद्धेच्च ऐहिकामुष्मिकं सुखम् । तदेव ते मया प्रोक्तं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
sadācāreṇa siddhecca aihikāmuṣmikaṃ sukham | tadeva te mayā proktaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
And by good conduct the happiness of this world and the next is achieved; that very thing has been declared to you by me—what else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition