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'At the third hole he becomes freer from the Nasu; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words:"Yatha ahû vairyô," &c.
'At the fourth hole he becomes freer from the Nasu; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words:"Yatha ahû vairyo," &c.
'At the fifth hole he becomes freer from the Nasu; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words:"Yatha ahû vairyo," &c.
'At the sixth hole he becomes freer from the Nasu; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words:"Yatha aha vairyo," &c.
29 (120). Afterwards the man defiled shall sit down, inside the furrows 1, outside the furrows of the six holes, four fingers from those furrows. There he shall cleanse his body with thick handfuls of dust.
30 (123). 'Fifteen times shall they take up dust from the ground for him to rub his body, and they shall wait there until he is dry even to the last hair on his head.
31 (125). 'When his body is dry with dust, then he shall step over the holes (containing water). At the first hole he shall wash his body once with water; at the second hole he shall wash his body twice with water; at the third hole he shall wash his body thrice with water.
32 (130). Then he shall perfume (his body) with Urvâsna, or Vohû-gaona, or Voha-kereti, or Hadhâ-naêpata, or any other sweet-smelling plant; then he shall put on his clothes, and shall go back to his house.
1 Between the furrows of the six holes containing gô mêz and the furrows of the holes containing water.
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