Upaniṣads · Bhasmajābāla 1.10
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तद्भस्म गायत्र्या सम्प्रोक्ष्य तद्धैमे राजते ताम्रे मृण्मये वा पात्रे निधाय रुद्रमन्त्रैः पुनरभ्युक्ष्य शुद्धदेशे संस्थापयेत्
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tadbhasma gāyatryā samprokṣya taddhaime rājate tāmre mṛṇmaye vā pātre nidhāya rudramantraiḥ punarabhyukṣya śuddhadeśe saṃsthāpayet
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तत्-भस्म गायत्र्या सम्प्रोक्ष्यtat-bhasma gāyatryā samprokṣyathat ash, having sprinkled it with gāyatrī
हैमे राजते ताम्रेhaime rājate tāmrein a golden, silver, copper
मृण्मये वा पात्रेmṛṇmaye vā pātreor clay vessel
निधाय रुद्र-मन्त्रैः पुनः अभ्युक्ष्यnidhāya rudra-mantraiḥ punaḥ abhyukṣyahaving placed it, having sprinkled it again with the mantras of Rudra
शुद्ध-देशे संस्थापयेत्śuddha-deśe saṃsthāpayetlet him set it in a clean place
Traducción
«That ash, having sprinkled it with gāyatrī, having placed it in a golden, silver, copper, or clay vessel, having sprinkled it again with the mantras of Rudra — let him set it in a clean place».
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The vessels are listed: gold, silver, copper, or clay. This list is worth noting, for it says more about the character of the rite than many an argument. Gold is named first, clay last; but clay is named — that is, the rite is performable by the poor too. And this is not always so in ritual books: some prescriptions require things a simple person does not have and never will.
The proviso «or clay» is, then, a proviso about accessibility; and every time such books have an «or», it is worth seeing to whom it opens the door. The Vaishnava side attends to accessibility constantly and makes it a rule. The Gītā says: «a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water, offered with devotion — I accept» (9.26); and this list, discussed when reading Bhāvanā (p36), is deliberately made up of things everyone has.
The difference between the two ways shows in a small thing. Here clay is named last, as a concession; there the leaf and the water are named sufficient, and gold is not spoken of at all. Separately worth mentioning is the word śuddha-deśe, «in a clean place». The requirement of a clean place will recur throughout this book; and that it is reasonable even outside ritual was discussed when reading Yoga-kuṇḍalinī (1.22).