He who does not do the morning Sandhyâ and the evening Sandhyâ, is driven away from all the Brâhminic Karmas and he becomes like S’ûdras.
He who does Sandhyâ three times throughout his life,
- becomes like the Sun by his lustre and brilliance of tapas.
- What more than this, the earth is always purified by the dust of his feet.
The Dvîja who does his Sandhyâ Bandanam and remains pure,
- becomes energetic and liberated while living.
- By his contact all the Tîrthas become purified.
- All sins vanish away from him as snakes fly away at the sight of Garuda.
The Dvîja who becomes void of Sandhyâ three times a day,
- the Devas do not accept his worship nor
- the Pitris accept his Pindas.
He who has no Bhakti towards the Mûla Prakriti, who does not worship the specific seed Mantra of Mâyâ and who does not hold festivities in honour of Mûla Prakriti, know him verily to be an Ajagara snake without poison.
Devoid of the
- Visnu mantra,
- three Sandhyâs and
- fasting on the Ekâdas’i Tithi (the eleventh clay of the fortnight),
the Brâhmin becomes a snake devoid of poison. The vile Brâhmin who does not like to take the offerings dedicated to Hari and who does the washerman’s work and eats the food of S’ûdra and drives the buffaloes, becomes a snake devoid of poison. The Brâhmin who burns the dead bodies of the S’ûdras, becomes like the man who is the husband of an unmarried girl. The Brâhmin also who becomes a cook of a S’ûdra, becomes a snake void of poison. The Brâhmin who accepts the gifts of a S’ûdra, who performs the sacrifice of a S’ûdra, who lives as clerks and warriors becomes like a snake void of poison. The Brâhmin who sells his daughter, who sells the name of Hari or eats the food of a woman who is without husband and son, as well as of one who has just bathed after her menstruation period, becomes like a serpent void of poison. The Brâhmin who takes the profession of pimps and pampers and lives on the interest, is also like a serpent void of poison. The Brâhmin who sleeps even when the Sun has risen, eats fish, and does not worship the Devî is also like a poisonless serpent.
Thus stating all the rules of worship in order, the best of the Munis
told him the Dhyânam, etc., of the Devî Sâvitrî, what he wanted. Then he informed the King of all the mantras and went to his own Âs’rama. The king, then worshipped accordingly and saw the Devî Sâvitrî and got boons.
