History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.413

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⁵⁸⁹ Several smṛtis give different mantras to be recited by the judge in invoking the waters (so that there is an option). Vide Viṣṇu Dh. S. XII. 7-8 (tvamambhaḥ &c.), Pitāmaha (toya tvam prāṇinām prāṇāḥ &c.) quoted by the Mit. on Yāj. II. 108, Nār. IV. 316-317 (satyānṛtavibhāgasya &c.). Kālikāpurāṇa q. by V. P. p. 206. The mantra in Śaṅkha-Likhita (q. by Madanaratna and V. P. p. 206) was सदसच्च त्वमेव वरुण । उभयोः प्रतिष्ठितस्सत्यं सत्यं स्विद् देव वरुण । त्वमेव तद्ब्रूहि वरेण्य तद्वद्विशस्त्व । The Ms of मदनरत्न reads तद्विशंस्त्व।