Rigvidhana 1.8
Ṛgvidhāna 1.8
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- Sanskrit
1.8.37
tapta kṛcchram caran vipro jala kṣīra ghṛta anilān./
pratitryaham pibed uṣṇānt sakṛtsnāyī saṃhāhitaḥ.//
Performing the Taptakṛcchra penance, a brahmin should drink hot water, milk, ghee, and air, / each for three days, bathing once [a day], composed.
1.8.38
niyatas tu pibed apaḥ prājāpatya vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ./
yati kṛcchram vadanty etad rapasām apanodanam.//
Restrained, he should drink water; this is remembered as the Prājāpatya rule. / They declare this to be the Yatikṛcchra penance, dispelling sins.
1.8.39
yata ātmano apramattasya dvādaśa aham abhojanam./
parāko nāma kṛcchro ayam sarva pāpa apanodanaḥ.//
Not eating for twelve days for one who is self-controlled and heedful: / this is the kṛcchra penance called Parāka, the dispeller of all sins.
1.8.40
eka ekam hrāsayet piṇḍam kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet./
upaspṛśaṃs triṣavaṇam etac cāndrāyaṇam vratam.//
He should decrease by one mouthful in the dark half and increase by one in the bright half, / performing ablutions three times a day: this is the Cāndrāyaṇa observance.
1.8.41
etam eva vidhim kṛtsnam ācared yava madhyame./
śukla pakṣa ādi niyataḥ caraṃś cāndrāyaṇa vratam.//
He should perform this entire rule in the barley-shaped course, / restrained, starting from the bright fortnight, observing the Cāndrāyaṇa observance.
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