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TEXTS 1415
athoposya krta-snana
hutva ca havisanalam
dattva go-vipra-bhutebhyah
krta-svastyayana dvijaih
yathopajosam vasamsi
paridhayahatani te
kusesu pravisan sarve
prag-agresv abhibhusitah
SYNONYMS
athathereafter; uposyaobserving a fast; krta-snanahperforming bathing; hutvaoffering oblations; caalso; havisawith clarified butter; analaminto the fire; dattvagiving in charity; go-vipra-bhutebhyahunto the cows, brahmanas and living beings in general; krta-svastyayanahperforming ritualistic ceremonies; dvijaihas dictated by the brahmanas; yatha-upajosamaccording to ones taste; vasamsigarments; paridhayaputting on; ahatanifirst-class and new; teall of them; kusesuon seats made of kusa grass; pravisansitting on them; sarveall of them; prak-agresufacing east; abhibhusitahproperly decorated with ornaments.
TRANSLATION
The demigods and demons then observed a fast. After bathing, they offered clarified butter and oblations into the fire and gave charity to the cows and to the brahmanas and members of the other orders of society, namely the ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras, who were all rewarded as they deserved. Thereafter, the demigods and demons performed ritualistic ceremonies under the directions of the brahmanas. Then they dressed themselves with new garments according to their own choice, decorated their bodies with ornaments, and sat facing east on seats made of kusa grass.
PURPORT
The Vedas enjoin that for every ritualistic ceremony one must first become clean by bathing either in the water of the Ganges or Yamuna or in the sea. Then one may perform the ritualistic ceremony and offer clarified butter into the fire. In this verse the words paridhaya ahatani are especially significant. A sannyasi or a person about to perform a ritualistic ceremony should not dress himself in clothing sewn with a needle.
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