Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya
सप्तम्यामथवा षष्ठ्यां भक््त्या पूजां करोति यः । अनिर्विण्णो5नहंकारी त॑ लक्ष्मीर्भजते नरम्,जो सप्तमी अथवा षष्ठीको खेद और अहंकारसे रहित हो भक्तिभावसे आपकी पूजा करता है, उस मनुष्यको लक्ष्मी प्राप्त होती है
saptamyām athavā ṣaṣṭhyāṁ bhaktyā pūjāṁ karoti yaḥ | anirviṇṇo 'nahaṅkārī taṁ lakṣmīr bhajate naram ||
Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Ya sea en el séptimo día o en el sexto, quien realiza el culto con devoción—sin abatimiento y sin ego—es favorecido por Lakṣmī (prosperidad)».
युधिछिर उवाच
Prosperity (Lakṣmī) is drawn not merely by the date of worship but by inner qualities—devotion, steadiness without discouragement, and humility without ego.
Yudhiṣṭhira states a principle about worship: a person who honors the deity on the sixth or seventh day with sincere devotion and a humble, undepressed mind becomes worthy of Lakṣmī’s favor.