Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 7
DB 12 7.1
मन्त्रदीक्षाविधिवर्णनम् नारद उवाच श्रुतं सहस्रनामाख्यं श्रीगायत्र्याः फलप्रदम् । स्तोत्रं महोन्नतिकरं महाभाग्यकरं परम्
mantradīkṣāvidhivarṇanam nārada uvāca śrutaṃ sahasranāmākhyaṃ śrīgāyatryāḥ phalapradam | stotraṃ mahonnatikaraṃ mahābhāgyakaraṃ param
The description of the rite of mantra-initiation. Nārada said: I have heard the thousand names of the blessed Gāyatrī, which bestows fruit, the supreme hymn that brings great elevation and great good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.2
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि दीक्षालक्षणमुत्तमम् । विना येन न सिध्येत देवीमन्त्रेऽधिकारिता
adhunā śrotumicchāmi dīkṣālakṣaṇamuttamam | vinā yena na sidhyeta devīmantre'dhikāritā
Now I wish to hear the excellent characteristics of initiation, without which fitness for the Goddess's mantra is not accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.3
ब्राह्मणानां क्षत्रियाणां विशां स्त्रीणां तथैव च । सामान्यविधिना सर्वं विस्तरेण वद प्रभो
brāhmaṇānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśāṃ strīṇāṃ tathaiva ca | sāmānyavidhinā sarvaṃ vistareṇa vada prabho
For brahmins, for kshatriyas, for vaiśyas, and likewise for women — tell it all in detail, according to the general rule, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.4
श्रीनारायण उवाच शृणु दीक्षां प्रवक्ष्यामि शिष्याणां भावितात्मनाम् । देवाग्निगुरुपूजादावधिकारो यया भवेत्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca śṛṇu dīkṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi śiṣyāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | devāgnigurupūjādāvadhikāro yayā bhavet
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, I shall declare the initiation of disciples whose minds are set (on it), by which one obtains the right to the worship of the gods, the fire and the guru, and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.5
दिव्यं ज्ञानं हि या दद्यात्कुर्यात्पापक्षयं तु या । सैव दीक्षेति सम्प्रोक्ता वेदतन्त्रविशारदैः
divyaṃ jñānaṃ hi yā dadyātkuryātpāpakṣayaṃ tu yā | saiva dīkṣeti samproktā vedatantraviśāradaiḥ
That which bestows divine knowledge and that which brings about the destruction of sin — that very thing is called "dīkṣā" by those versed in the Vedas and the Tantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.6
अवश्यं सा तु कर्तव्या यतो बहुफला मता । गुरुशिष्यावुभावत्राप्यतिशुद्धावपेक्षितौ
avaśyaṃ sā tu kartavyā yato bahuphalā matā | guruśiṣyāvubhāvatrāpyatiśuddhāvapekṣitau
It must certainly be performed, since it is held to be of much fruit; and here both, guru and disciple, are required to be exceedingly pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.7
गुरुस्तु विधिवत्प्रातः कृत्यं सर्वं विधाय च । स्नानसन्ध्यादिकं सर्वं यथाविधि विधाय च द्वादशस्कन्धे मन्त्रदीक्षाविधिवर्णनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः
gurustu vidhivatprātaḥ kṛtyaṃ sarvaṃ vidhāya ca | snānasandhyādikaṃ sarvaṃ yathāvidhi vidhāya ca dvādaśaskandhe mantradīkṣāvidhivarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
But the guru, in the morning, having duly performed all his (daily) duties, and having performed bathing, the twilight worship and all the rest according to rule — [Colophon: in the twelfth book, the seventh chapter, called "The Description of the Rite of Mantra-Initiation."]
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.8
कमण्डलुकरो मौनी गृहं यायात्सरित्तटात् । यागमण्डपमासाद्य विशेत्तत्रासने वरे
kamaṇḍalukaro maunī gṛhaṃ yāyātsarittaṭāt | yāgamaṇḍapamāsādya viśettatrāsane vare
With a water-pot in hand and keeping silence, he should go to the house from the river bank; reaching the sacrificial pavilion, he should enter there upon an excellent seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.9
आचम्य प्राणानायम्य गन्धपुष्पविमिश्रितम् । सप्तवारास्त्रमन्त्रेण जप्तं वारि सुसाधयेत्
ācamya prāṇānāyamya gandhapuṣpavimiśritam | saptavārāstramantreṇa japtaṃ vāri susādhayet
Having sipped water and restrained the breaths, he should duly prepare water mixed with sandal-paste and flowers, over which the weapon-mantra has been muttered seven times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.10
वारिणा तेन मतिमानस्त्रमन्त्रं समुच्चरन् । प्रोक्षयेद्द्वारमखिलं ततः पूजां समाचरेत्
vāriṇā tena matimānastramantraṃ samuccaran | prokṣayeddvāramakhilaṃ tataḥ pūjāṃ samācaret
With that water the wise one, uttering the weapon-mantra, should sprinkle the whole doorway; then he should carry out the worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.11
ऊर्ध्वोदुम्बरके देवं गणनाथं तथा श्रियम् । सरस्वतीं नाममन्त्रैः पूजयेद्गन्धपुष्पकैः
ūrdhvodumbarake devaṃ gaṇanāthaṃ tathā śriyam | sarasvatīṃ nāmamantraiḥ pūjayedgandhapuṣpakaiḥ
On the upper lintel he should worship the god Gaṇanātha (Gaṇeśa), and likewise Śrī and Sarasvatī, with sandal-paste and flowers, using the name-mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.12
द्वारदक्षिणशाखायां गङ्गां विघ्नेशमर्चयेत् । द्वारस्य वामशाखायां क्षेत्रपालं च सूर्यजाम्
dvāradakṣiṇaśākhāyāṃ gaṅgāṃ vighneśamarcayet | dvārasya vāmaśākhāyāṃ kṣetrapālaṃ ca sūryajām
On the right jamb of the door he should worship Gaṅgā and Vighneśa; on the left jamb of the door, Kṣetrapāla and the daughter of the Sun (Yamunā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.13
देहल्यां पूजयेदस्त्रदेवतामस्त्रमन्त्रतः । सर्वं देवीमयं दृश्यमिति सञ्चिन्त्य सर्वतः
dehalyāṃ pūjayedastradevatāmastramantrataḥ | sarvaṃ devīmayaṃ dṛśyamiti sañcintya sarvataḥ
On the threshold he should worship the deity of the weapon with the weapon-mantra, reflecting that everything visible, on all sides, consists of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.14
दिव्यानुत्सारयेद्विघ्नानस्त्रमन्त्रजपेन तु । अन्तरिक्षगतान्विघ्नान्पादघातैस्तु भूमिगान्
divyānutsārayedvighnānastramantrajapena tu | antarikṣagatānvighnānpādaghātaistu bhūmigān
He should drive away the divine (heaven-dwelling) obstructors by muttering the weapon-mantra, and those obstructors moving in the mid-air; but those on the earth by stamping his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.15
वामशाखां स्पृशन्पश्चात्प्रविशेद्दक्षिणाङ्घ्रिणा । प्रविश्य कुम्भं संस्थाप्य सामान्यार्घ्यं विधाय च
vāmaśākhāṃ spṛśanpaścātpraviśeddakṣiṇāṅghriṇā | praviśya kumbhaṃ saṃsthāpya sāmānyārghyaṃ vidhāya ca
Then, touching the left jamb, he should enter with the right foot; having entered, having set down the water-jar and prepared the general offering-water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.16
तेन चार्घ्यजलेनापि नैर्ऋत्यां दिशि पूजयेत् । वास्तुनाथं पद्मयोनिं गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः
tena cārghyajalenāpi nairṛtyāṃ diśi pūjayet | vāstunāthaṃ padmayoniṃ gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ
With that arghya water too he should worship, in the southwestern direction, the lord of the building-site, the lotus-born one, with sandal-paste, flowers, unbroken rice and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.17
ततः कुर्यात्पञ्चगव्यं तेन चार्घ्योदकेन च । तोरणस्तम्भपर्यन्तं प्रोक्षयेन्मण्डपं गुरुः
tataḥ kuryātpañcagavyaṃ tena cārghyodakena ca | toraṇastambhaparyantaṃ prokṣayenmaṇḍapaṃ guruḥ
Then he should prepare the five products of the cow, and with that and with the arghya water the guru should sprinkle the pavilion, as far as the archway and the pillars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.18
सर्वं देवीमयं चेदं भावयेन्मनसा किल । मूलमन्त्रं जपन्भक्त्या प्रोक्षणं स्याच्छराणुना
sarvaṃ devīmayaṃ cedaṃ bhāvayenmanasā kila | mūlamantraṃ japanbhaktyā prokṣaṇaṃ syāccharāṇunā
And he should indeed mentally contemplate that all this consists of the Goddess; softly reciting the root mantra with devotion, the sprinkling should be done with the arrow-syllable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.19
शरमन्त्रं समुच्चार्य ताडयेन्मण्डपक्षमाम् । हुंमन्त्रं तु समुच्चार्य कुर्यादभ्युक्षणं ततः
śaramantraṃ samuccārya tāḍayenmaṇḍapakṣamām | huṃmantraṃ tu samuccārya kuryādabhyukṣaṇaṃ tataḥ
Uttering the arrow-mantra, he should strike the ground of the pavilion; and then, uttering the huṃ-mantra, he should perform the besprinkling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.20
धूपयेदन्तरं धूपैर्विकिरान् विकिरेत्ततः । मार्जयेत्तांस्तु मार्जन्या कुशनिर्मितया पुनः
dhūpayedantaraṃ dhūpairvikirān vikirettataḥ | mārjayettāṃstu mārjanyā kuśanirmitayā punaḥ
He should fumigate the interior with incenses; then he should scatter the scatterings (of grain); and again he should sweep them up with a broom made of kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.21
ईशानदिशि तत्पुञ्जं कृत्वा संस्थापयेन्मुने । पुण्याहवाचनं कृत्वा दीनानाथांश्च तोषयेत्
īśānadiśi tatpuñjaṃ kṛtvā saṃsthāpayenmune | puṇyāhavācanaṃ kṛtvā dīnānāthāṃśca toṣayet
Making that heap in the northeastern direction, he should set it down, O sage; and having had the auspicious-day proclamation made, he should gratify the poor and the helpless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.22
विशेन्मृद्वासने पश्चान्नमस्कृत्य गुरुं निजम् । प्राङ्मुखो विधिवद्ध्यात्वा देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम्
viśenmṛdvāsane paścānnamaskṛtya guruṃ nijam | prāṅmukho vidhivaddhyātvā deyamantrasya devatām
Afterwards, having bowed to his own guru, he should sit on a soft seat, facing east, having duly meditated on the deity of the mantra to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.23
भूतशुद्ध्यादिकं कृत्वा पूर्वोक्तेनैव वर्त्मना । ऋष्यादिन्यासकं कुर्याद्देयमन्त्रस्य वै मुने
bhūtaśuddhyādikaṃ kṛtvā pūrvoktenaiva vartmanā | ṛṣyādinyāsakaṃ kuryāddeyamantrasya vai mune
Having performed the purification of the elements and the rest by the very method stated before, he should perform the placing of the seer and so on for the mantra that is to be given, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.24
न्यसेन्मुनिं तु शिरसि मुखे छन्दः समीरितम् । देवतां हृदयाम्भोजे गुह्ये बीजं तु पादयोः
nyasenmuniṃ tu śirasi mukhe chandaḥ samīritam | devatāṃ hṛdayāmbhoje guhye bījaṃ tu pādayoḥ
He should place the seer on the head, the metre—as declared—on the mouth, the deity in the lotus of the heart, and the seed-syllable on the secret part, (and) on the feet
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.25
शक्तिं विन्यस्य पश्चात्तु तालत्रयरवात्ततः । दिग्बन्धं कारयेत्पश्चाच्छोटिकाभिस्त्रिभिर्नरः
śaktiṃ vinyasya paścāttu tālatrayaravāttataḥ | digbandhaṃ kārayetpaścācchoṭikābhistribhirnaraḥ
—having placed the śakti; and afterwards, with the sound of three claps of the palms, the man should then make the binding of the directions with three snaps of the fingers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.26
प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा मूलमन्त्रमनुस्मरन् । मातृकां विन्यसेद्देहे तत्प्रकारस्तथोच्यते
prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūlamantramanusmaran | mātṛkāṃ vinyaseddehe tatprakārastathocyate
Then, having performed breath-control while calling to mind the root mantra, he should place the alphabet (of mother-syllables) upon the body; the manner of that is now told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.27
ॐ अं नम इति प्रोच्य न्यसेच्छिरसि मन्त्रवित् । एवमेव तु सर्वेषु न्यसेत्स्थानेषु वै मुने
oṃ aṃ nama iti procya nyasecchirasi mantravit | evameva tu sarveṣu nyasetsthāneṣu vai mune
Saying "oṃ aṃ namaḥ," the knower of mantras should place (it) on the head; and just so he should place (them) on all the (other) places, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.28
मूलमन्त्रं षडङ्गं च न्यसेदङ्गेषु सत्तमः । अङ्गुष्ठादिष्वङ्गुलीषु हृदयादिषु च क्रमात्
mūlamantraṃ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ ca nyasedaṅgeṣu sattamaḥ | aṅguṣṭhādiṣvaṅgulīṣu hṛdayādiṣu ca kramāt
And the best of men should place the root mantra with its six limbs upon the limbs—on the fingers beginning with the thumb, and on the heart and the rest, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.29
नमः स्वाहावषड्युक्तैर्हुंवौषट्फट्पदान्वितैः । प्रणवादियुतैर्मन्त्रैः षड्भिरेव षडङ्गकम्
namaḥ svāhāvaṣaḍyuktairhuṃvauṣaṭphaṭpadānvitaiḥ | praṇavādiyutairmantraiḥ ṣaḍbhireva ṣaḍaṅgakam
With the six mantras that are joined with namaḥ, svāhā, vaṣaṭ, and furnished with the words huṃ, vauṣaṭ, phaṭ, and preceded by the praṇava—by just these six (is done) the rite of the six limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.30
वर्णन्यासादिकं पश्चान्मूलमन्त्रस्य योजयेत् । स्थानेषु तत्तत्कल्पोक्तेष्विति न्यासविधिः स्मृतः
varṇanyāsādikaṃ paścānmūlamantrasya yojayet | sthāneṣu tattatkalpokteṣviti nyāsavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Afterwards he should apply the placing of the syllables and so forth of the root mantra in the places stated in each particular manual; thus is the rule of placing handed down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.31
ततो निजे शरीरेऽस्मिंश्चिन्तयेदासनं शुभम् । दक्षांसे च न्यसेद्धर्मं वामांसे ज्ञानमेव च
tato nije śarīre'smiṃścintayedāsanaṃ śubham | dakṣāṃse ca nyaseddharmaṃ vāmāṃse jñānameva ca
Then, in this his own body, he should conceive of the auspicious seat: on the right shoulder he should place dharma, and on the left shoulder knowledge,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.32
वामोरौ चापि वैराग्यं दक्षोरावथ विन्यसेत् । ऐश्वर्यं मुखदेशे तु मुने ध्यायेदधर्मकम्
vāmorau cāpi vairāgyaṃ dakṣorāvatha vinyaset | aiśvaryaṃ mukhadeśe tu mune dhyāyedadharmakam
and on the left thigh dispassion, and on the right thigh he should place lordship; but on the region of the face, O sage, he should meditate on unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.33
वामपार्श्वे नाभिदेशे दक्षपार्श्वे तथा पुनः । नञादीश्चापि ज्ञानादीन्पूर्वोक्तानेव विन्यसेत्
vāmapārśve nābhideśe dakṣapārśve tathā punaḥ | nañādīścāpi jñānādīnpūrvoktāneva vinyaset
On the left side, on the navel region, and likewise again on the right side, he should place the negations too, that is, the opposites of knowledge and the rest already mentioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.34
पादा धर्मादयः प्रोक्ताः पीठस्य मुनिसत्तम । अधर्माद्यास्तु गात्राणि स्मृतानि मुनिपुङ्गवैः
pādā dharmādayaḥ proktāḥ pīṭhasya munisattama | adharmādyāstu gātrāṇi smṛtāni munipuṅgavaiḥ
Dharma and the rest are declared to be the feet of the seat, O best of sages; but unrighteousness and the rest are held by the foremost of sages to be its body-parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.35
मध्येऽनन्तं हृदि स्थाने न्यसेन्मृद्वासने स्थले । प्रपञ्चपद्मं विमलं तस्मिन्सूर्येन्दुपावकान्
madhye'nantaṃ hṛdi sthāne nyasenmṛdvāsane sthale | prapañcapadmaṃ vimalaṃ tasminsūryendupāvakān
In the middle, at the place of the heart, he should place Ananta; on the soft seat, on that spot, the spotless lotus of the manifold world; on that, the sun, moon and fire—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.36
न्यसेत्कलायुतान्मन्त्री संक्षेपात्ता वदाम्यहम् । सूर्यस्य द्वादश कलास्ता इन्दोः षोडश स्मृताः
nyasetkalāyutānmantrī saṃkṣepāttā vadāmyaham | sūryasya dvādaśa kalāstā indoḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ
The reciter of the mantra should place (there the sun, moon and fire) together with their portions; I shall state these in brief: the sun's portions are twelve, and the moon's are held to be sixteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.37
दश वह्नेः कलाः प्रोक्तास्ताभिर्युक्तांस्तु तान्स्मरेत् । सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव न्यसेत्तेषामथोपरि
daśa vahneḥ kalāḥ proktāstābhiryuktāṃstu tānsmaret | sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva nyasetteṣāmathopari
Ten portions are declared to be fire's; he should call to mind those (three) as joined with them. And then, above them, he should place sattva, rajas and tamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.38
आत्मानमन्तरात्मानं परमात्मानमेव च । ज्ञानात्मानं न्यसेद्विद्वानित्थं पीठस्य कल्पना
ātmānamantarātmānaṃ paramātmānameva ca | jñānātmānaṃ nyasedvidvānitthaṃ pīṭhasya kalpanā
The learned one should place the self, the inner self, the supreme self, and the self of knowledge. Such is the construction of the seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.39
अमुकासनाय नम इति मन्त्रेण साधकः । आसनं पूजयित्वा तु तस्मिन्ध्यायेत्पराम्बिकाम्
amukāsanāya nama iti mantreṇa sādhakaḥ | āsanaṃ pūjayitvā tu tasmindhyāyetparāmbikām
With the mantra "Homage to the seat of so-and-so," the practitioner, having worshipped the seat, should meditate upon the supreme Mother upon it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.40
कल्पोक्तविधिना मन्त्री देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम् । मानसैरुपचारैश्च पूजयेत्तां यथाविधि
kalpoktavidhinā mantrī deyamantrasya devatām | mānasairupacāraiśca pūjayettāṃ yathāvidhi
By the procedure stated in the ritual manual, the mantra-adept should worship, according to rule, the deity of the mantra that is to be given, with mental offerings of service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.41
मुद्राः प्रदर्शयेद्विद्वान्कल्पोक्ता मोदकारिकाः । याभिर्विरचिताभिस्तु मोदो देव्यास्तु जायते
mudrāḥ pradarśayedvidvānkalpoktā modakārikāḥ | yābhirviracitābhistu modo devyāstu jāyate
The learned one should display the mudrās stated in the manual, which produce delight — those by whose performance delight arises for the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.42
श्रीनारायण उवाच ततः स्ववामभागाग्रे षट्कोणोपरि वर्तुलम् । चतुरस्रयुतं सम्यङ्मध्ये मण्डलमालिखेत्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca tataḥ svavāmabhāgāgre ṣaṭkoṇopari vartulam | caturasrayutaṃ samyaṅmadhye maṇḍalamālikhet
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then, in front of, on his own left side, he should properly draw a circle upon a hexagram, and within it a square, and (thus) a maṇḍala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.43
मध्ये त्रिकोणं संलिख्य शङ्खमुद्रां प्रदर्शयेत् । षडङ्गानि च षट्कोणेष्वर्चयेत्कुसुमादिभिः
madhye trikoṇaṃ saṃlikhya śaṅkhamudrāṃ pradarśayet | ṣaḍaṅgāni ca ṣaṭkoṇeṣvarcayetkusumādibhiḥ
Having drawn a triangle in the middle, he should display the conch-mudrā; and he should worship the six limbs in the six angles with flowers and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.44
अग्न्यादिषु तु कोणेषु षडङ्गार्चनमाचरेत् । आधारपात्रमादाय शङ्खस्य मुनिसत्तम
agnyādiṣu tu koṇeṣu ṣaḍaṅgārcanamācaret | ādhārapātramādāya śaṅkhasya munisattama
But in the corners beginning with the southeast he should perform the worship of the six limbs. Taking the stand-vessel for the conch, O best of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.45
अस्त्रमन्त्रेण सम्प्रोक्ष्य स्थापयेत्तत्र मण्डले । मं वह्निमण्डलायोक्त्वा ततो दशकलात्मने
astramantreṇa samprokṣya sthāpayettatra maṇḍale | maṃ vahnimaṇḍalāyoktvā tato daśakalātmane
and having sprinkled it with the weapon-mantra, he should set it there in the maṇḍala, saying "maṃ, to the circle of fire," and then "to the one whose self is the ten portions,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.46
अमुकदेव्या अर्घ्यपात्रस्थानाय नम इत्यपि । मन्त्रोऽयमुक्तः शङ्खस्याप्याधारस्थापने बुधैः
amukadevyā arghyapātrasthānāya nama ityapi | mantro'yamuktaḥ śaṅkhasyāpyādhārasthāpane budhaiḥ
and also "homage to the place of the oblation-vessel of the goddess so-and-so" — this mantra has been declared by the wise for the setting down of the conch's stand as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.47
आधारे पूर्वमारभ्य प्रदक्षिणक्रमेण तु । दश वह्निकलाः पूज्या वह्निमण्डलसंस्थिताः
ādhāre pūrvamārabhya pradakṣiṇakrameṇa tu | daśa vahnikalāḥ pūjyā vahnimaṇḍalasaṃsthitāḥ
On the stand, beginning from the east and proceeding clockwise, the ten fire-portions, situated in the fire-circle, are to be worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.48
ततो वै मूलमन्त्रेण प्रोक्षितं शङ्खमुत्तमम् । स्थापयेत्तत्र चाधारे मूलमन्त्रमनुस्मरन्
tato vai mūlamantreṇa prokṣitaṃ śaṅkhamuttamam | sthāpayettatra cādhāre mūlamantramanusmaran
Then, calling to mind the root mantra, he should set the excellent conch, sprinkled with the root mantra, there upon the stand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.49
अं सूर्यमण्डलायोक्त्वा द्वादशान्ते कलात्मने । अमुकदेव्यर्घ्यपात्राय नम इत्युच्चरेत्ततः
aṃ sūryamaṇḍalāyoktvā dvādaśānte kalātmane | amukadevyarghyapātrāya nama ityuccarettataḥ
Saying "aṃ, to the circle of the sun," then at the end "to the one whose self is the twelve portions," he should then utter "homage to the oblation-vessel of the goddess so-and-so."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.50
शं शङ्खाय पदं प्रोच्य नम इत्येतदुच्चरेत् । प्रोक्षयेत्तेन तं शङ्खं तस्मिन्द्वादश पूजयेत्
śaṃ śaṅkhāya padaṃ procya nama ityetaduccaret | prokṣayettena taṃ śaṅkhaṃ tasmindvādaśa pūjayet
Having pronounced "śaṃ, to the conch," he should utter this "homage"; with that he should sprinkle that conch, and upon it worship the twelve —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.51
सूर्यस्य द्वादश कलास्तपन्याद्या यथाक्रमम् । विलोममातृकां प्रोच्य मूलमन्त्रं विलोमकम्
sūryasya dvādaśa kalāstapanyādyā yathākramam | vilomamātṛkāṃ procya mūlamantraṃ vilomakam
the twelve portions of the sun, beginning with Tapanī, in order. Having recited the alphabet in reverse and the root mantra in reverse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.52
जलैरापूरयेच्छङ्खं तत्र चेन्दोः कलां न्यसेत् । ॐ सोममण्डलायोक्त्वान्ते षोडशकलात्मने
jalairāpūrayecchaṅkhaṃ tatra cendoḥ kalāṃ nyaset | oṃ somamaṇḍalāyoktvānte ṣoḍaśakalātmane
he should fill the conch with water, and therein should place the moon's portions, saying "oṃ, to the circle of the moon," and at the end "to the one whose self is the sixteen portions,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.53
अमुकार्घ्यामृतायेति हृन्मन्त्रान्तो मनुः स्मृतः । पूजयेन्मनुना तेन जलं तु सृणिमुद्रया
amukārghyāmṛtāyeti hṛnmantrānto manuḥ smṛtaḥ | pūjayenmanunā tena jalaṃ tu sṛṇimudrayā
"to the nectar of the oblation of so-and-so" — this mantra is held to end with the heart-mantra. With that mantra he should worship the water, with the goad-mudrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.54
तीर्थान्यावाह्य तत्रैवाप्यष्टकृत्वो जपेन्मनुम् । षडङ्गानि जले न्यस्य हृदा संपूजयेदपः
tīrthānyāvāhya tatraivāpyaṣṭakṛtvo japenmanum | ṣaḍaṅgāni jale nyasya hṛdā saṃpūjayedapaḥ
Having invoked the sacred fords there, he should recite the mantra eight times; having placed the six limbs in the water, he should worship the water with the heart(-mantra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.55
अष्टकृत्वो जपेन्मूलं छादयेन्मत्स्यमुद्रया । ततो दक्षिणदिग्भागे शङ्खस्य प्रोक्षणीं न्यसेत्
aṣṭakṛtvo japenmūlaṃ chādayenmatsyamudrayā | tato dakṣiṇadigbhāge śaṅkhasya prokṣaṇīṃ nyaset
He should recite the root mantra eight times and cover (it) with the fish-mudrā. Then, on the southern side of the conch, he should set the sprinkling-vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.56
शङ्खाम्बु किञ्चिन्निक्षिप्य प्रोक्षयेत्तेन सर्वतः । पूजाद्रव्यं निजात्मानं विशुद्धं भावयेत्ततः
śaṅkhāmbu kiñcinnikṣipya prokṣayettena sarvataḥ | pūjādravyaṃ nijātmānaṃ viśuddhaṃ bhāvayettataḥ
Having put in a little of the conch water, he should sprinkle everything with it; then he should conceive the materials of worship and his own self as purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.57
श्रीनारायणाय उवाच ततः स्वपुरतो वेद्यां सर्वतोभद्रमण्डलम् । संलिख्य कर्णिकामध्यं पूरयेच्छालितण्डुलैः
śrīnārāyaṇāya uvāca tataḥ svapurato vedyāṃ sarvatobhadramaṇḍalam | saṃlikhya karṇikāmadhyaṃ pūrayecchālitaṇḍulaiḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then, on the altar in front of himself, having drawn the sarvatobhadra diagram, he should fill the middle of its pericarp with rice grains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.58
आस्तीर्य दर्भांस्तत्रैव न्यसेत्कूर्चं सलक्षणम् । आधारशक्तिमारभ्य पीठमन्वन्तमर्चयेत्
āstīrya darbhāṃstatraiva nyasetkūrcaṃ salakṣaṇam | ādhāraśaktimārabhya pīṭhamanvantamarcayet
Having spread darbha grass right there, he should place a kūrca (grass bundle) with its (proper) marks; beginning with Ādhāraśakti, he should worship (the deities) up to the end of the pīṭha mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.59
निर्व्रणं कुम्भमादायाप्यस्त्राद्भिः क्षालितान्तरम् । तन्तुना वेष्टयेत्तं तु त्रिगुणेनारुणेन च
nirvraṇaṃ kumbhamādāyāpyastrādbhiḥ kṣālitāntaram | tantunā veṣṭayettaṃ tu triguṇenāruṇena ca
Taking an unblemished pot whose interior has been washed with the water of the astra (mantra), he should wrap it with a red thread of three strands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.60
नवरत्नोदरं कूर्चयुतं गन्धादिपूजितम् । स्थापयेत्तत्र पीठे तु तारमन्त्रेण देशिकः
navaratnodaraṃ kūrcayutaṃ gandhādipūjitam | sthāpayettatra pīṭhe tu tāramantreṇa deśikaḥ
The teacher should set that (pot) on the pīṭha there with the tāra mantra (Oṃ), it having the nine gems within it, joined with the kūrca, and worshipped with sandal paste and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.61
ऐक्यं कुम्भस्य पीठस्य भावयेत्पूरयेत्ततः । मातृकां प्रतिलोमेन जपंस्तीर्थोदकैर्मुने
aikyaṃ kumbhasya pīṭhasya bhāvayetpūrayettataḥ | mātṛkāṃ pratilomena japaṃstīrthodakairmune
He should conceive the oneness of the pot and the pīṭha; then, O sage, he should fill (it) with waters from holy places while reciting the mātṛkā in reverse order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.62
मूलमन्त्रं च सञ्जप्य पूरयेद्देवताधिया । अश्वत्थपनसाम्राणां कोमलैर्नवपल्लवैः
mūlamantraṃ ca sañjapya pūrayeddevatādhiyā | aśvatthapanasāmrāṇāṃ komalairnavapallavaiḥ
And having recited the root mantra, he should fill (it) with the thought of the deity, with soft fresh sprouts of the aśvattha, the jackfruit, and the mango.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.63
छादयेत्कुम्भवदनं चषकं सफलाक्षतम् । संस्थापयेत मतिमान् वस्त्रयुग्मेन वेष्टयेत्
chādayetkumbhavadanaṃ caṣakaṃ saphalākṣatam | saṃsthāpayeta matimān vastrayugmena veṣṭayet
He should cover the pot's mouth; the wise man should set in place a cup with fruit and unhusked grain, and should wrap (the pot) with a pair of cloths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.64
प्राणस्थापनमन्त्रेण प्राणस्थापनमाचरेत् । आवाहनादिमुद्राभिर्मोदयेद्देवतां पराम्
prāṇasthāpanamantreṇa prāṇasthāpanamācaret | āvāhanādimudrābhirmodayeddevatāṃ parām
With the prāṇasthāpana mantra he should perform the installation of breath; with the mudrās beginning with āvāhana (invocation) he should delight the supreme deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.65
ध्यायेत्तां परमेशानीं कल्पोक्तेन प्रकारतः । स्वागतं कुशलप्रश्नं देव्या अग्रे समुच्चरेत्
dhyāyettāṃ parameśānīṃ kalpoktena prakārataḥ | svāgataṃ kuśalapraśnaṃ devyā agre samuccaret
He should meditate on her, the supreme Mistress, in the manner stated in the ritual manual; he should utter aloud before the Goddess a welcome and an inquiry after her well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.66
पाद्यं दद्यात्ततोऽप्यर्घ्यं ततश्चाचमनीयकम् । मधुपर्कं च साभ्यङ्गं देव्यै स्नानं निवेदयेत्
pādyaṃ dadyāttato'pyarghyaṃ tataścācamanīyakam | madhuparkaṃ ca sābhyaṅgaṃ devyai snānaṃ nivedayet
He should offer water for the feet, then also the arghya water, and then water for rinsing the mouth; and the honey-mixture, and he should present to the Goddess a bath together with anointing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.67
वाससी च ततो दद्याद्रक्ते क्षौमे सुनिर्मले । नानामणिगणाकीर्णानाकल्पान्कल्पयेत्ततः
vāsasī ca tato dadyādrakte kṣaume sunirmale | nānāmaṇigaṇākīrṇānākalpānkalpayettataḥ
And then he should offer two garments, red, of linen, very spotless; then he should arrange ornaments studded with the many sorts of gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.68
मनुना पुटितैर्वर्णैर्मातृकाया विधानतः । देव्या अङ्गेषु विन्यस्य चन्दनाद्यैः समर्चयेत्
manunā puṭitairvarṇairmātṛkāyā vidhānataḥ | devyā aṅgeṣu vinyasya candanādyaiḥ samarcayet
With the letters of the mātṛkā enclosed by the mantra, according to the rule, having placed (them) on the limbs of the Goddess, he should worship (her) with sandal paste and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.69
गन्धः कालागुरुभवः कर्पूरेण समन्वितः । काश्मीरं चन्दनं चापि कस्तूरीसहितं मुने
gandhaḥ kālāgurubhavaḥ karpūreṇa samanvitaḥ | kāśmīraṃ candanaṃ cāpi kastūrīsahitaṃ mune
The perfume made from black aloe-wood, combined with camphor; and saffron and sandal too, together with musk, O sage —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.70
कुन्दपुष्पादिपुष्पाणि परदेव्यै समर्पयेत् । धूपोऽगुरुपुरुव्रातोशीरचन्दनशर्कराः
kundapuṣpādipuṣpāṇi paradevyai samarpayet | dhūpo'gurupuruvrātośīracandanaśarkarāḥ
— flowers such as jasmine he should offer to the supreme Goddess. As incense: aloe-wood, a quantity of puru resin, uśīra root, sandal, and sugar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.71
मधुमिश्राः स्मृता देव्याः प्रिया धूपात्मना सदा । दीपाननेकान्दत्त्वाथ नैवेद्यं दर्शयेत्सुधीः
madhumiśrāḥ smṛtā devyāḥ priyā dhūpātmanā sadā | dīpānanekāndattvātha naivedyaṃ darśayetsudhīḥ
mixed with honey — these are said to be always dear to the Goddess in the form of incense. Then, having given many lamps, the wise man should display the food-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.72
प्रतिद्रव्यं जलं दद्यात्प्रोक्षणीस्थं न चान्यथा । ततः कुर्यादङ्गपूजां कल्पोक्तावरणानि च
pratidravyaṃ jalaṃ dadyātprokṣaṇīsthaṃ na cānyathā | tataḥ kuryādaṅgapūjāṃ kalpoktāvaraṇāni ca
He should offer water with each item, water that stands in the sprinkling vessel, and not otherwise; then he should perform the worship of the limbs and the enclosures stated in the manual.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.73
साङ्गां देवीमथाभ्यर्च्य वैश्वदेवं ततश्चरेत् । दक्षिणे स्थण्डिलं कृत्वा तत्राधाय हुताशनम्
sāṅgāṃ devīmathābhyarcya vaiśvadevaṃ tataścaret | dakṣiṇe sthaṇḍilaṃ kṛtvā tatrādhāya hutāśanam
Then, having worshipped the Goddess together with her limb-deities, he should perform the Vaiśvadeva rite: having made a fire-mound on the south side, having placed the fire there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.74
मूर्तिस्थां देवतां तत्रावाह्य संपूज्य च क्रमात् । तारव्याहृतिभिर्हुत्वा मूलमन्त्रेण वै ततः
mūrtisthāṃ devatāṃ tatrāvāhya saṃpūjya ca kramāt | tāravyāhṛtibhirhutvā mūlamantreṇa vai tataḥ
having invoked there the deity that stands in the image and worshipped her in order, having offered oblations with the tāra and the vyāhṛti calls, then indeed with the root mantra
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.75
पञ्चविंशतिवारं तु पायसेन ससर्पिषा । हुनेत्पश्चाद्व्याहृतिभिः पुनश्च जुहुयान्मुने
pañcaviṃśativāraṃ tu pāyasena sasarpiṣā | hunetpaścādvyāhṛtibhiḥ punaśca juhuyānmune
he should offer twenty-five times with milk-rice together with ghee; afterwards he should offer with the vyāhṛti calls, and should sacrifice again, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.76
गन्धाद्यैरर्चयित्वा च देवीं पीठे तु योजयेत् । वह्निं विसृज्य हविषा परितो विकिरेद्बलिम्
gandhādyairarcayitvā ca devīṃ pīṭhe tu yojayet | vahniṃ visṛjya haviṣā parito vikiredbalim
And having worshipped the Goddess with perfumes and the rest, he should install (her) on the seat; then, having dismissed the fire, he should scatter the oblation-offering all around as a bali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.77
देवतायाः पार्षदेभ्यो गन्धपुष्पादिसंयुतान् । पञ्चोपचारान्दत्त्वाथ ताम्बूलं छत्रचामरे
devatāyāḥ pārṣadebhyo gandhapuṣpādisaṃyutān | pañcopacārāndattvātha tāmbūlaṃ chatracāmare
Then, having given to the attendants of the deity the five services together with perfume, flowers and the rest, (he should offer) betel, parasol and fly-whisk—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.78
दद्याद्देव्यै ततो मन्त्रं सहस्रावृत्तितो जपेत् । जपं समर्प्य चैशान्यां विकिरे दिशि संस्थिते
dadyāddevyai tato mantraṃ sahasrāvṛttito japet | japaṃ samarpya caiśānyāṃ vikire diśi saṃsthite
—he should give (these) to the Goddess; then he should recite the mantra a thousand times over. And having presented the recitation, in the northeast, at the spot where the scattered offering was placed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.79
कर्करीं स्थापयेत्तस्यां दुर्गामावाह्य पूजयेत् । रक्ष रक्षेति चोच्चार्य नालमुक्तेन वारिणा
karkarīṃ sthāpayettasyāṃ durgāmāvāhya pūjayet | rakṣa rakṣeti coccārya nālamuktena vāriṇā
he should set down a water-pot; having invoked Durgā in it, he should worship (her); and having uttered "protect, protect," with water released from the spout
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.80
अस्त्रमन्त्रं जपन्देशं सेचयेत्तु प्रदक्षिणम् । कर्करीं स्थापयेत्स्थाने पूजयेच्चास्त्रदेवताम्
astramantraṃ japandeśaṃ secayettu pradakṣiṇam | karkarīṃ sthāpayetsthāne pūjayeccāstradevatām
while reciting the weapon-mantra he should sprinkle the place, moving to the right; he should set the pot in its place and worship the deity of the weapon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.81
पश्चाद्गुरुस्तु शिष्येण सह भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः । तस्यां रात्रौ तु तद्वेद्यां निद्रां कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः
paścādgurustu śiṣyeṇa saha bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ | tasyāṃ rātrau tu tadvedyāṃ nidrāṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ
Afterwards the teacher, keeping silence, should eat together with the pupil; and on that night he should carefully sleep upon that altar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.82
श्रीनारायण उवाच ततः कुण्डस्य संस्कारं स्थण्डिलस्य च वा मुने । प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन यथाविधि विधानतः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca tataḥ kuṇḍasya saṃskāraṃ sthaṇḍilasya ca vā mune | pravakṣyāmi samāsena yathāvidhi vidhānataḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Next, O sage, I shall declare in brief the consecration of the fire-pit or of the altar-mound, according to the rule as prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.83
मूलमन्त्रं समुच्चार्य वीक्षयेदस्त्रमन्त्रतः । प्रोक्षयेत्ताडनं कुर्यात्तेनैव कवचेन तु
mūlamantraṃ samuccārya vīkṣayedastramantrataḥ | prokṣayettāḍanaṃ kuryāttenaiva kavacena tu
Having pronounced the root-mantra, he should gaze (at it) with the weapon-mantra; he should sprinkle (it), and should strike (it) with that same (mantra), but with the armour-mantra
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.84
अभ्युक्षणं समुद्दिष्टं तिस्रस्तिस्रस्ततः परम् । प्रागग्रा उदगग्राश्च लिखेल्लेखाः समन्ततः
abhyukṣaṇaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ tisrastisrastataḥ param | prāgagrā udagagrāśca likhellekhāḥ samantataḥ
the sprinkling is enjoined; thereafter, three and three, he should draw lines all around, pointing east and pointing north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.85
प्रणवेन समभ्युक्ष्य पीठं देव्याः समर्चयेत् । आधारशक्तिमारभ्य पीठमन्त्रावसानकम्
praṇavena samabhyukṣya pīṭhaṃ devyāḥ samarcayet | ādhāraśaktimārabhya pīṭhamantrāvasānakam
Having sprinkled (it) with the praṇava, he should worship the seat of the Goddess, beginning with the Supporting Power and ending with the seat-mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.86
तस्मिन्पीठे समावाह्य शिवौ परमकारणौ । गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैश्च पूजयेत्तौ समाहितः
tasminpīṭhe samāvāhya śivau paramakāraṇau | gandhādyairupacāraiśca pūjayettau samāhitaḥ
Having invoked upon that seat the two Śivas, the supreme causes, he should, collected in mind, worship those two with perfumes and the other services.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.87
देवीं ध्यायेदृतुस्नातां संसक्तां शङ्करेण तु । कामातुरां तयोः क्रीडां किञ्चित्कालं विभावयेत्
devīṃ dhyāyedṛtusnātāṃ saṃsaktāṃ śaṅkareṇa tu | kāmāturāṃ tayoḥ krīḍāṃ kiñcitkālaṃ vibhāvayet
He should meditate on the Goddess as having bathed after her courses, joined with Śaṅkara, overcome with desire; for some time he should visualize the love-play of those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.88
अथ वह्निं समादाय पात्रेण पुरतो न्यसेत् । क्रव्यादांशं परित्यज्य पूर्वोक्तैर्वीक्षणादिभिः
atha vahniṃ samādāya pātreṇa purato nyaset | kravyādāṃśaṃ parityajya pūrvoktairvīkṣaṇādibhiḥ
Then, taking up fire, he should set it before (him) in a vessel; having discarded the flesh-eating portion, with the gazing and the rest already described,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.89
संस्कृत्य वह्निं रं बीजमुच्चार्य तदनन्तरम् । चैतन्यं योजयेत्तस्मिन्प्रणवेनाभिमन्त्रयेत्
saṃskṛtya vahniṃ raṃ bījamuccārya tadanantaram | caitanyaṃ yojayettasminpraṇavenābhimantrayet
having consecrated the fire, and thereafter having pronounced the seed-syllable RAṂ, he should join consciousness to it, and consecrate it with the praṇava
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.90
सप्तवारं ततो धेनुमुद्रां सन्दर्शयेद्गुरुः । शरेण रक्षितं कृत्वा तनुत्रेणावगुण्ठयेत्
saptavāraṃ tato dhenumudrāṃ sandarśayedguruḥ | śareṇa rakṣitaṃ kṛtvā tanutreṇāvaguṇṭhayet
seven times; then the teacher should display the cow-gesture; having made it protected by the arrow(-mantra), he should cover it with the armour(-mantra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.91
अर्चितं त्रिः परिभ्राम्य प्रादक्षिण्येन सत्तमः । कुण्डोपरि जपंस्तारं जानुस्पृष्टमहीतलः
arcitaṃ triḥ paribhrāmya prādakṣiṇyena sattamaḥ | kuṇḍopari japaṃstāraṃ jānuspṛṣṭamahītalaḥ
The most excellent one, having circled the worshipped (fire) three times to the right, reciting the praṇava over the fire-pit, his knee touching the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.92
शिवबीजधिया देव्या योनौ वह्निं विनिक्षिपेत् । आचामयेत्ततो देवं देवीं च जगदम्बिकाम्
śivabījadhiyā devyā yonau vahniṃ vinikṣipet | ācāmayettato devaṃ devīṃ ca jagadambikām
should, with the thought of the seed-syllable of Śiva, cast the fire into the womb of the Goddess; then he should give water for rinsing the mouth to the God and to the Goddess, mother of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.93
चित्पिङ्गल हनदहपचयुग्मं ततः परम् । सर्वज्ञाज्ञापय स्वाहा मन्त्रोऽयं वह्निदीपने
citpiṅgala hanadahapacayugmaṃ tataḥ param | sarvajñājñāpaya svāhā mantro'yaṃ vahnidīpane
"Cit-piṅgala, ha-na, then the pair daha-paca, sarvajña, command! svāhā"—this is the mantra for kindling the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.94
अग्निं प्रज्वलितं वन्दे जातवेदं हुताशनम् । सुवर्णवर्णममलं समिद्धं विश्वतोमुखम्
agniṃ prajvalitaṃ vande jātavedaṃ hutāśanam | suvarṇavarṇamamalaṃ samiddhaṃ viśvatomukham
I praise the blazing fire, the knower of beings, the eater of oblations, gold-coloured, spotless, well-kindled, facing in all directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.95
मन्त्रेणानेन तं वह्निं स्तुवीत परमादरात् । ततो न्यसेद्वह्निमन्त्रं षडङ्गं देशिकोत्तमः
mantreṇānena taṃ vahniṃ stuvīta paramādarāt | tato nyasedvahnimantraṃ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ deśikottamaḥ
With this mantra he should praise that fire with the utmost reverence; then the best of preceptors should place the fire-mantra with its six limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.96
सहस्रार्चिः स्वस्तिपूर्ण उत्तिष्ठपुरुषः स्मृतः । धूमव्यापी सप्तजिह्वो धनुर्धर इति क्रमात्
sahasrārciḥ svastipūrṇa uttiṣṭhapuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ | dhūmavyāpī saptajihvo dhanurdhara iti kramāt
Sahasrārcis (thousand-rayed), Svastipūrṇa, Uttiṣṭhapuruṣa are taught, (then) Dhūmavyāpī, Saptajihva (seven-tongued) and Dhanurdhara (bow-bearer), in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.97
जातियुक्ताः षडङ्गाः स्युः पूर्वस्थानेषु विन्यसेत् । ध्यायेद्वह्निं हेमवर्णं त्रिनेत्रं पद्मसंस्थितम्
jātiyuktāḥ ṣaḍaṅgāḥ syuḥ pūrvasthāneṣu vinyaset | dhyāyedvahniṃ hemavarṇaṃ trinetraṃ padmasaṃsthitam
The six limbs should be joined with their (proper) endings; one should place them in the aforesaid positions. One should meditate on Fire, gold-coloured, three-eyed, seated on a lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.98
इष्टशक्तिस्वस्तिकाभीर्धारकं मङ्गलं परम् । परिषिञ्चेत्ततः कुण्डं मेखलोपरि मन्त्रवित्
iṣṭaśaktisvastikābhīrdhārakaṃ maṅgalaṃ param | pariṣiñcettataḥ kuṇḍaṃ mekhalopari mantravit
holding a spear and a svastika as he wishes, most auspicious. Then the knower of mantras should sprinkle around the fire-pit, over the girdle (of the pit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.99
दर्भैः परिस्तरेत्पश्चात्परिधीन्विन्यसेदथ । त्रिकोणवृत्तषट्कोणं साष्टपत्रं सभूपुरम्
darbhaiḥ paristaretpaścātparidhīnvinyasedatha | trikoṇavṛttaṣaṭkoṇaṃ sāṣṭapatraṃ sabhūpuram
Afterwards he should strew (kuśa) grass around and then lay down the enclosing sticks. (He should visualise) a triangle, a circle, a hexagon, with eight petals and with an outer square—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.100
यन्त्रं विभावयेद्वह्नेः पूर्वं वा संलिखेदथ । तन्मध्ये पूजयेद्वह्निं मन्त्रेणानेन वै मुने
yantraṃ vibhāvayedvahneḥ pūrvaṃ vā saṃlikhedatha | tanmadhye pūjayedvahniṃ mantreṇānena vai mune
—he should visualise the diagram of Fire, or else he may draw it beforehand; in its middle he should worship Fire with this mantra, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.101
वैश्वानर ततो जातवेदः पश्चादिहावह । लोहिताक्षपदं प्रोक्त्वा सर्वकर्माणि साधय
vaiśvānara tato jātavedaḥ paścādihāvaha | lohitākṣapadaṃ proktvā sarvakarmāṇi sādhaya
"Vaiśvānara," then "Jātavedas," afterwards "come here," then having uttered the word "red-eyed one," (say) "accomplish all rites";
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.102
वह्निजायान्तको मन्त्रस्तेन वह्निं तु पूजयेत् । मध्ये षट्स्वपि कोणेषु हिरण्या गगना तथा
vahnijāyāntako mantrastena vahniṃ tu pūjayet | madhye ṣaṭsvapi koṇeṣu hiraṇyā gaganā tathā
the mantra ends with the wife of Fire (svāhā); with it one should worship Fire. In the middle and in all six corners: Hiraṇyā, Gaganā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.103
रक्ता कृष्णा सुप्रभा च बहुरूपातिरक्तिका । पूजयेत्सप्तजिह्वास्ताः केसरेष्वङ्गपूजनम्
raktā kṛṣṇā suprabhā ca bahurūpātiraktikā | pūjayetsaptajihvāstāḥ kesareṣvaṅgapūjanam
Raktā, Kṛṣṇā, Suprabhā, and Bahurūpā, Atiraktikā—one should worship these seven tongues (of flame); on the filaments (of the lotus) the worship of the limbs (is done).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.104
दलेषु पूजयेन्मूर्तीः शक्तिस्वस्तिकधारिणी । जातवेदाः सप्तजिह्वो हव्यवाहन एव च
daleṣu pūjayenmūrtīḥ śaktisvastikadhāriṇī | jātavedāḥ saptajihvo havyavāhana eva ca
On the petals one should worship the (eight) forms: the bearer of the spear and svastika, Jātavedas, Saptajihva, and Havyavāhana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.105
अश्वोदरजसंज्ञोऽन्यः पुनर्वैश्वानराह्वयः । कौमारतेजाः स्याद्विश्वमुखो देवमुखः स्मृतः
aśvodarajasaṃjño'nyaḥ punarvaiśvānarāhvayaḥ | kaumāratejāḥ syādviśvamukho devamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ
another named Aśvodaraja, and again the one called Vaiśvānara; Kaumārateja, and Viśvamukha, are taught to be Devamukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.106
ताराग्नये पदाद्याः स्युर्नत्यन्ता वह्निमूर्तयः । लोकपालांश्चतुर्दिक्षु वज्राद्यायुधसंयुतान्
tārāgnaye padādyāḥ syurnatyantā vahnimūrtayaḥ | lokapālāṃścaturdikṣu vajrādyāyudhasaṃyutān
With oṃ first, then "agnaye," then the (name of the) form, ending with "namaḥ"—thus (are the mantras of) the forms of Fire. (One should worship) the world-guardians in the four directions, equipped with their weapons, the thunderbolt and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.107
श्रीनारायण उवाच ततः स्रुक्स्रुवसंस्कारावाज्यसंस्कार एव च । कृत्वा होमं ततः कुर्यात्स्रुवेणादाय वै घृतम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca tataḥ sruksruvasaṃskārāvājyasaṃskāra eva ca | kṛtvā homaṃ tataḥ kuryātsruveṇādāya vai ghṛtam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then (comes) the consecration of the sruk and the sruva ladles, and likewise the consecration of the clarified butter; having done (these) one should then perform the offering, taking up ghee with the sruva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.108
दक्षिणाद्घृतभागात्तु वह्नेर्दक्षिणलोचने । जुहुयादग्नये स्वाहेत्येवं वै वामतोऽन्यतः
dakṣiṇādghṛtabhāgāttu vahnerdakṣiṇalocane | juhuyādagnaye svāhetyevaṃ vai vāmato'nyataḥ
From the southern portion of the ghee he should offer into the right eye of Fire, saying "to Agni, svāhā"; and just so from another (portion) on the left side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.109
सोमाय स्वाहेति मध्याद्घृतमादाय सत्तम । अग्नीषोमाभ्यां स्वाहेति मध्यनेत्रे हुनेत्ततः
somāya svāheti madhyādghṛtamādāya sattama | agnīṣomābhyāṃ svāheti madhyanetre hunettataḥ
saying "to Soma, svāhā." Taking ghee from the middle, O best one, he should then offer into the middle eye with "to Agni and Soma, svāhā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.110
पुनर्दक्षिणभागात्तु घृतमादाय वै मुखे । अग्नये स्विष्टकृत्स्वाहेत्यनेनैव हुनेत्ततः
punardakṣiṇabhāgāttu ghṛtamādāya vai mukhe | agnaye sviṣṭakṛtsvāhetyanenaiva hunettataḥ
Again, taking ghee from the southern portion, he should then offer into the mouth with just this: "to Agni the maker of the well-offered, svāhā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.111
सताराभिर्व्याहृतिभिर्जुहुयादथ साधकः । जुहुयादग्निमन्त्रेण त्रिवारं तु ततः परम्
satārābhirvyāhṛtibhirjuhuyādatha sādhakaḥ | juhuyādagnimantreṇa trivāraṃ tu tataḥ param
Then the adept should offer with the vyāhṛtis preceded by oṃ; then afterwards he should offer three times with the fire-mantra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.112
ततस्तु प्रणवेनैवाप्यष्टावष्टौ घृताहुतीः । गर्भाधानादिसंस्कारकृते तु जुहुयान्मुने
tatastu praṇavenaivāpyaṣṭāvaṣṭau ghṛtāhutīḥ | garbhādhānādisaṃskārakṛte tu juhuyānmune
and then with the praṇava (oṃ) alone eight ghee-oblations each; and he should offer (these) for the sake of performing the sacraments beginning with the impregnation rite, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.113
गर्भाधानं पुंसवनं सीमन्तोन्नयनं ततः । जातकर्म नामकर्माप्युपनिष्क्रमणं तथा
garbhādhānaṃ puṃsavanaṃ sīmantonnayanaṃ tataḥ | jātakarma nāmakarmāpyupaniṣkramaṇaṃ tathā
Impregnation (garbhādhāna), the rite for a male child (puṃsavana), then the parting of the hair (sīmantonnayana), the birth-rite, the naming rite, and also the first outing (upaniṣkramaṇa),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.114
अन्नाशनं तथा चूडा व्रतबन्धस्तथैव च । महानाम्न्यं व्रतं पश्चात्तथौपनिषदं व्रतम्
annāśanaṃ tathā cūḍā vratabandhastathaiva ca | mahānāmnyaṃ vrataṃ paścāttathaupaniṣadaṃ vratam
the first feeding of food, likewise the tonsure, and just so the binding to the vow (initiation), then the Mahānāmnī vow and likewise the Aupaniṣada vow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.115
गोदानोद्वाहकौ प्रोक्ताः संस्काराः श्रुतिचोदिताः । ततः शिवं पार्वतीं च पूजयित्वा विसर्जयेत्
godānodvāhakau proktāḥ saṃskārāḥ śruticoditāḥ | tataḥ śivaṃ pārvatīṃ ca pūjayitvā visarjayet
and the godāna (hair-cutting) and marriage are declared—(these are) the sacraments enjoined by scripture. Then, having worshipped Śiva and Pārvatī, he should dismiss (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.116
जुहुयात्पञ्च समिधो वह्निमुद्दिश्य साधकः । पश्चादावरणानां चाप्येकैकामाहुतिं हुनेत्
juhuyātpañca samidho vahnimuddiśya sādhakaḥ | paścādāvaraṇānāṃ cāpyekaikāmāhutiṃ hunet
The practitioner should offer five sticks of firewood into the fire; afterwards he should offer one oblation each to (the deities of) the enclosures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.117
घृतं स्रुचि समादाय चतुर्वारं स्रुवेण च । पिधाय तां तु तेनैव मुने तिष्ठन्निजासने
ghṛtaṃ sruci samādāya caturvāraṃ sruveṇa ca | pidhāya tāṃ tu tenaiva mune tiṣṭhannijāsane
Having taken ghee into the sruc-ladle four times with the sruva-spoon, and having covered that (ladle) with that very (spoon), O sage, remaining on his own seat—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.118
वौषडन्तेन मनुना वह्नेस्तु जुहुयात्ततः । महागणेशमन्त्रेण जुहुयादाहुतीर्दश
vauṣaḍantena manunā vahnestu juhuyāttataḥ | mahāgaṇeśamantreṇa juhuyādāhutīrdaśa
—he should then make the offering to the fire with the mantra ending in 'vauṣaṭ'; and with the mantra of Mahāgaṇeśa he should offer ten oblations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.119
वह्नौ पीठं समभ्यर्च्य देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम् । वह्नौ ध्यात्वा तु तद्वक्त्रे पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यया
vahnau pīṭhaṃ samabhyarcya deyamantrasya devatām | vahnau dhyātvā tu tadvaktre pañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā
Having worshipped the seat (pīṭha) in the fire, (he should meditate) upon the deity of the mantra to be given; having meditated (on it) in the fire, into its mouth, twenty-five times,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.120
मूलमन्त्रेण जुहुयाद्वक्त्रैकीकरणाय च । वह्निदेवतयोरैक्यं भावयन्नात्मना सह
mūlamantreṇa juhuyādvaktraikīkaraṇāya ca | vahnidevatayoraikyaṃ bhāvayannātmanā saha
he should make offerings with the root-mantra, for the unification of the mouths; imagining the oneness of the fire and the deity together with himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.121
एकीभूतं भावयेत्तु ततस्तु साधकोत्तमः । षडङ्गं देवतानां च जुहुयादाहुतीः पृथक्
ekībhūtaṃ bhāvayettu tatastu sādhakottamaḥ | ṣaḍaṅgaṃ devatānāṃ ca juhuyādāhutīḥ pṛthak
Then the best of practitioners should imagine (them) as become one; and he should offer oblations separately for the six limbs of the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.122
एकादशैव जुहुयादाहुतीर्मुनिसत्तम । एतेन नाडीसन्धानं वह्निदेवतयोर्मुने
ekādaśaiva juhuyādāhutīrmunisattama | etena nāḍīsandhānaṃ vahnidevatayormune
He should offer just eleven oblations, O best of sages; by this (is accomplished) the joining of the channels of the fire and the deity, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.123
एकैकक्रमयोगेनाप्यावृत्तीनां तथैव च । एकैकक्रमयोगेन घृतेन जुहुयान्मुने
ekaikakramayogenāpyāvṛttīnāṃ tathaiva ca | ekaikakramayogena ghṛtena juhuyānmune
By the method of one at a time, and likewise for the repetitions as well—by the method of one at a time he should offer with ghee, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.124
ततः कल्पोक्तद्रव्यैस्तु जुहुयादथवा तिलैः । देवतामूलमन्त्रेण गजान्तकसहस्रकम्
tataḥ kalpoktadravyaistu juhuyādathavā tilaiḥ | devatāmūlamantreṇa gajāntakasahasrakam
Then he should offer with the substances prescribed in the ritual manual, or else with sesame seeds; with the root-mantra of the deity, a thousand and eight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.125
एवं हुत्वा ततो देवीं सन्तुष्टां भावयेन्मुने । तथैवावृतिदेवीश्च वह्न्याद्या देवता अपि
evaṃ hutvā tato devīṃ santuṣṭāṃ bhāvayenmune | tathaivāvṛtidevīśca vahnyādyā devatā api
Having offered thus, he should then imagine the Goddess as fully satisfied, O sage, and likewise the goddesses of the enclosures and also the deities beginning with Fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.126
ततः शिष्यं च सुस्नातं कृतसम्यादिकक्रियम् । वस्त्रद्वययुतं स्वर्णाभरणेन समन्वितम्
tataḥ śiṣyaṃ ca susnātaṃ kṛtasamyādikakriyam | vastradvayayutaṃ svarṇābharaṇena samanvitam
Then (he should bring) the disciple, well bathed, having performed the ablutions (?) and the rest, provided with two garments and furnished with gold ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.127
कमण्डलुकरं शुद्धं कुण्डस्यान्तिकमानयेत् । नमस्कृत्य ततः शिष्यो गुरूनथ सभासदः
kamaṇḍalukaraṃ śuddhaṃ kuṇḍasyāntikamānayet | namaskṛtya tataḥ śiṣyo gurūnatha sabhāsadaḥ
with a water-pot in his hand, purified—he should bring him near the fire-pit. Then the disciple, having bowed to the gurus and to those seated in the assembly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.128
कुलदेवं नमस्कृत्य विशेत्तत्राथ विष्टरे । गुरुस्ततस्तु तं शिष्यं कृपादृष्ट्या विलोकयेत्
kuladevaṃ namaskṛtya viśettatrātha viṣṭare | gurustatastu taṃ śiṣyaṃ kṛpādṛṣṭyā vilokayet
and having bowed to the family deity, should then take his place there on the seat. The guru should then look upon that disciple with a compassionate gaze.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.129
तच्चैतन्यं निजे देहे भावयेत्सङ्गतं त्विति । ततः शिष्यतनुस्थानामध्वनां परिशोधनम्
taccaitanyaṃ nije dehe bhāvayetsaṅgataṃ tviti | tataḥ śiṣyatanusthānāmadhvanāṃ pariśodhanam
He should imagine that consciousness (of the disciple) as joined into his own body. Then (comes) the purification of the pathways situated in the disciple's body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.130
कुर्यात्तु होमतो विद्वान्दिव्यदृष्ट्यवलोकनात् । येन जायेत शुद्धात्मा योग्यो देवाद्यनुग्रहे
kuryāttu homato vidvāndivyadṛṣṭyavalokanāt | yena jāyeta śuddhātmā yogyo devādyanugrahe
which the learned one should carry out by means of the fire-offering and by gazing with the divine eye—by which he becomes one of purified self, fit for the grace of the deity and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.131
श्रीनारायण उवाच तनौ ध्यायेत्तु शिष्यस्य षडध्वनः कमेण तु । पादयोस्तु कलाध्वानमन्धौ तत्त्वाध्वकं पुनः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca tanau dhyāyettu śiṣyasya ṣaḍadhvanaḥ kameṇa tu | pādayostu kalādhvānamandhau tattvādhvakaṃ punaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: On the disciple's body he should meditate on the six pathways in order: on the two feet the pathway of the kalās, on the shanks again the pathway of the tattvas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.132
नाभौ तु भुवनाध्वानं वर्णाध्वानं तथा हृदि । पदाध्वानं तथा भाले मन्त्राध्वानं तु मूर्धनि
nābhau tu bhuvanādhvānaṃ varṇādhvānaṃ tathā hṛdi | padādhvānaṃ tathā bhāle mantrādhvānaṃ tu mūrdhani
on the navel the pathway of the worlds, likewise on the heart the pathway of the phonemes, on the forehead the pathway of the words, and on the crown of the head the pathway of the mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.133
शिष्यं स्पृशंस्तु कूर्चेन तिलैराज्यपरिप्लुतैः । शोधयाम्यमुमध्वानं स्वाहेति मनुमुच्चरन्
śiṣyaṃ spṛśaṃstu kūrcena tilairājyapariplutaiḥ | śodhayāmyamumadhvānaṃ svāheti manumuccaran
Touching the disciple with a bundle of grass (kūrca), with sesame seeds steeped in ghee, uttering the formula 'I purify this pathway, svāhā',
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.134
ताराढ्यं जुहुयादष्टवारं प्रत्यध्वमेव हि । षडध्वनस्ततस्तांस्तु लीनान् ब्रह्मणि भावयेत्
tārāḍhyaṃ juhuyādaṣṭavāraṃ pratyadhvameva hi | ṣaḍadhvanastatastāṃstu līnān brahmaṇi bhāvayet
prefixed with the syllable tāra (oṃ), he should make the offering eight times for each single pathway; then he should imagine those six pathways as dissolved in Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.135
पुनरुत्पादयेत्तस्मात्सृष्टिमार्गेण वै गुरुः । आत्मस्थितं तच्चैतन्यं पुनः शिष्ये तु योजयेत्
punarutpādayettasmātsṛṣṭimārgeṇa vai guruḥ | ātmasthitaṃ taccaitanyaṃ punaḥ śiṣye tu yojayet
Then the guru should produce (them) again from that by the way of emanation; and that consciousness resting in himself he should join back into the disciple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.136
पूर्णाहुतिं ततो हुत्वा देवतां कलशे नयेत् । पुनर्व्याहृतिभिर्हुत्वा वह्नेरङ्गाहुतीस्तथा
pūrṇāhutiṃ tato hutvā devatāṃ kalaśe nayet | punarvyāhṛtibhirhutvā vahneraṅgāhutīstathā
Then, having offered the full oblation, he should lead the deity into the water-jar; and again, having offered with the vyāhṛtis, likewise the limb-oblations of the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.137
एकैकशो गुरुर्दत्त्वा विसृजेद्वह्निमात्मनि । ततः शिष्यस्य नेत्रे तु बध्नीयाद्वाससा गुरुः
ekaikaśo gururdattvā visṛjedvahnimātmani | tataḥ śiṣyasya netre tu badhnīyādvāsasā guruḥ
The guru, giving them one by one, should dismiss the fire into himself; then the guru should bind the pupil's eyes with a cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.138
नेत्रमन्त्रेण तं शिष्यं कुण्डतो मण्डलं नयेत् । पुष्पाञ्जलिं मुख्यदेव्यां कारयेच्छिष्यहस्ततः
netramantreṇa taṃ śiṣyaṃ kuṇḍato maṇḍalaṃ nayet | puṣpāñjaliṃ mukhyadevyāṃ kārayecchiṣyahastataḥ
With the eye-mantra he should lead that pupil from the fire-pit to the maṇḍala; he should have a handful of flowers (offered) to the chief goddess by the pupil's hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.139
नेत्रबन्धं निराकृत्य वेशयेत्कुशविष्टरे । भूतशुद्धिं शिष्यदेहे कुर्यात्प्रोक्तेन वर्त्मना
netrabandhaṃ nirākṛtya veśayetkuśaviṣṭare | bhūtaśuddhiṃ śiṣyadehe kuryātproktena vartmanā
Having removed the eye-binding, he should seat (him) on a spread of kuśa grass; he should perform the purification of the elements in the pupil's body by the manner described.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.140
मन्त्रोदितांस्तथा न्यासान्कृत्वा शिष्यतनौ ततः । मण्डले वेशयेच्छिष्यमन्यस्मिन्कुम्भसंस्थितान्
mantroditāṃstathā nyāsānkṛtvā śiṣyatanau tataḥ | maṇḍale veśayecchiṣyamanyasminkumbhasaṃsthitān
And having made in the pupil's body the placements (nyāsas) stated in the mantra, he should then seat the pupil on the maṇḍala — those established in the jar (being) on another (maṇḍala).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 7.141
पल्लवाञ्छिष्यशिरसि विन्यसेन्मातृकां जपेत् । कलशस्थजलैः शिष्यं स्नापयेद्देवतात्मकैः
pallavāñchiṣyaśirasi vinyasenmātṛkāṃ japet | kalaśasthajalaiḥ śiṣyaṃ snāpayeddevatātmakaiḥ
He should place the (mango) sprouts on the pupil's head and mutter the mātṛkā; he should bathe the pupil with the waters standing in the jar, which are of the nature of the deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.142
वर्धनीजलसेकं च कुर्याद्रक्षार्थमञ्जसा । ततः शिष्यः समुत्थाय वाससी परिधाय च
vardhanījalasekaṃ ca kuryādrakṣārthamañjasā | tataḥ śiṣyaḥ samutthāya vāsasī paridhāya ca
And he should straightaway sprinkle the water of the vardhanī jar for the sake of protection; then the pupil, rising up and putting on the two garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.143
कृतभस्मावलेपश्च संविशेद्गुरुसन्निधौ । ततो गुरुः स्वकीयात्तु हृदयान्निर्गतां शिवाम्
kṛtabhasmāvalepaśca saṃviśedgurusannidhau | tato guruḥ svakīyāttu hṛdayānnirgatāṃ śivām
and having smeared himself with ash, should sit down in the guru's presence; then the guru (should imagine) the auspicious one (Śivā) gone forth from his own heart,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.144
प्रविष्टां शिष्यहृदये भावयेत्करुणानिधिः । पूजयेद्गन्धपुष्पाद्यैरैक्यं वै भावयंस्तयोः
praviṣṭāṃ śiṣyahṛdaye bhāvayetkaruṇānidhiḥ | pūjayedgandhapuṣpādyairaikyaṃ vai bhāvayaṃstayoḥ
and the treasury of compassion should imagine her as entered into the pupil's heart; he should worship (her) with sandal, flowers and the rest, imagining the oneness of the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.145
ततस्त्रिंशो दक्षकर्णे शिष्यस्योपदिशेद्गुरुः । महामन्त्रं महादेव्याः स्वहस्तं शिरसि न्यसन्
tatastriṃśo dakṣakarṇe śiṣyasyopadiśedguruḥ | mahāmantraṃ mahādevyāḥ svahastaṃ śirasi nyasan
Then, placing his own hand on (the pupil's) head, the guru should impart into the pupil's right ear the thirty(-syllabled) great mantra of the great Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.146
अष्टोत्तरशतं मन्त्रं शिष्योऽपि प्रजपेन्मुने । दण्डवत्प्रणमेद्भूमौ तं गुरुं देवतात्मकम्
aṣṭottaraśataṃ mantraṃ śiṣyo'pi prajapenmune | daṇḍavatpraṇamedbhūmau taṃ guruṃ devatātmakam
And the pupil too should recite the mantra one hundred and eight times, O sage; he should bow to the ground like a staff before that guru who is of the nature of the deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.147
सर्वस्वमर्पयेत्तस्मै यावज्जीवमनन्यधीः । ऋत्विग्भ्यो दक्षिणां दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणांश्चापि भोजयेत्
sarvasvamarpayettasmai yāvajjīvamananyadhīḥ | ṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāṃścāpi bhojayet
He should offer all he owns to him, for as long as he lives, with a mind fixed on no other; having given the fee to the officiating priests, he should also feed the brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.148
सुवासिनीः कुमारीश्च बटुकांश्चैव सर्वशः । दीनानाथान्दरिद्रांश्च वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः
suvāsinīḥ kumārīśca baṭukāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ | dīnānāthāndaridrāṃśca vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ
and the married women, the maidens, and the young boys, in every way, and the wretched, the helpless and the poor, being free of stinginess with wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.149
कृतार्थतां स्वस्य बुद्ध्वा नित्यमाराधयेन्मनुम् । इति ते कथितः सम्यग्दीक्षाविधिरनुत्तमः
kṛtārthatāṃ svasya buddhvā nityamārādhayenmanum | iti te kathitaḥ samyagdīkṣāvidhiranuttamaḥ
Knowing his own purpose fulfilled, he should constantly worship the mantra. Thus the unsurpassed rule of initiation has been properly told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.150
विमृश्यैतदशेषेण भज देवीपदाम्बुजम् । नान्यस्तु परमो धर्मो ब्राह्मणस्यात्र विद्यते
vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa bhaja devīpadāmbujam | nānyastu paramo dharmo brāhmaṇasyātra vidyate
Having reflected on this entirely, worship the lotus feet of the Goddess; no other supreme duty for a brahmin exists here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.151
वैदिकः स्वस्वगृह्योक्तक्रमेणोपदिशेन्मनुम् । तान्त्रिकस्तन्त्ररीत्या तु स्थितिरेषा सनातनी
vaidikaḥ svasvagṛhyoktakrameṇopadiśenmanum | tāntrikastantrarītyā tu sthitireṣā sanātanī
The Vedic (follower) should impart the mantra by the sequence stated in his own gṛhya (text), but the Tāntrika by the manner of the tantra: this is the eternal usage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.152
तत्तदुक्तप्रयोगांस्ते ते ते कुर्युर्न चान्यथा । श्रीनारायण उवाच इति सर्वं मयाख्यातं यत्पृष्टं नारद त्वया
tattaduktaprayogāṃste te te kuryurna cānyathā | śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca iti sarvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ nārada tvayā
Each of them should perform the procedures stated for each, and not otherwise. Nārāyaṇa said: Thus everything that you asked, Nārada, has been told by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.153
अतः परं पराम्बाया भज नित्यं पदाम्बुजम् । नित्यमाराध्य तच्चाहं निर्वृतिं परमां गतः
ataḥ paraṃ parāmbāyā bhaja nityaṃ padāmbujam | nityamārādhya taccāhaṃ nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ gataḥ
Henceforth worship constantly the lotus feet of the supreme Mother; and I too, worshipping her constantly, have attained supreme peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.154
व्यास उवाच इति राजन्नारदाय प्रोक्त्वा सर्वमनुत्तमम् । समाधिमीलिताक्षस्तु दध्यौ देवीपदाम्बुजम्
vyāsa uvāca iti rājannāradāya proktvā sarvamanuttamam | samādhimīlitākṣastu dadhyau devīpadāmbujam
Vyāsa said: Thus, O king, having spoken all this unsurpassed (teaching) to Nārada, with eyes closed in absorption he meditated on the Goddess's lotus feet —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 7.155
नारायणस्तु भगवान् मुनिवर्यशिखामणिः । नारदोऽपि ततो नत्वा गुरुं नारायणं परम् । जगाम सद्यस्तपसे देवीदर्शनलालसः
nārāyaṇastu bhagavān munivaryaśikhāmaṇiḥ | nārado'pi tato natvā guruṃ nārāyaṇaṃ param | jagāma sadyastapase devīdarśanalālasaḥ
Nārāyaṇa, the blessed one, the crest-jewel among the best of sages. And Nārada too, having then bowed to his guru, the supreme Nārāyaṇa, went at once to ascetic practice, longing for the sight of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition