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Varahashrautasutra 3.3.2

Vārāhaśrautasūtra 3.3.2

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3.3.2.1

purastātsviṣṭakṛtaḥ savitā tvā prasavānāmiti hastamanvārabhya japatyamuṣyāḥ putramiti yasyāḥ putro bhavatyamuṣyām̐ viśīti yasyā viśo rājā bhavati

Before the Sviṣṭakṛt, touching his hand, he mutters: 'Savity of impellings...'—'the son of such a woman', [saying the name of her] whose son he is; 'in such a clan', [saying the name of that clan] of which he is king.

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3.3.2.2

atraivāvedanu kramakramaṇamanu mantrānityadhīyate

Here indeed they recite the formulas according to the proclamation and according to the striding.

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3.3.2.3

ukthyo'bhiṣecanīyasam̐sthā

The ukthya is the form of completion of the Abhiṣecanīya.

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3.3.2.4

mādhyandinīyānsavanīyānanu mārutamekavim̐śatikapālaṃ nirvapati

Following the Midday pressing cakes, he metes out [the offering] on twenty-one potsherds to the Maruts.

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3.3.2.5

śukrajyotiśceti paryāyaiḥ kapālānyupadadhāti

With the turns beginning with 'Light of the bright...', he places the potsherds.

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3.3.2.6

dvātrim̐śatam̐ sahasrāṇi catustrim̐śatamayutam̐ vā dadāti

He gives thirty-two thousand, or thirty-four [thousand], or ten thousand.

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3.3.2.7

māhendrakāla āgnīdhre pavitrāṇi gṛhṇāti

At the time of the Māhendra cup, he takes the strainers at the āgnīdhra fire.

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3.3.2.8

devīrāpo apāṃ napādityapo'bhijuhoti

He makes an offering over the waters with: 'Divine waters, Child of the Waters...'

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3.3.2.9

uttarottaraiḥ paryāyairhomagrahāṇi sarvatra

The oblations and drawings [of water] are in all cases accompanied by the successive formulas.

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3.3.2.10

vṛṣormirasīti pratīpasāraṇīnām

With 'You are the male wave', [he takes the water] of flowing streams against the current;

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3.3.2.11

vṛṣaseno'sītyanvīpasāraṇīnām

With 'You are the male army', of flowing streams with the current;

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3.3.2.12

apāṃ patirasīti nadasya

With 'You are the lord of waters', of a river;

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3.3.2.13

aprahāvarīḥ sthetyanupadāsīnām̐ sthāvarāṇām

With 'You are the never-failing', of non-drying standing waters;

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3.3.2.14

parivāhiṇīḥ stheti nīvāhasya

With 'You are the overflowing', of an eddy;

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3.3.2.15

ojasvinīḥ sthetyatīrthe pravahantīnām

With 'You are full of vigor', of those flowing where there is no ford;

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3.3.2.16

māndāḥ stheti kūpyānām

With 'You are soothing', of well waters;

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3.3.2.17

vrajakṣitaḥ stheti sthāvarāṇām

With 'You are dwellers in pens', of standing waters;

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3.3.2.18

sūryavarcasaḥ stheti yā ātapati varṣati

With 'You have the luster of the sun', of that which rains while the sun shines;

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3.3.2.19

sūryatvacasaḥ stheti yāsu paridṛśyate

With 'You have the skin of the sun', of those [waters] in which it is reflected;

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3.3.2.20

marutāmojaḥ sthetyapṛṣṭhe

With 'You are the power of the Maruts', in the absence of a surface;

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3.3.2.21

vaśāḥ stheti pruṣvāṇām

With 'You are barren cows', of hoarfrost;

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3.3.2.22

śakvarīḥ stheti gomūtrasya

With 'You are mighty', of cow urine;

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3.3.2.23

viśvabhṛtaḥ stheti payasaḥ

With 'You are all-sustaining', of milk;

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3.3.2.24

janabhṛta iti ghṛtasya

With 'You are folk-sustaining', of clarified butter;

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3.3.2.25

apāmoṣadhīnāmiti madhunaḥ

With 'Of waters and plants...', of honey.

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3.3.2.26

ṣoḍaśa gṛhītvā devīrāpo madhumatīriti sam̐sṛjati

Having taken the sixteen [portions of water], he mixes them with: 'Divine waters, rich in sweetness...'

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3.3.2.27

anādhṛṣṭāḥ sīdatetyantarā hoturdhiṣṇyaṃ brāhmaṇāccham̐sinaśca sādayati

With 'Sit, unassailable', he deposits them between the dhiṣṇya hearth of the hotṛ and of the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin.

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3.3.2.28

apo devīrityabhimantryānibhṛṣṭamasīti śatakṛṣṇalam̐ rukmam̐ śatātṛṇṇamādāya tena saha śukrā vaḥ śukreṇa punāmīti pūyovāvadito'nuṣajatyastho gāyatryā trī rukmeṇotpūya pālāśamāśvatthamaudumbaraṃ naiyagrodhamiti pātrāṇi teṣu rājasūyā ityapo vyānayati

Having addressed them with 'Waters divine...', and taking a golden plate of a hundred kṛṣṇalas with a hundred perforations, saying 'You are unburned', and having together with it purified them three times with the gold plate with the Gāyatrī, saying 'Pure I purify you with the pure...', he fastens it, and divides the waters into the vessels—namely of palāśa, aśvattha, udumbara, and nyagrodha wood—with the formulas beginning with 'Rājasūya...'

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3.3.2.29

rudra yatta iti śeṣamāgnīdhrīye hutvā somā indra iti yajamānamāmantrayate

Having offered the residue in the āgnīdhra fire with 'O Rudra, that which is yours...', he addresses the sacrificer with 'O Soma and Indra...'

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3.3.2.30

kṣatrasya yonirasīti tārpya m̐ yajamānaḥ paridhatte kṣatrasyolbamasīti kṣaumam̐ sam̐śuddhaṃ kṣatrasya nābhirasītyuṣṇīṣam

With 'You are the womb of royal power', the sacrificer puts on a tārpya garment; with 'You are the caul of royal power', a pure linen garment; with 'You are the navel of royal power', a turban.

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3.3.2.31

madhutokmamiśramāśayati

He feeds him honey mixed with sprout-flour.

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3.3.2.32

pañcāśatā dakṣiṇamakṣyāṅkta ekapañcāśatā vāmam

With fifty [reeds/units] he anoints the right eye; with fifty-one the left.

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3.3.2.33

abhyaktamudakam̐ sparśayati

He causes him to touch the water when anointed.

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3.3.2.34

āvitto'gnirityāvedayati

He announces him with: 'Agni is found...'

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3.3.2.35

amuṣyāḥ putra iti vyākhyātam

'The son of such a woman' has been explained.

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3.3.2.36

eṣa te janate rājetyanudiśati janatāyai

He indicates him to the people: 'This is your king, O people!'

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3.3.2.37

somo'smākaṃ brāhmaṇānām̐ rājetyupām̐śu japati

He mutters softly: 'Soma is the king of us brāhmaṇas.'

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3.3.2.38

indrasya vajro'sīti yajamānāya dhanuḥ prayacchati

With 'You are the thunderbolt of Indra', he hands the bow to the sacrificer;

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3.3.2.39

śatrubādhanāḥ stheti tritvaśumṛdusukhānbāṇavataḥ

With 'You are the repellers of enemies', three arrows that are gentle and soft.

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3.3.2.40

tānpāta prāñcamityabhimantrya mitro'sīti dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumudyacchati varuṇo'sīti savyam

Having addressed them with 'Protect them facing east', he raises his right arm with 'You are Mitra', and the left with 'You are Varuṇa'.

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3.3.2.41

hiraṇyavarṇamuṣasa ityudyatabāhue tiṣṭhantamabhimantrayate

He addresses him as he stands with upraised arms with: 'Golden-colored at the dawn...'

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3.3.2.42

samāpratiṣṭhantamanvabhidhāvandiśa upatiṣṭhate--samidhamātiṣṭheti paryāyaiḥ

Running after him as he steps forth, he attends the quarters with the turns beginning with: 'Mount the kindling...'

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3.3.2.43

somasya tviṣirasīti vyāghracarma viveṣṭyāsandyāmāstṛṇāti

Having folded a tiger skin, he spreads it over the throne-chair with: 'You are the brilliance of Soma'.

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3.3.2.44

pratyastaṃ namuceḥ śira iti bahirvedi sate sīsaṃ paṇḍagāya pratyasyati

With [the mantra] 'The head of Namuci is cast back,' he casts lead back to a eunuch [sitting] outside the altar on a mat.

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3.3.2.45

aveṣṭā dandaśūkā iti lohitāyasaṃ keśavāpāya

With [the mantra] 'The venomous serpents are encompassed,' [he casts] copper to the barber.

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3.3.2.46

mṛtyoḥ pāhīti rajatam̐ rukmamadhastādvyāghracarma vyapohati didivaḥ pāhīti haritam̐ rukmamupariṣṭādadhyūhati

With [the mantra] 'Protect [me] from death,' he pushes aside a silver plate underneath the tiger skin; with [the mantra] 'Protect [me] from the shining [weapon],' he places a golden plate on top.

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3.3.2.47

agnaye svāheti paryāyairdvādaśa pārthāni hutvā mārutasya daivatena pracarati

Having offered the twelve Pārtha [oblations] with the turns [beginning with] 'To Agni hail,' he proceeds with the deity of the Māruta [offering].

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3.3.2.48

somasya tvā dyumnenetyenamāsandyāmūrdhvabāhue tiṣṭhantamabhiṣiñcati pālāśena brāhmaṇa āśvatthena vaiśya audumbareṇa bhrātṛvyo yo janyo mitram̐ sa naiyagrodhena

With [the formula] 'With the splendour of Soma thee...,' they consecrate him while he stands on the throne with raised arms: a brāhmaṇa with a palāśa [vessel], a vaiśya with an aśvattha [vessel], a rival kinsman with an udumbara [vessel], and he who is a friend born of an allied clan with a nyagrodha [vessel].

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3.3.2.49

rukmaṃ pratyañcam̐ siñcati

He pours [the waters] facing the plate.

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3.3.2.50

pālāśe śeṣānsamavanīya kṛṣṇaviṣāṇayā vāsām̐si visrasyendrasya yonirasīti vāsa upādatte

Having collected the remnants in the palāśa [vessel], and having untied the garments with a black antelope's horn, he takes up a garment with [the mantra] 'Thou art the womb of Indra.'

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3.3.2.51

samāvavṛtranniti samunmārṣṭi

With [the mantra] 'They have turned towards each other,' he wipes himself down completely.

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3.3.2.52

indrasya vajro'sīti rathamupāvaharati

With [the mantra] 'Thou art Indra's thunderbolt,' he brings down the chariot.

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3.3.2.53

mitrāvaruṇayostveti yunakti

With [the mantra] '[I yoke] thee of Mitra and Varuṇa,' he yokes [it].

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3.3.2.54

viṣṇoḥ kramo'sīti rathamākrāmati

With [the mantra] 'Thou art the stride of Viṣṇu,' he mounts the chariot.

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3.3.2.55

marutāṃ prasave jayetyāruhya japati

Having mounted, he mutters: 'In the impulse of the Maruts conquer!'

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3.3.2.55.p1

iti rājasūye tṛtīye'dhyāye dvitīyaṃ khaṇḍam

Thus ends the second section in the third chapter of the Rājasūya.

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