Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
अष्टौ भिक्षा यथान्यायं शुद्धभागवतां गृहे ॥ य एतेन विधानॆन ब्रह्मकर्माणि कारयेत् ॥
aṣṭau bhikṣā yathānyāyaṃ śuddhabhāgavatāṃ gṛhe || ya etena vidhānena brahmakarmāṇi kārayet ||
आठ हिस्से बनाओ, और जो सही तरीका है उससे लो। भगवान के भक्तों के घर से लो, जो सच्चे दिल से भक्त करते हैं। इस तरह से जो ब्रह्म का काम करता है।
Varāha / Nārāyaṇa (instructional voice; implied)
It provides a procedural snapshot of regulated alms practice and community norms, valuable for reconstructing lived ethics and ritual economy in Purāṇic milieus.
No location is identified; the reference is social (households of ‘śuddha bhāgavatas’).
Follow propriety (nyāya) in taking support from the community and align practice with an explicit procedure (vidhāna).
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