दत्त्वा गोविप्रभूतेभ्यः कृतस्वस्त्ययना द्विजैः ॥१४॥
यथोपजोषं वासांसि परिधायाहतानि ते ।
कुशेषु प्राविशन्सर्वे प्रागग्रेष्वभिभूषिताः ॥१५॥
athopoá¹£ya ká¹›ta-snÄnÄ
hutvÄ ca haviá¹£Änalam
dattvÄ go-vipra-bhÅ«tebhyaḥ
ká¹›ta-svastyayanÄ dvijaiḥ
yathopajoá¹£aá¹ vÄsÄá¹si
paridhÄyÄhatÄni te
kuÅ›eá¹£u prÄviÅ›an sarve
prÄg-agreá¹£v abhibhÅ«á¹£itÄḥ
atha - thereafter; upoá¹£ya - observing a fast; ká¹›ta-snÄnÄḥ - performing bathing; hutvÄ - offering oblations; ca - also; haviá¹£Ä - with clarified butter; analam - into the fire; dattvÄ - giving in charity; go-vipra-bhÅ«tebhyaḥ - unto the cows, brÄhmaṇas and living beings in general; ká¹›ta-svastyayanÄḥ - performing ritualistic ceremonies; dvijaiḥ - as dictated by the brÄhmaṇas; yathÄ-upajoá¹£am - according to one's taste; vÄsÄá¹si - garments; paridhÄya - putting on; ÄhatÄni - first-class and new; te - all of them; kuÅ›eá¹£u - on seats made of kuÅ›a grass; prÄviÅ›an - sitting on them; sarve - all of them; prÄk-agreá¹£u - facing east; abhibhÅ«á¹£itÄḥ - properly decorated with ornaments.
The demigods and demons then observed a fast. After bathing, they offered clarified butter and oblations into the fire and gave charity to the cows and to the brÄhmaṇas and members of the other orders of society, namely the ká¹£atriyas, vaiÅ›yas and śūdras, who were all rewarded as they deserved. Thereafter, the demigods and demons performed ritualistic ceremonies under the directions of the brÄhmaṇas. Then they dressed themselves with new garments according to their own choice, decorated their bodies with ornaments, and sat facing east on seats made of kuÅ›a grass.
The Vedas enjoin that for every ritualistic ceremony one must first become clean by bathing either in the water of the Ganges or YamunÄ or in the sea. Then one may perform the ritualistic ceremony and offer clarified butter into the fire. In this verse the words paridhÄya ÄhatÄni are especially significant. A sannyÄsÄ« or a person about to perform a ritualistic ceremony should not dress himself in clothing sewn with a needle.
