Navaratrapradipa 115_271

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ekaikāṃ pūjayetkanyāmekavṛddhāṃ tathaiva ca .
dviguṇaṃ triguṇaṃ vā'pi pratyekaṃ navakaṃ tathā ..
ekavarṣā tu yā kanyā pūjārthaṃ tāṃ vivarjjayet .
gandhapuṣpaphalādīnāṃ prītistasyā na vidyate .
arogiṇīṃ supuṣṭāṅgīṃ surūpāṃ brahmavarjjitām .
samānavaṃśasambhūtāṃ kanyāṃ samyak prapūjayet ..

"One should worship one maiden at a time, increasing by one each day, / or double, or triple, or nine each [day]. / One should exclude from worship a maiden who is one year old; / she has no appreciation of incense, flowers, fruits, and the like. / A girl free from disease, with well-nourished limbs, handsome, not deformed, / born of an equal lineage, one should worship thoroughly."