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306 baudhAyana. hi, 8. excellent among the lights of heaven; O initiation, mayest thou not forsake me.' 19. On the first day of the latter half (of the month he eats) fourteen mouthfuls. 20. Thus (he takes every day) one (mouthful) less up to the day of the new moon. 21. On the day of the new moon there is not (even) one mouthful (left to take). 22. On the first day of the first half (of the month) one (mouthful may be eaten), on the second two. 23. Thus he daily increases (his meal) by one (mouthful) up to the day of the full moon. 24. On the day of the full moon he offers a Sthalipaka to Agni, to the lunar day whichever it may be, and to the lunar mansions as well as to their (guardian) deities. 25. Having offered a burnt oblation to (the lunar mansion) Abhigit (which stands) before Srona, and to its (guardian) deity, he must give a cow to the Brahmanas. 26. That is the ant-shaped lunar penance ; (that which is performed in the) inverted (order is called) the barleycorn-shaped (lunar penance). 27. A sinner who has performed either of these two (penances) becomes free from all mortal sins (pataka). 28. They declare that the (Kandrayana) shall be performed for the sake of the fulfilment of wishes of all kinds. 29. ' Thereby man obtains every wish which he may conceive/ 26. Vishnu XLVII, 3-5.