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LXIV, 40.
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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while muttering the Purushasakta, one with each verse.
29. Afterwards (he must offer) a libation of water.
30. He must first offer one to the gods with the Tirtha sacred to the gods.
31. Then he must offer another to the manes with the Tirtha sacred to the manes.
32. In offering the latter he must first of all feed (the manes of) his next of kin (such as his father, mother, maternal grandfather, uncles, brothers, &c.)
33. After that (he must feed) his relatives (such as a sister's son, a father-in-law, a brother-in-law, &c.) and distant kinsmen (such as the sons of his father's sisters and of his mother's sisters).
34. Then (he must feed) his (deceased) friends.
35. According to the above rule he must bathe every day.
36. After having bathed, he must mutter as many purifying Mantras as possible.
37. And he must mutter the Gâyatri even more often (than other Mantras);
38. And the Purushasakta.
39. There is nothing more sublime than those two (prayers).
40. One who has bathed is thereby entitled to perform the offerings to the Visvedevâs and to the manes, to mutter sacred texts, and to exercise the duty of hospitality, as prescribed by law.
30, 31. See LXII, 3, 4.
37, 38. Or the meaning of these two Satras is, that the Gayatri and the Purushasûkta always have to be muttered besides the other Mantras.' (Nand.)
40. Nand. refers the term vidhinodite to a separate duty, that
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |