Chapter 11
Ancient Viṣṇu SanskritVi_11
athāgniḥ // Vi_11.1 //
ṣoḍaśāṅgulaṃ tāvad antaraṃ maṇḍalasaptakaṃ kuryāt // Vi_11.2 //
tataḥ prāṅmukhasya prasāritabhujadvayasya saptāśvatthapatrāṇi karayor dadyāt // Vi_11.3 //
tāni ca karadvayasahitāni sūtreṇa veṣṭayet // Vi_11.4 //
tatas tatrāgnivarṇaṃ lohapiṇḍaṃ pañcāśatpalikaṃ samaṃ nyaset // Vi_11.5 //
tam ādāya nātidrutaṃ nātivilambitaṃ maṇḍaleṣu pādanyāsaṃ kurvan vrajet // Vi_11.6 //
tataḥ saptamaṃ maṇḍalam atītya bhūmau lohapiṇḍaṃ jahyāt // Vi_11.7 //
yo hastayoḥ kvacid dagdhas tam aśuddhaṃ vinirdiṣet /
na dagdhaḥ sarvathā yas tu sa viśuddho bhaven naraḥ || Vi_11.8 ||
bhayād vā pātayed yas tu dagdho vā na vibhāvyate /
punas taṃ hārayel lohaṃ samayasyāviśodhanāt || Vi_11.9 ||
karau vimṛditavrīhes tasyādāv eva lakṣayet /
abhimantryāsya karayor lohapiṇḍaṃ tato nyaset || Vi_11.10 ||
tvam agne sarvabhūtānām antaś carasi sākṣivat /
tvam evāgne vijānīṣe na vidur yāni mānavāḥ || Vi_11.11 ||
vyavahārābhiśasto 'yaṃ mānuṣaḥ śuddhim icchati /
tad enaṃ saṃśayād asmād dharmatas trātum arhasi || Vi_11.12 ||