Brihadyatra 29: adhyāyaḥ 29
Bṛhadyātrā 29
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adhyāyaḥ 29
29.1
adhyāyaḥ - 29 niveśa
Chapter 29: The Encampment
29.2
snigdhā sthirā surabhigulmalatā sugandhā śastā pradakṣiṇajalā ca nivāsabhūmiḥ.
Smooth, firm, with fragrant shrubs and creepers, sweet-scented, and with water flowing clockwise is the recommended camping ground;
29.3
neṣṭā viparyayaguṇā kacaśarkarāsthivalmīkakaṇṭakavibhītakasaṅkulā ca..
the opposite in qualities is not desired, as well as one filled with hair, gravel, bones, anthills, thorns, and vibhītaka trees.
29.4
gatvālayaṃ suragurudvijasādhumitratīrthetihāsajayapuṇyakathāsu tiṣṭhet.
Having gone to his tent, he should dwell on sacred tales of victory, sacred places, historical traditions, friends, holy men, twice-born men, and gods and teachers.
29.5
hatvā paśuṃ ripugṛhākṛtam udyame ca prāsyātha vānnamayam asya vidhāya rūpam..
And when setting out, having sacrificed an animal made in the form of the enemy's house, or having fashioned its likeness from flour, he should cast it away.
29.6
ekatrādhyuṣitasyātrigautamacyavanā jaguḥ.
Atri, Gautama, and Cyavana proclaimed that for one who has resided in a single place,
29.7
yātrāṃ tripañcasaptāhāt punarbhadreṇa yojayet..
one should unite the military expedition again with an auspicious [time] after three, five, or seven days.
29.8
tac cāyuktam iti prāhur horāśāstravido janāḥ.
Those who know the science of horary astrology say that this is improper:
29.9
vāṃchitārthaphalāvāptau yātrā parisamāpyate..E4
a military expedition is completed only upon the attainment of the desired object.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Text after D. Pingree's edition (1972) — Sanskrit
- Yakṣeśvamedhīyayātrā — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A — Pingree 1970, English