O illustrious one, I come to you, believing you to be a god; and I say I have no fault, O twice-born one, by performing these rites with the help of Mantras.
भगवन् भगवद्गुद्ध्या प्रतिपन्नो ब्रवीम्यहम्। व्रतं मन्त्रकृतं कर्तु पराधोऽस्ति मे द्विज॥