History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.534

v6.c81.534

But in the Naiyatakāla section³⁵⁷ of the same work, a brief procedure of Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī (which is word for word the same in the Kṛtyaratnākara) different from the one specified above from the Tithitattva and other works, is set out It is as follows: On the 8th of the dark half of Bhādrapada was born in Kaliyuga in the 28th (kalpa?), Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī, for removing the burden (of the earth) and the reduction of kṣatriyas. He (his image) should therefore be worshipped on that day, as also (of) Devakī and Yaśodā with sandalwood paste, flowers, incense, various fruits and foods and dishes prepared from barley and wheat together with cow's milk At night the devotee should keep awake with songs and dances Then on the 9th about the time of aṛuṇodaya (4 ghaṭikās before sunrise) women dressed in red clothes and decked with garlands of flowers should carry the images of these (Kṛṣṇa, Devakī and Yaśodā) to a holy river bank or to a charming and unfrequented lake, wherein they should themselves take their bath and also bathe the images; then returning home they should eat a meal of barley together with jaggery, honey, ghee and black pepper.