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 the lotus-eyed one

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