सिनीवाल्यां मृदालिप्य स्नायात् क्रोडविदीर्णया । यदि लभ्येत वै स्रोतस्येतं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ २६ ॥
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
- indeed
- srotasi
- in a flowing river
- etam mantram
- this mantra
- udirayet
- one should chant.
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.