Atharvavedaparishishta 70.2
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 70.2
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70.2.1
trīṇi tryahāṇi kurvīta payomūlaphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | anaśnaṃś ca tryahaṃ dhīraḥ sa puraścaraṇo bhavet ||
He should pass three three-day periods on auspicious milk, roots, and fruits, / and for three days the steadfast one should fast; he will then have completed his preparatory rite."
70.2.2
tathaikonaṃ śataṃ nṝṇāṃ śuśrūṣūṇām akalmaṣam | anuktavac ca tryahaṃ tat karmaṇaḥ karaṇe kṣamam ||
Likewise, ninety-nine attendant men, free from taint, / and for three days silent, are capable of performing the rite.
70.2.3
kṛcchraṃ cāpi hitaṃ kṛtvā kuryuḥ karma samāhitāḥ | śuddhātmāno japair homair vaidikair vītamatsarāḥ ||
Having also observed a wholesome kṛcchra penance, composed, / pure in self, free from malice, they should perform the rite with Vedic recitations and oblations.
70.2.4
tataḥ paraṃ purodhaḥsu divyaṃ tatram avāpnuyāt | grahātithyaṃ ca saṃrabhya diśāṃ yāgaṃ ca sarvataḥ ||
Thereafter, among royal priests one should obtain the celestial [rite]; / and having undertaken hospitality to the planets, and worship of the cardinal directions everywhere,
70.2.5
nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu yāgaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ | tato 'mṛtamahāśāntyā sthāpayet padmasaṃbhavam ||
and having performed worship for all the lunar mansions according to rule, / one should then install the lotus-born [Brahmā] by means of the Amṛtamahāśānti.
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