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Garudapurana 1.120

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1.120.1

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 120 / Brahmā said: / And I shall declare Rambhātṛtīyā, which bestows good fortune, prosperity, sons, and other blessings. / Fasting on the third day of the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa,

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One should worship Gaurī with bilva leaves, holding water with kuśa grass in hand; / in Pauṣa, one should worship the Daughter of the Mountain with kadamba and other flowers, and with marubaka,

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Eating camphor, giving kṛsara, using a mallikā tooth-stick; / in Māgha, [one should worship] Subhadrā with kalhāra flowers, eating ghee, offering pastries,

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Using a gītīmaya tooth-stick; in Phālguna, one should worship Gomatī / with kunda flowers, using a tooth-stick, eating jīvā, offering fried cakes;

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In Caitra, [one should worship] Viśālākṣī with damanaka flowers, offering kṛsara, / eating curds, using a tagara tooth-stick; [then] one should worship Śrīmukhī;

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In Vaiśākha, with karṇikāra flowers, eating aśoka [leaves], offering vaṭa cakes; / in Jyeṣṭha, one should worship Nārāyaṇī with lotuses, offering sugar candy, / eating cloves; in Āṣāḍha, one should worship Mādhavī,

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Consuming sesame, with bilva leaves, offering milk-rice and vaṭakas, / using an udumbara tooth-stick; in Śrāvaṇa, [one should worship] Śrī with tagara,

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Using a mallikā tooth-stick, offering milk; indeed, one should worship Uttamā; / in Bhādrapada, one should worship with lotuses, eating śṛṅga, offering jaggery and other foods;

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In Āśvina, [one should worship] Rājaputrī with japā flowers, and cumin / one should eat; at night, with offerings of kṛsara, in Kārtika one should worship

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Padmajā with jātī flowers, consuming the five cow products; / offering ghee-cooked rice at the year's end, one should worship twice-born men accompanied by their wives;

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Having worshipped Umā and Maheśvara, one should give jaggery and other items, / with clothes, umbrellas, gold, and other gifts; having kept vigil at night, / giving cows and other gifts in the morning amidst songs and instrumental music, one attains everything.

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Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section named the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part, the hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled ‘The Religious Observance of Rambhātṛtīyā’.

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