Verse 43

³⁶In a pit made as the rule says, with its girdle, its hollow and its altar, having set the fire, let him heap it together all round with his hand once it has been roused. ³⁷Having strewn round it and sprinkled round it, and laid the fuel on as the rule says, having brought the sprinkling vessel up and sprinkled the materials, let him call me into being in the fire: ³⁸like heated gold, shining with four arms that hold conch and wheel and mace and lotus, at peace, dressed in the colour of a lotus's filaments, ³⁹with a flashing crown, bracelets, a waistband and fine armlets, the Srivatsa on his chest, the Kaustubha shining, wearing the garland of the woods.

⁴⁰Meditating on him and worshipping him, let him throw in the sticks smeared with the offering butter, and having given the two butter portions and the two sprinklings, then the offering soaked in butter, ⁴¹let the wise man pour it with the root mantra, portion by portion with the sixteen verses, and to dharma and the rest in the proper way, and the offering to the good maker with its mantras. ⁴²Having worshipped and bowed, let him carry out the share for the attendants; and let him mutter the root mantra, remembering Brahman, whose self is Narayana. ⁴³Having given water for sipping, let him set out what is left over for Visvaksena; and then let him honour me with something fragrant for the mouth, betel and the rest.