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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.27.10
pūrvaḿ snānaḿ prakurvīta
dhauta-danto 'ńga-śuddhaye
ubhayair api ca snānaḿ
mantrair mṛd-grahaṇādinā
SYNONYMS
pūrvam — first; snānam — bath; prakurvīta — one should perform; dhauta — having cleaned; dantaḥ — his teeth; ańga — of the body; śuddhaye — for purification; ubhayaiḥ — with both kinds; api ca — also; snānam — bathing; mantraiḥ — with mantras; mṛt-grahaṇa-ādinā — by smearing with earth and so on.
TRANSLATION
One should first purify his body by cleansing his teeth and bathing. Then one should perform a second cleansing by smearing the body with earth and chanting both Vedic and tantric mantras.
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