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Vrata(2) p57

Vrata(2) p57

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Sanskrit

p57

dhenurlavaṇasyār̤hakena tu . kāryyā kurukulaśraṣṭha! caturbhāgeṇa
vatsakam . avicarmopari sthāpya kalpāyatvā vidhānataḥ .
śāstroktakramayogena brāhmaṇāyopapādayet . śrīdharaḥ
śrīpatiḥ śrīmān śrīśaḥ saṃprīyatāmiti . anena
vidhinā dattvā dhenuṃ viprāya bhārata! . gosahasrapradānasya
phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam . tathaika kārttike māsi navamyāṃ

a cow should be made with an āḍhaka of salt, O best of the Kuru lineage, / and a calf with a fourth part of it. / Placing it upon an antelope skin, and having fashioned it according to rule, / one should present it to a Brahmin following the order taught in the scriptures, / with: ‘May Śrīdhara, the Lord of Śrī, the glorious, the Lord of Fortune, be pleased.’ / Giving a cow to a Brahmin by this rule, O descendant of Bharata, / he undoubtedly attains the fruit of giving a thousand cows. / Likewise, on the ninth lunar day in the month of Kārttika,

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