History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.30

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¹⁴⁶⁸ The mantra is. देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च महायोगिभ्य एव च। नमः स्वधायै स्वाहायै नित्यमेव भवन्त्युत॥ वायु 74 15-16. Vide H. of Dh. vol. IV. pp. 458-459 note 1020 for all the verses in relation to this mantra and the purāṇas where they occur. In the printed ब्रह्माण्ड III 11. 17-18 the मन्त्र is देवताभ्यः···एव च। नम. स्वाहायै स्वधायै नित्यमेव भवन्तुत. Some read नित्यमेव नमो नमः. The मिता on या I. 121 says that this mantra should be employed by śūdras in all the five daily sacrifices according to some, while others said that the śūdra was only to utter the word नमः.