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atretihāsa mācakṣate—purā kilendro vṛtrādikānasurān hatvā brahmahatyādi-doṣeṇātmāna mapariśuddha mityamanyata | taddoṣaparihārāya indra ṛṣīnavocat—'yūyaṃ apūtaṃ māṃ yuṣmadīyena sāmnā
śuddhaṃ kuruteti | tata ste ca śuddhotpādakena sāmnā śastraiśca pariśuddhamakārṣuḥ | paścātpūtāyendrāya yāgādi-karmaṇi somādīni-havīṃṣi ca prāduriti | eṣo'rthaḥ śāṭyāyanaka-brāhmaṇe pratipāditaḥ— “indro vā asurān hatvā pūta ivāmedhyo amanyata asau akāmayata śuddhameva māsanmaṃ śuddhena sāmnā stuyuriti | sa ṛṣīnabravīt stuta meti | ta ṛṣayaḥ sāmāpaśyan tenāstuvan etonvindramiti tato vā indraḥ pūtaḥ śuddho medhyo bhavaditi” | tathāca asyā ṛco'yamarthaḥ— ṛṣayaḥ parasparaṃ bruvanti | “tu” kṣipram(1) “eto” āgacchataiva | āgatya ca “śuddhena” śuddhotpādakena sāmnā | tathā śuddhaiḥ śuddhi-hetubhiḥ “ukthaiḥ” śastraiścendraṃ “śuddham” apāpaṃ kṛtvā “sta vāma” stuyāma | tataḥ “sāmnā” śastraiḥ “vāvṛdhvānsaṃ” pāpa-rāhityena vardhamānaṃ “śuddhaiḥ” śuddhotpādakaiḥ stotraiḥ kriyāviśeṣaiḥ “āśīrvān” āśraya ṇavān(2) gavyādibhiḥ saṃskṛtaḥ somaḥ “mamattu” indraṃ mādayatu (mādyateśchāndasaḥ suḥ(3) || “śuddhairāśīrvān”-“śuddha āścīrvān”—iti pāṭhau |