Agastyasamhita 76

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pṛ0 38a) gadaiścaivapaścimesamalaṃkṛtaṃ padmasvastikanīlaiścakauveresamalaṃkṛtaṃ madyahastaṃcatuṣkādyaṃvedikāhastamāyataṃ
vṛttivāditragītaiścaanyaiścāpisusaṃyataṃ puṇyāhaṃvācayettatravidvadbhiḥprītamānasaḥ tataḥsaṃkalpayedevaṃrāma
mevasmaranmune asyāṃrāmanavamyāṃturāmādhanatatparaḥ upeṣyāṣṭasuyāmyeṣupūjayitvāyathāvidhiḥ imāṃsva
rṇamayīṃrāmapratimāṃsamalaṃkṛtāṃ śrīrāmaprītayedāsyerāmabhaktāyadhīmate prītorāmoharatvāśupāpānisuvahū
nime anekajanmasaṃsiddhānyabhyastānimahāṃtica tataḥsvarṇamayīrāmapratimāṃpalamānataḥ nirmitāṃhibhujāṃdi
vyāṃvāmāṃkasthitajānakī vibhratīṃdakṣiṇekarejñānamudrāṃmahāmune vāmeṇādhaḥkareṇāthadevīmāliṃgyasaṃsthitāṃ
siṃhāsanerājatetrapaladvayavinirmite tataḥpaṃcāmṛtasnānaṃsaṃpūjyavidhivattataḥ mūlamaṃtreṇaniyatonyāsapūrva
mataṃdritaḥ divaivaṃvidhivatkṛtvārātraujāgaraṇaṃtataḥ divyāṃrāmakathāṃśrutvārāmabhaktaiḥsamanvitaḥ nṛtyagītā
dibhiścaivarāmastotrairanekadhā pūjayanvidhivadbhaktyādivārātranayedvudhaḥ tataḥprātaḥsamutthāyasnānasaṃdhyādikāḥ
kriyāḥ samāpyavidhivadrāmaṃpūjayetsusamāhitaḥ tatohomaṃprakurvītamūlamaṃtreṇamaṃtravit pūrvoktapadmakuṃ
ḍevāsthaṃḍilevāsamāhitaḥ laukikāgnauvidhānenaśatamaṣṭottaraṃtataḥ sājyenapāyasenaivasmarannāmamananya
dhīḥ tutobhaktyāsusaṃtoṣyācāryyaṃpūjayenmune kuṃḍalābhyāṃsaratnābhyāmaṃgurīyairanekadhā gaṃdhapuṣpākṣatairvastraiḥ

and adorned at the north with lotus, svastika, and Nīla; / the central square of [several] cubits, with an altar a cubit wide, / well arranged with instrumental music, singing, and other performances; / there, with a joyful mind, he should have the learned men recite the auspicious-day blessing. / Then he should make the resolve thus, remembering Rāma alone, O sage: / "Dedicated to the worship of Rāma on this Rāma-navamī, / having fasted during the eight watches and worshipped according to rule, / I shall give this golden, well-adorned image of Rāma / for the pleasure of Śrī Rāma to a wise devotee of Rāma. / May pleased Rāma swiftly destroy these very many sins of mine, / great and accumulated through repeated practice over many births." / Then a golden image of Rāma of the weight of a pala, / fashioned with divine arms, with Jānakī seated on his left lap, / holding the gesture of knowledge in his right hand, O great sage, / and embracing the goddess with his lower left hand, / seated on a silver throne made of two palas. / Then, after the five-nectar bath, having worshipped according to rule, / restrained, having first performed the projection with the root-mantra, unwearied, / having thus acted according to rule during the day, then [observing] a night vigil at night, / listening to the divine story of Rāma together with devotees of Rāma, / with dances, songs, and various hymns to Rāma, / worshipping with devotion according to rule, the wise man should pass the day and night. / Then, having risen in the morning, having completed the rites of bathing, twilight devotion, and so forth, / he should worship Rāma according to rule, deeply concentrated. / Then, the knower of mantras should perform the fire oblation with the root-mantra, / concentrated, either in the aforementioned lotus-pit or on a cleared place, / in the domestic fire according to rule, one hundred and eight times, / with ghee-mixed pāyasa, remembering Rāma with undivided intellect. / Then, having thoroughly pleased the ācārya with devotion, he should worship him, O sage, / with a pair of earrings set with gems, with various rings, / with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice grains, and garments;