Chapter 3: Meter

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...the preparation of medicines for a journey, the performance of vows, the ritual of the water-pot Kalasha: a ceremonial pot used in consecration, the three-fold actions, the piercing of the ear, and the rules for various works. The lighting of lamps, the sprinkling of consecration Abhisheka, the offering of oblations into the fire, the raising of the banner, and the prescribed rites on specific lunar days light half of the month should be known. For the sake of liberation, peace, and the pleasure of the Fire-God, through the mouths of the priests, one attains success in these deeds for the King. Facing the direction of the ritual fire, the digging of ponds and wells, the destruction of the wicked, and the worship of the gods—these eight-fold works are accomplished by the masters of their own writing. ||100|| Bathing and other purifications?, the measurement of sacrificial portions, and the like, are to be done as one. In a praised field, whether for a King, a foreigner, or a friend, the churning of the heart and the protection of the feet, the churning of the fire-sticks, and the beginning of the journey—these are surely accomplished quickly through the power of the milk of wisdom. ||102|| Friend...

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The flowing of water, the starting of a journey, the preparation of a bed or seat, and the mechanical works—these are not to be done in a state of loss. Where the steps are obtained correctly, there is great success. ||103|| In the departure from that place, the service of the water, the planting of jewel-seeds, the movement of cattle, and the settling of the earth; in these, one should enter the house after the gods. ||104|| For the peace and happiness of horses, the measurement of the womb, the likeness of a cart or a goat, or the likeness of a deer or a mountain; these are the names of the auspicious signs, equal to the face of the sun. ||105|| The form of the bed is like one lying down; it is said to be fierce or terrible. The three-fold actions, the form of a cat or a man, the inner measurement of the gate, the fierce goddess Gauri, the stride of the Lord of Lions, the slow play of the deer, the form of the traveler, and the form of the ocean or the drum. ||108|| The circular form is considered the middle path...