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shrI varadhan wrote ---
 
> On a preliminary look at it (from the version present on 
> granthamandira.org), it looks like the first portion of the 10th 
> chapter is a chapter on how to make different maalaas, and how to 
> purify the maalaas. The 10.23 - 10.29 you quoted above seems to be 
> mantras that are ordained to purify the mala.

Please look carefully at 23 - Having consecrated the mala, one has to 
do a japa on manu. BTW, it is consecration and not simply a 
purification (like the rules purification of cloth, silk, gold, 
utensils in dharma sutras and manusmriti). Pay attention to 25 - "Add 
praNava in the beginning and namaH in the end and do a japa of the 
following" - This is an injunction to perform a japa, which I think, 
very well falls in the realm of "worship". The subsequent rudra 
mantras with variations are found in mahanArAyaNa itself -
 "vAmadevAya namaH jyeshTAya namaH rudrAya namaH...." and ends with 
rudra gayatri. This is followed by yet another injunction of doing a 
japa on sadashiva by adding praNava & namaH in front & back.

So, the vidhi seems to be the japa of rudra mantras with the mala 
after consecration.

Regards,
Kasturi Rangan .K




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