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I PATALA, 5 KHANDA, 5.
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verses, 'Agni, thou art expiation' (MB. I, 4, 1 seqq.). A fifth (oblation) combining (the names of the four gods invoked in those verses). The remnants (of Âgya) he should pour into a water-pot.
13. With that (Ågya) he should wash her, including her hair and nails.
14. Thenceforward he should behave as required by circumstances.
15. At the time of her courses he should touch with his right hand her secret parts with (the verse), May Vishnu make thy womb ready' (MB. I, 4, 6).
16. When (that verse) is finished, he should cohabit with her, with (the verse), 'Give conception' (1. 1. 7).
KHANDA 5. 1. The fire used at his wedding (is kept as) his (sacred) domestic fire.
2. Or that on which he (as a student) puts the last piece of wood.
3. Or (a fire) kindled by attrition: that is pure, but it does not bring prosperity.
4. Or he may get it from a frying-pan.
5. Or from the house of one who offers many sacrifices, with the exception of a Sudra.
13. tenainam sakesanakhâm âplâvayet. 14. tato yathârtham syâd. 15. ritukâle dakshinena paninopastham âlabhed Vishnur yonim kalpayatv iti. 16. samâptâyâm sambhaved garbhan dhehiti.
5, 1. yasminn agnau pânim grihniyât sa grihyo. 2. yasmin vântyam samidham âdadhyân. 3. nirmanthyo va punyas so snardhuko. 4. smbarîshâd vânayed. 5. bahuyagino vâgârâk khudravargam.
14=II, 4, II. 15, 16=II, 5, 9, 10. 5, 1-9=Gobhila I, 1, 20-28.
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