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TEXTS 4445
bhunjita tair anujnatah
sestah sesam sabhajitaih
brahmacary atha tad-ratryam
svo bhute prathame hani
snatah sucir yathoktena
vidhina susamahitah
payasa snapayitvarced
yavad vrata-samapanam
SYNONYMS
bhunjitashould take the prasada; taihby the brahmanas; anujnatahbeing permitted; sa-istahwith friends and relatives; sesamthe remnants; sabhajitaihproperly honored; brahmacariobservance of celibacy; athaof course; tat-ratryamat night; svah bhuteat the end of the night, when the morning comes; prathame ahanion the first day; snatahbathing; sucihbecoming purified; yatha-uktenaas stated before; vidhinaby following the regulative principles; su-samahitahwith great attention; payasawith milk; snapayitvabathing the Deity; arcetshould offer worship; yavatas long as; vrata-samapanamthe period of worship is not over.
TRANSLATION
One should perfectly honor the respectable brahmanas one has fed, and then, after taking their permission, one should take prasada with his friends and relatives. For that night, one should observe strict celibacy, and the next morning, after bathing again, with purity and attention one should bathe the Deity of Visnu with milk and worship Him according to the methods formerly stated in detail.
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