avakīrṇivratam
Vācaspatyam
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p. 416, col. 2.
avakīrṇivratam avakorṇṇino bratam prāyaścittam . “athāto-
'vakārṇṇiprāyaścittaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ brahmacārī yaścā
vakīryyeta sa caturthakālamabdaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ caredevaṃ pūto bhavatīti”
śātātapokte “etasminneva saṃprāpte vasitvā garddhabhājinam .
taptavānacaret bhaikṣyaṃ svakarmma parikīrttayan . tebhyo labdhena
bhaikṣyeṇa varttayannekakālikam . upaspṛśaḥstrisavanamenasa
sa viśudhyati” manūkte avakīrṇṇibratamupakramya “tatra prāya-
ścittaṃ mahāvyāhṛtibhirjuhūyāt oṅkārapūrvvikābhiḥ .
saṃvatsaraṃ vā naktaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ caret caturthakāle mitabhug gāyatrīṃ
vatsarānugāṃ japediti” śaṅkhalikhitokte ca “avakīrṇṇa-
nimittantu brahmahatyābratañcaret . kharacarmmavāsā ṣaṇmāmāsāṃ-
stasmān mucyeta kilviṣāt” aṅgirasokte ca vratabhede .
etasya viṣayabhedaḥ prāyaścittavivekatojñeyaḥ .