Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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IV, 5.
RITES SECURING SUCCESS.
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dvârâm;' the milk, (reciting the verse), ‘Åpyâyasva;' the sour milk, reciting (the verse), Dadhikrâvnâ;' the clarified butter, (saying), Sukram asi;' the decoction of Kusa grass (with the text), 'Devasya tvà ;'
13. (And mix together) one part of cow's urine, half as much cowdung, three parts of milk, two of sour milk, one part of clarified butter, and one part of water boiled with Kusa grass; a Sâmtâpana Krikkhra (performed) in this manner will purify even a Svapâka.
14. He who subsists during five (days and) nights on cow's urine, cowdung, milk, sour milk, and clarified butter will be purified by (that) Pañkagavya (the five products of the cow).
15. If, self-restrained and attentive, he fasts during twelve days, that is called a Parâka Krikkhra, which destroys all sin.
16. If he subsists on cow's urine and the other (substances named above), one day on each, and continues (this mode of life) during thrice seven days, the theologians call that a Mahâsâmtâpana Krikkhra.
17. If he daily adds to his food one mouthful during the bright (half of the month) and diminishes it daily by one mouthful during the dark (half of the month), and keeps two fasts in the two halves of the month, that is called a Kândrayana.
18. If, with concentrated mind, a Brâhmana eats four mouthfuls in the morning and four mouthfuls when the sun has set, he will perform the Kândrayana of children. .
13. Vasishiha XXVII, 13.
14. Vasishtha XXVII, 14. 15. Vishnu XLVI, 18.
16. Vishnu XLVL 20. 17. Vasishtha XXVII, 21; see above, III, 8. 18. Vishnu XLVII, 8.
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