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who performs three ablutions in course of the day for purifying himself and saying his prayers and doing his worship, and who |
leads a life of Brahmacharya, divested of malice in his conduct, acquires the merit of the Gomedha sacrifice. He acquires an |
excellent car adorned with pure gold, possessed of the effulgence of a blazing fire and drawn by swans and peacocks. He sleeps |
on the lap of Apsaras and is awakened every morning by the melodious tinkle of Nupuras and Kanchis. He leads such a life of |
happiness for ten thousand million years and three thousand million besides and eight and ten Padmas and two Patakas.[493] |
Such a man resides also, honoured by all, in the region of Brahma for as many years as there are hairs on the bodies of |
hundreds of bears. Fasting for six days, he who eats only one meal every seventh day and pours libations on the sacred fire |
every day, for a full year, restraining speech all the while and observing the vow of Brahmacharya, and abstaining from the use |
of flowers and unguents and honey and meat, attains to the region of the Maruts and of India. Crowned with the fruition of |
every desire as it springs up in the mind, he is waited upon and adored by celestial damsels. He acquires the merits of a |
sacrifice in which abundance of gold is given away. Proceeding to the regions named, he lives there for countless years in the |
greatest happiness[494]. He who shows forgiveness to all and fasting for seven days eats on every eighth day for a whole year, |
and, pouring libations every day on the sacred fire, adores the deities regularly, acquires the high merits of the Paundarika |
sacrifice. The car he rides is of a colour like that of the lotus. Without doubt, such a man acquires also a large number of |
damsels, possessed of youth and beauty, some having complexions that are dark, some with complexions like that of gold, and |
some that are Syamas, whose looks and attitudes are of the most agreeable kind. He who fasts for eight days and takes only one |
meal on every ninth day for a whole year, and pours libations on the sacred fire every day, acquires the high merits of a |
thousand Horse-sacrifices. The car he rides in Heaven is as beautiful as a lotus. He always makes his journeys on that car, |
accompanied by the daughters of Rudra adorned with celestial garlands and endued with the effulgence of the midday sun or |
the fires of blazing flames. Attaining to the regions of Rudra, he lives there in great happiness for countless years. He who fasts |
for nine days and takes only one meal every tenth day for a whole year, and pours libations on his sacred fire every day, |
acquires the high merit of a thousand Horse-sacrifices, and attains to the companionship of Brahmanas' daughters endued with |
beauty capable of charming the hearts of all creatures. These damsels, possessed of such beauty, and some of them possessed |
of complexion like that of the lotus and some like that of the same flower of the blue variety, always keep him in joy[495]. He |
acquires a beautiful vehicle, that moves in beautiful circles and that looks like the dense cloud called Avarta, verily, it may be |
said to resemble also an ocean-wave. That vehicle resounds with the constant tinkle of rows of pearls and gems, and the |
melodious blare of conchs, and is adorned with columns made of crystals and diamonds, as also with an altar constructed of the |
same minerals. He makes his journeys on such a car, drawn by swans and cranes and lives for millions and millions of years in |
great happiness in heaven. He who fasts for ten days and eats only ghee on every eleventh day for a whole year and pours |
libations on his sacred fire every day, who never, in word or thought, covets the companionship of other people's wives and |
who never utters an untruth even for the sake of his mother and father, succeeds in beholding Mahadeva of great puissance |
seated on his car. Such a person acquires the high merit of a thousand Horse-sacrifices. He beholds the car of the Self-born |
Brahman himself approach for taking him on it. He rides in it, accompanied by celestial damsels possessed of great beauty, and |
complexion as effulgent as that of pure gold. Endued with the blazing splendour of the Yoga-fire, he lives for countless years |
in a celestial mansion in heaven, full of every happiness. For those countless years he experiences the joy of bending his head |
in reverence unto Rudra adored by deities and Danavas. Such a person obtains every day the sight of the great deity. That man |
who having fasted for eleven days eats only a little ghee on the twelfth, and observes this conduct for a whole year, succeeds in |
obtaining the merits attaching to all the sacrifices. The car he rides in is possessed of the effulgence of a dozen suns. Adorned |
with gems and pearls and corals of great value, embellished with rows of swans and snakes and of peacocks and Chakravakas |
uttering their melodious notes, and beautified with large domes, is the residence to which he attains in the region of Brahman. |
That abode, O king, is always filled with men and women (who wait upon him for service). Even this is what the highly |
blessed Rishi Angiras, conversant with every duty, said (regarding the fruits of such a fast). That man who having fasted for |
twelve days eats a little ghee on the thirteenth, and bears himself in this way for a whole year, succeeds in attaining to the |
merits of the divine sacrifice. Such a man obtains a car of the complexion of the newly-blown lotus, adorned with pure gold |
and heaps of jewels and gems. He proceeds to the region of the Maruts that teem with celestial damsels, that are adorned with |
every kind of celestial ornament, that are redolent with celestial perfumes, and that contain every element of felicity. The |
number of years he resides in those happy regions is countless[496]. Soothed with the sound of music and the melodious voice |
of Gandharvas and the sounds and blare of drums and Panavas, he is constantly gladdened by celestial damsels of great beauty. |
That man who having fasted for thirteen days eats a little ghee on the fourteenth day, and bears himself in this way for a full |
year, obtains the merits of the Mahamedha sacrifice.[497] Celestial damsels of indescribable beauty, and whose age cannot be |
guessed for they are for ever young in appearance, adorned with every ornament and with armlets of blazing effulgence, wait |
upon him with many cars and follow him in his journeys. He is waked every morning from his bed by the melodious voice of |
swans, the tinkle of Nupuras, and the highly agreeable jingle of Kanchis. Verily, he resides in a superior abode, waited upon by |
such celestial damsels, for years as countless as the sands on the shores of Ganga. That man who, keeping his senses under |
control, fasts for a fortnight and takes only one meal on the sixteenth day, and bears himself in this way for a whole year, |
pouring libations every day on his sacred fire, acquires the high merits that attach to a thousand Rajasuya sacrifices. The car he |
rides in is possessed of great beauty and is drawn by swans and peacocks. Riding in such a vehicle, that is, besides, adorned |
with garlands of pearls and the purest gold and graced with bevies of celestial damsels decked with ornaments of every kind, |
having one column and four arches and seven altars exceedingly auspicious, endued with thousands of banners and echoing |
with the sound of music, celestial and of celestial attributes, embellished with gems and pearls and corals, and possessed of the |
effulgence of lightning, such a man lives in heaven for a thousand Yugas, having elephants and rhinoceroses for dragging that |
vehicle of his. That man who having fasted for fifteen days takes one meal on the sixteenth day and bears himself in this way |
for one whole year, acquires the merits attaching to the Soma sacrifice. Proceeding to Heaven he lives in the company of |
Soma's daughters. His body fragrant with unguents whose perfumes are as sweet as those of Soma himself, he acquires the |
power of transporting himself immediately to any place he likes. Seated on his car he is waited upon by damsels of the most |
beautiful features and agreeable manners, and commands all articles of enjoyment. The period for which he enjoys such |
happiness consists of countless years.[498] That man who having fasted for sixteen days eats a little ghee on the seventeenth |
day and bears himself in this way for a whole year, pouring libations every day on his sacred fire, proceeds to the regions of |
Varuna and Indra, and Rudra and the Maruts and Usanas and Brahman himself. There he is waited upon by celestial damsels |
and obtains a sight of the celestial Rishi called Bhurbhuva and grasps the whole universe in his ken. The daughters of the deity |
of the deities gladden him there. Those damsels, of agreeable manners and adorned with every ornament, are capable of |
assuming two and thirty forms. As long as the Sun and the Moon move in firmament, so long does that man of wisdom reside |
in those regions of felicity, subsisting upon the succulence of ambrosia and nectar. That man who having fasted for seventeen |
days eats only one meal on the eighteenth day, and bears himself in this way for a whole year, succeeds in grasping the seven |
regions, of which the universe consist, in his ken. While performing his journeys on his car he is always followed by a large |
train of cars producing the most agreeable rattle and ridden by celestial damsels blazing with ornament and beauty. Enjoying |
the greatest happiness, the vehicle he rides in is celestial and endued with the greatest beauty. It is drawn by lions and tigers, |
and produces a rattle as deep as the sound of the clouds. He lives in such felicity for a thousand Kalpas subsisting upon the |
succulence of ambrosia that is as sweet as nectar itself. That man who having fasted for eighteen days eats only one meal on |
the nineteenth day and bears himself in this way for a full year, succeeds in grasping within his ken all the seven regions of |
which the universe consists. The region to which he attains is inhabited by diverse tribes, of Apsaras and resounds with the |
melodious voice of Gandharvas. The car he rides in is possessed of the effulgence of the sun. His heart being freed from every |
anxiety, he is waited upon by the foremost of celestial damsels. Decked with celestial garlands, and possessed of beauty of |
form, he lives in such happiness for millions and millions of years. That man who having fasted for nineteen days eats only one |
meal on every twentieth day and bears himself in this way for a full year, adhering all the while to truthfulness of speech and to |
the observance of other (excellent) rituals, abstaining also from meat, leading the life of a Brahmacharin, and devoted to the |
good of all creatures, attains to the extensive legions, of great happiness, belonging to the Adityas. While performing his |
journeys on his own car, he is followed by a large train of cars ridden by Gandharvas and Apsaras decked with celestial |
garlands and unguents. That man who having fasted for twenty days takes a single meal on the twenty-first day and bears |
himself in this way for a full year, pouring libations every day on his sacred fire, attains to the regions of Usanas and Sakra, of |
the Aswins and the Maruts, and resides there in uninterrupted happiness of great measure. Unacquainted with sorrow of every |
kind, he rides in the foremost of cars for making his journeys, and waited upon by the foremost of celestials, damsels, and |
possessed of puissance, he sports in joy like a celestial himself. That man who having fasted for one and twenty days takes a |
single meal on the twenty-second day and bears himself in this way for a full year, pouring libations on his sacred fire every |
day, abstaining from injuring any creature, adhering to truthfulness of speech, and freed from malice attains to the regions of |
the Vasus and becomes endued with effulgence of the sun. Possessed of the power of going everywhere at will, subsisting upon |
nectar, and riding in the foremost of cars, his person decked with celestial ornaments, he sports in joy in the company of |
celestial damsels. That man who having fasted for two and twenty days takes a single meal on the twenty-third day and bears |
himself in this way for a full year, thus regulating his diet and keeping his senses under control, attains to the regions of the |
deity of Wind, of Usanas, and of Rudra. Capable of going every where at will and always roving at will, he is worshipped by |
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