Bhagavatapurana 2.6.26
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2.6.26
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2.6.26
gatayo matayaścaiva prāyaścittaṃ samarpaṇam /
puruṣāvayavairete sambhārāḥ sambhṛtā mayā //
23—26. When the materials were thus procurable in Purusha’s limbs, I collected them all for sacrifice _viz_ sacrificial animals, trees for sacrificial posts, Kusagrass, this sacrificial ground, the excellent and the most auspicious time (spring etc. affording many facilities), vessels and other things, the vegetable products such as rice, clarified butter, honey and other sweet liquids (juices) gold and other metals, earths, waters, the Vedic texts of Riks, Yajus, Saman, the Vedic ceremonies such as _Chaturhotra_, the Jyotishtoma and other names of sacrifices, _mantras_ (such as _svaha_) _Dakshinas_ and _Vratas_ (_i.e._, restrictions or special observances); the order and form of invoking the deities, _kalpa_ the method of performance, _Sankalpa_ the formal undertaking of the performance thus “I shall perform etc”, and the _Tantra_ what to do practically, in the use of the materials etc., the movements at the close of the sacrifice—known as _Vishnu-krama etc_, the details of contemplating the deities, the expiatory ceremonies for errors and omissions and the offering of everything to the Great God as His own.
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation