236 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 16

sinivalyam mrdalipya
snayat kroda-vidirnaya

yadi labhyeta vai srotasy
etam mantram udirayet

sinivalyam—on the dark-moon day; mrda—with dirt; alipya—
smearing the body; snayat—one should bathe; kroda-vidirnaya—dug
up by the tusk of a boar; yadi—if; labhyeta—it is available; vai—in-
deed; srotasi—in a flowing river; etam mantram—this mantra;
udirayet—one should chant.

TRANSLATION

If dirt dug up by a boar is available, on the day of the dark moon
one should smear this dirt on his body and then bathe in a flowing
river. While bathing, one should chant the following mantra.

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tvam devy adi-varahena
rasayah sthanam icchata

uddhrtasi namas tubhyam
papmanam me pranasaya

tvam—you; devi—O mother earth; ddi-vardhena—by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead in the form of a boar; rasayah—from the bottom
of the universe; sthanam—a place; icchata—desiring; uddhrta asi—you
have been raised; namah tubhyam—I offer my respectful obeisances
unto you; paépmadnam—all sinful activities and their reactions; me—of
me; prandsaya—please undo.

TRANSLATION

O mother earth, you were raised by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in the form of a boar because of your desiring to have a
