Text 17] The Lord Incarnates as Mohini-marti 13
TRANSLATION
The demigods and demons then observed a fast. After bathing,
they offered clarified butter and oblations into the fire and gave
charity to the cows and to the brahmanas and members of the
other orders of society, namely the ksatriyas, vaisSyas and Sidras,
who were all rewarded as they deserved. Thereafter, the demigods
and demons performed ritualistic ceremonies under the directions
of the brahmanas. Then they dressed themselves with new gar-
ments according to their own choice, decorated their bodies with
ornaments, and sat facing east on seats made of kuSa grass.
PURPORT
The Vedas enjoin that for every ritualistic ceremony one must first be-
come clean by bathing either in the water of the Ganges or Yamuna or in
the sea. Then one may perform the ritualistic ceremony and offer
clarified butter into the fire. In this verse the words paridhaya ahatani
are especially significant. A sannydsi or a person about to perform a
ritualistic ceremony should not dress himself in clothing sewn with a
needle.
TEXTS 16-17
mregeqes ay fiaty a |
qrenerarertt gerat aA: 1128
TA ATR WARVITHT-
aviacrountrictreet |
Ml ad sanagaada
FUT SSTMMAMTTT 1120
pran-mukhesipavistesu
suresu ditijesu ca
dhitpamodita-salayam
Justayam mdlya-dipakaih
tasyam narendra karabhorur usad-dukiila-
Sroni-tatalasa-gatir mada-vihvalaksi
