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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 11

    Viṣṇu

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    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 ||