त्रिः पीत्वांबु विशुद्ध्यर्थं ततः खानि विशोधयेत् 4.1.35.
After sipping water three times for purification, one should then cleanse the bodily orifices.
अंगुलीभिस्त्रिभिः पश्चात्पुनरास्यं स्पृशेत्सुधीः
Afterwards, with three fingers, the wise person should touch the mouth again.
अंगुष्ठानामिकाग्राभ्यां चक्षुः श्रोत्रे पुनः पुनः
With the tips of the thumb and ring finger, one should repeatedly touch the eyes and ears.
स्पृष्ट्वा तलेन हृदयं समस्ताभिः शिरः स्पृशेत्
After touching the heart with the palm, one should touch the head with all the fingers.
आचांतः पुनराचामेत्कृते रथ्योपसर्पणे
If purification is interrupted, one should purify again, especially after approaching a public road.
सुप्त्वा वासः परीधाय तथा दृष्ट्वाप्यमंगलम्
After sleeping, after putting on clothes, or after seeing something inauspicious, one should purify again.
अथो मुखविशुद्ध्यर्थं गृह्णीयाद्दंतधावनम्
Then, for the sake of cleansing the mouth, one should take up a tooth-cleaning stick.
प्रतिपद्दर्शषष्ठीषु नवम्यां रविवासरे
On the first, sixth, and ninth lunar days, and on Sundays,
अलाभे दंतकाष्ठानां निषिद्धे वाथ वासरे
If tooth-sticks are unavailable, or on forbidden days,
कनिष्ठाग्र परीमाणं सत्वचं निर्व्रणं ऋजुम्
It should be as thick as the little finger, with the bark intact, unblemished, and straight.
एकैकांगुलह्रासेन वर्णेष्वन्येषु कीर्तितम् 4.1.35.
For other types of wood, it is prescribed to be shorter by one finger's breadth.
शम्यपामार्गखर्जूरीशेलुश्रीपर्णिपीलुजम्
The recommended woods are śamya, apāmārga, kharjūra, śelu, śrīparṇi, and pīlu.
क्षीरवृक्षोद्भवं वापि प्रशस्तं दंतधावनम्
Brushing the teeth with a stick from a milky tree is considered excellent.
अन्नाद्याय व्यूहध्वं सोमोराजाय मा गमत्
For the sake of food and sustenance, arrange yourselves; let not Soma, the king, depart.
आयुर्बलं यशो वर्चः प्रजाः पशु वसूनि च
Long life, strength, fame, luster, offspring, cattle, and wealth are obtained.
मंत्रावेतौ समुच्चार्य यः कुर्याद्दंतधावनम्
Whoever brushes the teeth after reciting these two mantras,
मुखे पर्युषिते यस्माद्भवेदशुचिभाग्नरः
Because impurity arises in a person whose mouth has become stale,
उपवासेपि नो दुष्येद्दंतधावनमंजनम्
Even on a fasting day, brushing the teeth and applying collyrium are not improper.
प्रातःसंध्यां ततः कुर्याद्दंतधावनपूर्विकाम्
After that, one should perform the morning twilight rites, preceded by brushing the teeth.
प्रातःस्नानाद्यतःशुद्ध्येत्कायोयं मलिनः सदा
By bathing in the morning, the body, which is always impure, becomes purified.
उत्साह मेधा सौभाग्य रूप संपत्प्रवर्तकम् 4.1.35.
It brings about enthusiasm, intelligence, good fortune, beauty, and prosperity.
प्रस्वेद लालाद्याक्लिन्नो निद्राधीनो यतो नरः
Because a person is soiled by sweat, saliva, and is subject to sleepiness,
प्रातःप्रातस्तु यत्स्नानं संजाते चारुणोदये
Morning bathing, performed at the time of sunrise,
प्रातःस्नानं हरेत्पापमलक्ष्मीं ग्लानिमेव च
Morning bathing removes sin, misfortune, and even fatigue.
नोपसर्पंति वै दुष्टाः प्रातःस्नायिजन क्वचित्
Evil beings never approach a person who bathes in the morning.
प्रसंगतः स्नानविधिं वक्ष्यामि कलशोद्भव
Now, O one born from the pot, I shall explain the procedure of bathing in detail.
विशुद्धां मृदमादाय बर्हींषि तिल गोमयम्
Taking pure clay, darbha grass, sesame, and cow dung,
उपग्रही बद्धशिखो जलमध्ये समाविशेत्
With the hair tied up and holding these, one should enter the water.
ये ते शतं ततो जप्त्वा तोयस्यामंत्रणाय च क्षिपेद्द्वेष्यं समुद्दिश्य जपन्दुर्मित्रिया इति
Reciting those mantras a hundred times for the consecration of the water, one should cast away what is hateful, reciting 'durmitriyā' (hostility).
इदं विष्णुरिमं जप्त्वा लिंपेदंगानि मृत्स्नया
Having recited this mantra of Viṣṇu, one should smear the limbs with clay.