History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1695

v6.c81.1695

*Phalasaptamī*—(1) on Bh. śu. 7th fast and worship of the Sun; on 8th morning worship the Sun and donate to brāhmaṇas dates, cocoanut fruits and mātuluṅga fruits and say 'May the sun be pleased', performer to eat (on 8th) one small fruit with the mantra 'May all my desires be fulfilled' and he may eat only fruits to his heart's content but nothing else; this to be done for a year; the vrata endows performer with sons and grandsons; KKV 204–205, HV I. 701–702 (both quote Bhav. I. 215. 24–27), (2) on Bh. śu. 4th, 5th and 6th the performer should respectively observe ayācita, ekabhakta and fast, worship Sun with gandha &c. and should sleep at night in front of the altar on which sun image is placed; on 7th after sun worship offer naivedya of fruits, feed brāhmaṇas and eat food himself; if unable to procure fruits he should cook flour of rice or wheat mixed with ghee and jaggery and nutmeg bark and nāgakesara as naivedya; this to be carried on for a year; at end he may, if able, donate golden fruits, a cow with calf, a field, a mansion, clothes, copper vessel and coral; if poor feed brāhmanas on fruits and powdered sesame and donate silver fruits; performer is freed from poverty and hardship and goes to world of Sun; KKV 117-121, HV I. 731-734 (from Bhav. I. 64. 36-61; (3) on Mārg śu. 5 observe niyamas, on 6th fast, donate a golden lotus and a fruit with sugar with 'may the Sun be pleased with me'; on 7th feed brāhmanas on meal with milk; he should give one kind of fruit from this day to kr. 5th, do this for a year using different names of Sun in each month; at year's end honour a brāhmana and his wife with clothes, jar, sugar, golden lotus and fruit, performer becomes free from sins and goes to sūryaloka, Mat. 76. 1-13 q in KKV 213-214 (without name), HV I 743-44 (from Pad. V. 21. 249-262)