Vrata(2) p84

p84

dīpa, ghūpānnaḥ sampadā”! arccā pratimā sā ca yathāsa-
mbhavaṃ suvarṇādidhātumayī vidheyā “vratānte kanakaṃ
dadyād yathāśakti dvijātaye . kṛtvā vrataṃ kevalametadiṣṭaṃ
prāpnoti teṣāṃ sucirantu lokān . tatroṣya loke puru-
ṣottamasya rājā bhaved brāhmaṇapuṅgavo vā” .
rāmanavamīvrataṃ agastyasaṃhitoktam “caitrai navamyāṃ prākpakṣe
divā puṣpe punarvasau . udaye gurugaurāṃśvoḥ svoccasye
grahapañcake . meṣe pūṣaṇi samprāpte lagne kakaṃṭakāhvaye .

lamps, incense, and food.” / An ‘image’ (arcā) is an idol, and that should be made of metal such as gold according to one's means. / “At the end of the vow he should give gold to a twice-born according to his ability. / Having performed this vow, which alone is desired, he reaches their worlds for a long time. / Dwelling there in the world of the Supreme Person, he becomes a king or an eminent Brahmin.” / [Now] the Rāmanavamī vow, as stated in the Agastyasaṃhitā: “On the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight in Caitra, by day, during the asterism Punarvasu, / at the rising of Jupiter and the Moon, five planets being in their exaltation, / the Sun being in Aries, and Cancer being the rising sign,