As precepts of the law ordain.
Pravargya rites[92] were duly sped:
For Upasads[93] the flames were fed.
Then from the plant[94] the juice was squeezed,
And those high saints with minds well pleased
Performed the mystic rites begun
With bathing ere the rise of sun
They gave the portion Indra's claim,
And hymned the King whom none can blame.
The mid-day bathing followed next,