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ŚB 8.16.26

Devanagari

सिनीवाल्यां मृदालिप्य स्‍नायात् क्रोडविदीर्णया ।
यदि लभ्येत वै स्रोतस्येतं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ २६ ॥

Text

sinīvālyāṁ mṛdālipya
snāyāt kroḍa-vidīrṇayā
yadi labhyeta vai srotasy
etaṁ mantram udīrayet

Synonyms

sinīvālyām — on the dark-moon day; mṛdā — with dirt; ālipya — smearing the body; snāyāt — one should bathe; kroḍa-vidīrṇayā — 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; udīrayet — 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.