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2 7° VISHNU. XC, 27.
with sugar and mixed with honey and clarified
butter, in order to please (the goddess) Revati,
obtains beauty.
27. He who daily throughout the month Magha
offers sesamum-seeds in fire and feeds (three) Brah-
ma/zas with sour rice-gruel mixed with clarified
butter, obtains an excellent digestive power.
28. He who bathes in a river and worships king
Dharma on the fourteenth of both halves of every
month, is purified from every sin.
29. One desirous of obtaining the manifold ad-
vantages attending an eclipse of the sun or moon
must constantly bathe in the mornings during the
two months Magha and Phalguna.
XCI.
1. The digger of a well has (the consequences
of) the half of his evil acts taken from him as soon
as the water comes forth from it.
2. A digger of pools is for ever freed from thirst,
and attains the world ofVaru/za.
3. A giver of water shall never suffer from thirst
(in heaven, for a hundred Yugas or ages of the
world).
4. He who plants trees will have those trees for
his sons in a future existence.
5. A giver of trees gladdens the gods by (offer-
ing up) their blossoms to them.
6. (He gladdens) his guests by (giving) their
fruits to them;
7. (He gladdens) travellers with their shade ;
XCI. 14. Y. I, 211. — 15, 16, M. IV, 229.— 17,18. Y. I, 209.
with sugar and mixed with honey and clarified
butter, in order to please (the goddess) Revati,
obtains beauty.
27. He who daily throughout the month Magha
offers sesamum-seeds in fire and feeds (three) Brah-
ma/zas with sour rice-gruel mixed with clarified
butter, obtains an excellent digestive power.
28. He who bathes in a river and worships king
Dharma on the fourteenth of both halves of every
month, is purified from every sin.
29. One desirous of obtaining the manifold ad-
vantages attending an eclipse of the sun or moon
must constantly bathe in the mornings during the
two months Magha and Phalguna.
XCI.
1. The digger of a well has (the consequences
of) the half of his evil acts taken from him as soon
as the water comes forth from it.
2. A digger of pools is for ever freed from thirst,
and attains the world ofVaru/za.
3. A giver of water shall never suffer from thirst
(in heaven, for a hundred Yugas or ages of the
world).
4. He who plants trees will have those trees for
his sons in a future existence.
5. A giver of trees gladdens the gods by (offer-
ing up) their blossoms to them.
6. (He gladdens) his guests by (giving) their
fruits to them;
7. (He gladdens) travellers with their shade ;
XCI. 14. Y. I, 211. — 15, 16, M. IV, 229.— 17,18. Y. I, 209.