ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्तु यजेत ब्रह्मण: पतिम् । इन्द्रमिन्द्रियकामस्तु प्रजाकाम: प्रजापतीन् ॥ २ ॥ देवीं मायां तु श्रीकामस्तेजस्कामो विभावसुम् । वसुकामो वसून रुद्रान् वीर्यकामोऽथ वीर्यवान् ॥ ३ ॥ अन्नाद्यकामस्त्वदितिं स्वर्गकामोऽदिते:सुतान् । विश्वान्देवान् राज्यकाम: साध्यान्संसाधको विशाम् ॥ ४ ॥ आयुष्कामोऽश्विनौ देवौ पुष्टिकाम इलां यजेत् । प्रतिष्ठाकाम: पुरुषो रोदसी लोकमातरौ ॥ ५ ॥ रूपाभिकामो गन्धर्वान् स्त्रीकामोऽप्सर उर्वशीम् । आधिपत्यकाम: सर्वेषां यजेत परमेष्ठिनम् ॥ ६ ॥ यज्ञं यजेद् यशस्काम: कोशकाम: प्रचेतसम् । विद्याकामस्तु गिरिशं दाम्पत्यार्थ उमां सतीम् ॥ ७ ॥
brahma-varcasa-kamas tu yajeta brahmanah patim indram indriya-kamas tu praja-kamah prajapatin devim mayam tu sri-kamas tejas-kamo vibhavasum vasu-kamo vasun rudran virya-kamo ’tha viryavan annadya-kamas tv aditim svarga-kamo ’diteh sutan visvan devan rajya-kamah sadhyan samsadhako visam ayus-kamo ’svinau devau pusti-kama ilam yajet pratistha-kamah puruso rodasi loka-matarau rupabhikamo gandharvan stri-kamo ’psara urvasim adhipatya-kamah sarvesam yajeta paramesthinam yajnam yajed yasas-kamah kosa-kamah pracetasam vidya-kamas tu girisam dampatyartha umam satim
- brahma
- the absolute
- varcasa
- effulgence
- kamah tu
- but one who desires in that way
- yajeta
- do worship
- brahmanah
- of the Vedas
- patim
- the master
- indram
- the King of heaven
- indriya-kamah tu
- but one who desires strong sense organs
- praja-kamah
- one who desires many offspring
- prajapatin
- the Prajapatis
- devim
- the goddess
- mayam
- unto the mistress of the material world
- tu
- but
- sri-kamah
- one who desires beauty
- tejah
- power
- kamah
- one who so desires
- vibhavasum
- the fire-god
- vasu-kamah
- one who wants wealth
- vasun
- the Vasu demigods
- rudran
- the Rudra expansions of Lord Siva
- virya-kamah
- one who wants to be very strongly built
- atha
- therefore
- viryavan
- the most powerful
- anna-adya
- grains
- kamah
- one who so desires
- tu
- but
- aditim
- Aditi, mother of the demigods
- svarga
- heaven
- kamah
- so desiring
- aditeh sutan
- the sons of Aditi
- visvan
- Visvadeva
- devan
- demigods
- rajya-kamah
- those who hanker for kingdoms
- sadhyan
- the Sadhya demigods
- samsadhakah
- what fulfills the wishes
- visam
- of the mercantile community
- ayuh-kamah
- desirous of long life
- asvinau
- the two demigods known as the Asvini brothers
- devau
- the two demigods
- pusti-kamah
- one who desires a strongly built body
- ilam
- the earth
- yajet
- must worship
- pratistha-kamah
- one who desires good fame, or stability in a post
- purusah
- such men
- rodasi
- the horizon
- loka-matarau
- and the earth
- rupa
- beauty
- abhikamah
- positively aspiring for
- gandharvan
- the residents of the Gandharva planet, who are very beautiful and are expert in singing
- stri-kamah
- one who desires a good wife
- apsarah urvasim
- the society girls of the heavenly kingdom
- adhipatya-kamah
- one who desires to dominate others
- sarvesam
- everyone
- yajeta
- must worship
- paramesthinam
- Brahma, the head of the universe
- yajnam
- the Personality of Godhead
- yajet
- must worship
- yasah-kamah
- one who desires to be famous
- kosa-kamah
- one who desires a good bank balance
- pracetasam
- the treasurer of heaven, known as Varuna
- vidya-kamah tu
- but one who desires education
- girisam
- the lord of the Himalayas, Lord Siva
- dampatya-arthah
- and for conjugal love
- umam satim
- the chaste wife of Lord Siva, known as Uma
One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahma or Brhaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajapatis. One who desires good fortune should worship Durgadevi, the superintendent of the material world. One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire, and one who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus. One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord Siva if he wants to be a great hero. One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi. One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi. One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Visvadeva, and one who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sadhya demigod. One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the Asvini-kumaras, and a person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth. One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined. One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet, and one who desires a good wife should worship the Apsaras and the Urvasi society girls of the heavenly kingdom. One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahma, the head of the universe. One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead, and one who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuna. If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord Siva, and if one desires a good marital relation he should worship the chaste goddess Uma, the wife of Lord Siva.