Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.26
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyAttend to the Prescribed Bathing Instructions
“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.”
What the purport teaches
- On the dark-moon day, the instruction is to smear the body with dirt dug up by a boar, if such dirt is available.
- One should then bathe in a flowing river.
- While bathing, one should chant the mantra introduced by this verse.
Try this today
Read the verse carefully and note its timing, its availability condition and its instruction to chant.
Ask yourself
How carefully do I notice the conditions and sequence in instructions for worship?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.