Rigvidhana 1.9
Ṛgvidhāna 1.9
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- Sanskrit
1.9.42
caturaḥ prātar aśnīyād vipraḥ piṇḍān kṛta āhnikaḥ./
caturo astamite sūrye śiśu cāndrayaṇam smṛtam.//
A brahmin who has performed his daily rites should eat four mouthfuls in the morning / and four when the sun has set: this is remembered as the Śiśucāndrāyaṇa observance.
1.9.43
aṣṭāv aṣṭau samaśnīyāt piṇḍān madhyaṃdine sthite./
niyata ātmā haviṣyasya yati cāndrāyaṇa vratam.//
He should eat eight mouthfuls of sacrificial food when midday has arrived, / his self restrained: this is the Yaticāndrāyaṇa observance.
1.9.44
yathā kathaṃcit piṇḍānām tisro aśītīḥ samāhitaḥ./
māsena aśnan haviṣyasya candrasya eti salokatām.//
In whatever manner, eating concentrated two hundred and forty mouthfuls
of sacrificial food within a month, one attains the world of the Moon.
1.9.45
etad rudrās tathā ādityā vasavaś ca ācaran vratam./
sarva akuśala mokṣāya marutaś ca ṛbhubhiḥ saha.//
This observance the Rudras, the Ādityas, and the Vasus practiced,
and the Maruts along with the Ṛbhus, for release from all ill fortune.
1.9.46
yāvakaḥ sapta rātram tu pātavyo niyata ātmanā./(?)
sthāna āsana triṣavaṇair japatā pāvanāni ca.//
Barley gruel should be drunk for seven nights by one who is self-restrained,
standing, sitting, taking three daily ablutions, and muttering purifying [texts].
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- Merutantra — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit