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The Last Five Upangas [ III. Lect. 3.
gods-and having done so he performed the worship of the guests and then he took his own meals.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
96. Then the Brahmin ascetic Somila, at the time of the second two day's fast (everything else is to be recited here exactly as above, down to ), took his meals (only with this differencee that "in the southern direction may the great god Yama protect the Brahmin ascetic Somila, the seeker starting on his journey and may he permit him to eat the turnips and so forth as above); and having done so he moved in the southern direction. In this way in the western direction the great lord Varuna and so forth, down to) movd in the western direction; in the north the great lord Vesamana (and so forth, down to) moves in the northern direction. (Thus beginning from the eastern direction the four directions are to be recited, down to ) took his meals.
97. Then at a certain time when that Brahmin ascetic Somila was keeping momentarily awake at midnight a thought of the following description occurred to him; "Truly, I am a Brahmin, Somila by name, born în the city of Vanarasi in a very high Brahmin family. I had practised the vows (and so forth,
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