SB 8.16.26 • मूल श्लोक

सिनीवाल्यां मृदालिप्य स्‍नायात् क्रोडविदीर्णया । यदि लभ्येत वै स्रोतस्येतं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

sinīvālyāṁ mṛdālipya snāyāt kroḍa-vidīrṇayā yadi labhyeta vai srotasy etaṁ mantram udīrayet

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

sinīvālyām — on the dark-moon day; mṛdā — with dirt; ālipya — smearing the body; snāyāt — one should bathe; kroḍa-vidīrṇayā — dug up by the tusk of a boar; yadi — if; labhyeta — it is available; vai — indeed; srotasi — in a flowing river; etam mantram — this mantra; udīrayet — one should chant.

Translation

“If dirt dug up by a boar is available, on the day of the dark moon one should smear this dirt on his body and then bathe in a flowing river. While bathing, one should chant the following mantra.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda