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No. 3477. पञ्चगव्यविधिः (ब्रह्मप्रोक्तः). PAÑCAGAVYAVIDHIH (BRAHMAPROKTA). Pages, 5. Lines, 7 on a page. ___Begins on fol. 102a of the Ms. described under No. 2840.
Regarding the purificatory ceremony to be performed as an expiation for the sin of having caten prohibited food or taken any prohibited drink. The chief part of the ceremony consists in drinking a hallowed mixture of five ingredients, i.e., cow's milk, ourds, ghee, cow's urine & cow-dung; hence it is called Pancagavya.
Complete. Beginning : ब्रह्मोवाच
मनुष्याणां हितार्थाय भक्ष्याभक्ष्यकृते द्विज[:] । पञ्चगव्यात्परो(रं) नास्ति सर्वपापविनाशकम् ॥ सर्वशुद्धिकरं पुण्यं पवित्रं कायशुद्धिदम् ।
नदीतीरेषु पुण्येषु गोष्ठे देवगृहेषु वा ॥ End:
कृत्वा पापसहस्रं तु शुद्धो भवति तत्क्षणात् । सर्वेषामेव पापानामिदं तु प्राशयेद्विजः ॥
यत्त्वगस्थि . . . . रिवेन्धनम् ॥ Colophon:
इति ब्रह्मप्रोक्तपञ्चगव्यविधिस्समाप्तः ॥
No. 3478. पञ्चगव्यसम्मेलनविधिः.
PAÑCAGAVYASAMMĒLANAVIDHSH. Pages, 3 Lines, 7 on a page.
Begins on fol. 101a of the MS. described under No. 2840.
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