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Lord
is performed,
and then is performed
consecration.
The seth applies the gandhodaka (water of the consecration)
which is itself clean and is also the cause of cleanliness,
on his head
respectfully......
happily.
Then, washing his hands with water,
cleanses the idol
with a clean white cloth;
worships the Lord
free of sins and shams,
untouched by possessions, taking eight auspicious substances with devout feelings, with strong eagerness,
not with any worldly temptation, the purpose is only
to get liberation from bondage, the coast... the bank of the sea of transmigration!
By now, some auspicious figures in the courtyard
have been drawn by the gamesome girls. That the time for the carya (going out for taking food)
of the atithi (muni) has drawn
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