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अधोमध्योर्ध्वपर्वाणि कनिष्ठांगुलिकानि तु । क्रमेण प्रतिपत्षष्ठकादशीः कल्ययेत्तिथीः ॥१३०॥ अवशेषांगुलीपर्वाण्यवशेषतिथीस्तथा । पञ्चमी दशमी राका पर्वा-ज्यंगुष्ठगानि तु ॥१३१॥ वामपाणि कृष्णपक्ष-तिथीस्तद्वच्च कल्पयेत् । ततश्च निर्जने देशे बद्धपद्मासनः सुधीः ।।१३२॥ प्रसन्नः सितसंव्यानः कोशीकृत्य करद्वयम् । ततस्तवन्तः शून्यं तु कृष्णवर्ण विचिन्तयेत् ।।१३३॥ उद्घाटितकराम्भोज-स्ततो यात्रांगुलीतिथौ । वीक्षयते कालबिन्दुः स काल इत्यत्र कीर्त्यते ॥१३४॥
Meaning : On the first day of the bright half of the month, having become physically clean, one should see his right hand, representing bright half, if and when he wants to know the exact time of his death.
He should imagine that the lower, middle, and higher joints of the first finger of his right hand represent, the first, sixth, and eleventh date of the bright half respectively.
___ In the same manner, he should place second, third, fourth and fifth days on the lower joints of the four remaining fingers, namely, the second, third, fourth, and fifth fingers respectively; on the middle joints of the same fingers seventh, eight, ninth, and tenth; and on the higher joints of same fingers twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth.
In the same manner he should do as regards his left hand. Then he should go to a solitary place
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