Atharvavedaparishishta 70.2

English (machine translation) 70.2

Language: English

70.2.1

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

Likewise, ninety-nine attendant men, free from taint, / and for three days silent, are capable of performing the rite.

70.2.3

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

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

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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Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit