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Next we need to
invoke and invite the sacred rivers to fill the metallic vessel.
This water is used to cleanse and offer throughout the worship.
Start pouring water from one vessel into the smaller one as you
chant
gangecha yamunechaiva
godaavari saraswati
narmadaa sindhu
kaaveri jalehsmin sannidhim kuru
O Ganga, Yamuna,
Godaavari, Saraswati, Narmada,Sindhu and Kaveri waters, please
present yourselves in this place.
Now that we have received the sacred waters, it
is time to symbolically cleanse our hands by offering a spoonful (uddharane)
of water into the hands of the principals and by wiping the hands
with reverence as we chant
apavitrah pavitrovaa sarvaavastthaam gathopivaa
yahsmareth pundareekaaksham bahyaabhyantarah
shuchihi
May anything unholy become holy, may all lower
tendencies depart cleansing both inside and out as we contemplate
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