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BAUDHAYANA.
IV, 3.
16. And it is declared in the Veda,'(That is the ancient purificatory rite, which is widely known (in the Institutes of the Sacred Law); purified thereby man conquers sin. May we, sanctified by this holy means of purification, conquer our enemy, sin.'
PRASNA IV, Adhyâya 3. 1. We will explain the secret) penances which are not prescribed (by others, but by the offender himself, and) particularly what shall be done in (case) faults (have been committed) by men who, with concentrated minds, (are) intent (on the performance of their duties).
2. (Such a man) may sip water, (in order to atone) for all mortal sins, reciting the syllable Om and all the Vyâhritis.
3. When he sips water the first time, he gladdens the Rig-veda, the second time the Yagur-veda, the third time the Sâma-veda.
4. When he wipes (his lips) the first time, he gladdens the Atharva-veda, the second time the Itihâsas and Puranas.
5. When he sprinkles water on the right hand, the feet, the head, the heart, the nostrils, the eyes, the ears, and the navel, he gladdens the trees and herbs and all deities. Therefore he is freed from all sin by sipping water.
3. 1. Vasishtha XXV, 1-2. The whole Adhyâya is left out in the Dekhan MSS., including K. The omission may have been caused by the circumstance that the initial verses of Adhyâyas 3 and 4 are identical.
2. Gautama XXV, 9; Vasishtha XXV, 4. 3-5. See the rules for sipping water, given above, 1, 5, 8, 19–26.
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