अथोपोष्य कृतस्नाना हुत्वा च हविषानलम् । दत्त्वा गोविप्रभूतेभ्य: कृतस्वस्त्ययना द्विजै: ॥ १४ ॥ यथोपजोषं वासांसि परिधायाहतानि ते । कुशेषु प्राविशन्सर्वे प्रागग्रेष्वभिभूषिता: ॥ १५ ॥
athoposya krta-snana hutva ca havisanalam dattva go-vipra-bhutebhyah krta-svastyayana dvijaih yathopajosam vasamsi paridhayahatani te kusesu pravisan sarve prag-agresv abhibhusitah
- atha
- thereafter
- uposya
- observing a fast
- krta-snanah
- performing bathing
- hutva
- offering oblations
- ca
- also
- havisa
- with clarified butter
- analam
- into the fire
- dattva
- giving in charity
- go-vipra-bhutebhyah
- unto the cows, brahmanas and living beings in general
- krta-svastyayanah
- performing ritualistic ceremonies
- dvijaih
- as dictated by the brahmanas
- yatha-upajosam
- according to one’s taste
- vasamsi
- garments
- paridhaya
- putting on
- ahatani
- first-class and new
- te
- all of them
- kusesu
- on seats made of kusa grass
- pravisan
- sitting on them
- sarve
- all of them
- prak-agresu
- facing east
- abhibhusitah
- properly decorated with ornaments
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, vaisyas and sudras, 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 garments according to their own choice, decorated their bodies with ornaments, and sat facing east on seats made of kusa grass.