In order that I may successfully tide over this calamity, I sacrifice to you, the purest of the pure, offering for your acceptance the five elements of which my body is made.'
इमां चेदापादं घोरं तराम्यद्य सुदुष्कराम्। सर्वभूतोपहारेण यक्ष्येऽहं शुचिना शुचिम्॥