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20 passagesनारदस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा ऽमृतमयं तदा । प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे लक्ष्मणं चेदमब्रवीत् ।। ७.७५.१ ।।
Then, having heard that nectar-like speech of Nārada, he experienced incomparable delight and said this to Lakṣmaṇa.
गच्छ सौम्य द्विजश्रेष्ठं समाश्वासय सुव्रतम् । बालस्य तु शरीरं तत्तैलद्रोण्यां निधापय ।। ७.७५.२ ।।
Go, gentle one, and console the foremost of the twice-born, who is of good vows. But place the boy’s body in that oil trough.
गन्धैश्च परमोदारैस्तैलैश्चापि सुगन्धिभिः । यथा न क्षीयते बालस्तथा सौम्य विधीयताम् ।। ७.७५.३ ।।
“With fragrances, and with exceedingly fine oils too, fragrant ones, arrange matters, dear one, so that the boy does not waste away.”
यथा शरीरो बालस्य गुप्तः सन् शिष्टकर्मणः । विपत्तिः परिभेदो वा न भवेच्च तथा कुरु ।। ७.७५.४ ।।
Arrange matters so that, with the boy’s body kept protected, no mishap or breach occurs concerning the remaining rites or work. The exact relation of “of the remaining work” (शिष्टकर्मणः) is somewhat compressed in the transmitted wording, but the instruction clearly requires the body to be safeguarded for what remains to be done.
एवमादिश्य काकुत्स्थो लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम् । मनसा पुष्पकं दध्यावागच्छेति महायशाः ।। ७.७५.५ ।।
Having thus instructed Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks, the greatly famed Kakutstha, by his mind, thought of Puṣpaka: “Come.”
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