Shloka 91
The Arkāṅga Saptamī (Bhāskara Saptamī) Vow: Origin of Sūrya, Pacification of Rays, and Māgha Saptamī Observance
अर्काग्रं ग्रामात्पूर्वोत्तरदिग्गतार्कविटपस्य शाखाग्रस्थितं । विशिष्टं सूक्ष्मपत्रद्वयं सतोयं दन्तैरस्पृष्टं पातव्यं । शुचिगोमयं भूमावपतितं मद्याङ्गुष्ठाभ्यां पलमात्रं दन्तैरस्पृष्टं सतोयं पातव्यम् । सुमरिचमव्रणमपुरातनं स्थूलमवशुष्कमेकं दन्तैरस्पृष्टं सतोयं पातव्यम् । तोयं ब्रह्मपित्रङ्गुलीमूलप्रसरं पातव्यम्फलं खर्जूरनारिकेलानामन्यतमं दंतैरस्पृष्टं पातव्यं घृताक्तमिति चाहारं मयूरडिंभपरिमाणं । घृतमपि तत्परिमाणम्
arkāgraṃ grāmātpūrvottaradiggatārkaviṭapasya śākhāgrasthitaṃ | viśiṣṭaṃ sūkṣmapatradvayaṃ satoyaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ | śucigomayaṃ bhūmāvapatitaṃ madyāṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ palamātraṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam | sumaricamavraṇamapurātanaṃ sthūlamavaśuṣkamekaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam | toyaṃ brahmapitraṅgulīmūlaprasaraṃ pātavyamphalaṃ kharjūranārikelānāmanyatamaṃ daṃtairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ ghṛtāktamiti cāhāraṃ mayūraḍiṃbhaparimāṇaṃ | ghṛtamapi tatparimāṇam
Qu’il fasse une gorgée d’eau après avoir pris l’extrémité d’un rameau d’arka posé sur une branche tournée vers le nord-est depuis le village—à savoir deux feuilles fines—sans les toucher des dents. Qu’il fasse une gorgée d’eau après avoir pris de la bouse de vache pure tombée à terre, à la mesure d’un pala, tenue entre le majeur et le pouce, sans la toucher des dents. Qu’il fasse une gorgée d’eau après avoir pris un seul grain de bon poivre—sans blessure, non ancien, gros et bien sec—sans le toucher des dents. Qu’il boive de l’eau à la mesure qui s’étend de la racine du pouce à la base de l’index. Qu’il fasse une gorgée d’eau après avoir pris un fruit—datte ou noix de coco—sans le toucher des dents, oint de ghee ; et que la portion de nourriture soit de la taille d’un œuf de paon, et le ghee de même mesure.
Unspecified (narrative injunctions in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue context of Padma Purāṇa)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: grāmāt-pūrvottara... = grāmāt + pūrvottara...; pātavyamphalam = pātavyam + phalam; nakṣatra prose uses repeated pātavyam with conditions satoyam, dantair aspṛṣṭam. Some compounds are long prose-style tatpuruṣas.
FAQs
It gives prescriptive rules for ritual sipping/drinking of water (ācamana-like purification), specifying items and measurements, and repeatedly emphasizing that the items should not be touched by the teeth.
In purity rules, contact with the teeth can be treated as a form of contamination of what is being taken; the verse stresses a careful, ritually clean mode of taking/sipping.
It emphasizes disciplined bodily conduct and attentiveness in daily religious practice—purity is presented as something maintained through careful, measured actions rather than casual habit.