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Chapter 19: Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

Verse 10 of 24
SB 6.19.10

प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा दशवारं जपेन्मन्त्रं ततः स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत्

praṇamed daṇḍavad bhūmau bhakti-prahveṇa cetasā daśa-vāraṁ japen mantraṁ tataḥ stotram udīrayet

Synonyms

praṇametshould offer obeisances; daṇḍa-vatlike a stick; bhūmauon the ground; bhaktithrough devotion; prahveṇahumble; cetasāwith a mind; daśa-vāramten times; japetshould utter; mantramthe mantra; tataḥthen; stotramprayer; udīrayetshould chant..

Translation

One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled through devotion. While offering daṇḍavats by falling on the ground like a rod, one should chant the above mantra ten times. Then one should chant the following prayer.

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