stuvīta stutibhiḥ prabhum
japed aṣṭottara-śataṁ
stuvīta stutibhiḥ prabhum
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṁ bhūmau
praṇamed daṇḍavan mudā
Thereafter, one should silently murmur the mantra 108 times and offer prayers to the Lord for his glorification. Then one should circumambulate the Lord and finally, with great delight, offer obeisances on the ground.
|| 8.16.43 ||
kṛtvā śirasi tac-cheṣāṁ
devam udvāsayet tataḥ
dvy-avarān bhojayed viprān
pāyasena yathocitam
After touching to one's head all the flowers and water offered to the deity, one should tell the Lord to leave.[133] Then one should feed more than two brāhmaṇas with sweet rice.
Śeṣam means the flowers and other items already offered. Udvāsaḥ means telling the Lord to leave the place of worship. One should feed more than two brāhmaṇas, but if not possible then two brāhmānas.
|| 8.16.44-45 ||
bhuñjīta tair anujñātaḥ
seṣṭaḥ śeṣaṁ sabhājitaiḥ
brahmacāry atha tad-rātryāṁ
śvo bhūte prathame 'hani
snātaḥ śucir yathoktena
vidhinā susamāhitaḥ
payasā snāpayitvārced
yāvad vrata-samāpanam
With a friend, one should take the remnants with the permission of brāhmaṇas, who have been honored. Observing celibacy at night, after bathing again the next morning, with purity and attention one should bathe the Lord with milk and worship him according to the methods mentioned, on the first day of the vow.
After worshipping the brāhmaṇas with garlands and betel nut, with their permission one should eat along with one’s friends. Śvo bhūte means in the morning.
|| 8.16.46 ||
payo-bhakṣo vratam idaṁ
cared viṣṇv-arcanādṛtaḥ
pūrvavaj juhuyād agniṁ
brāhmaṇāṁś cāpi bhojayet
Worshiping Viṣṇu with great faith and living only by drinking milk, one should follow this vow. One should also offer oblations to the fire and feed the brāhmaṇas as mentioned before.
|| 8.16.47 ||
evaṁ tv ahar ahaḥ kuryād
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