Varahashrautasutra 3.3.2
Vārāhaśrautasūtra 3.3.2
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- 3.3.2.55 — 1 part
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.
3.3.2.2
atraivāvedanu kramakramaṇamanu mantrānityadhīyate
Here indeed they recite the formulas according to the proclamation and according to the striding.
3.3.2.3
ukthyo'bhiṣecanīyasam̐sthā
The ukthya is the form of completion of the Abhiṣecanīya.
3.3.2.4
mādhyandinīyānsavanīyānanu mārutamekavim̐śatikapālaṃ nirvapati
Following the Midday pressing cakes, he metes out [the offering] on twenty-one potsherds to the Maruts.
3.3.2.5
śukrajyotiśceti paryāyaiḥ kapālānyupadadhāti
With the turns beginning with 'Light of the bright...', he places the potsherds.
3.3.2.6
dvātrim̐śatam̐ sahasrāṇi catustrim̐śatamayutam̐ vā dadāti
He gives thirty-two thousand, or thirty-four [thousand], or ten thousand.
3.3.2.7
māhendrakāla āgnīdhre pavitrāṇi gṛhṇāti
At the time of the Māhendra cup, he takes the strainers at the āgnīdhra fire.
3.3.2.8
devīrāpo apāṃ napādityapo'bhijuhoti
He makes an offering over the waters with: 'Divine waters, Child of the Waters...'
3.3.2.9
uttarottaraiḥ paryāyairhomagrahāṇi sarvatra
The oblations and drawings [of water] are in all cases accompanied by the successive formulas.
3.3.2.10
vṛṣormirasīti pratīpasāraṇīnām
With 'You are the male wave', [he takes the water] of flowing streams against the current;
3.3.2.11
vṛṣaseno'sītyanvīpasāraṇīnām
With 'You are the male army', of flowing streams with the current;
3.3.2.12
apāṃ patirasīti nadasya
With 'You are the lord of waters', of a river;
3.3.2.13
aprahāvarīḥ sthetyanupadāsīnām̐ sthāvarāṇām
With 'You are the never-failing', of non-drying standing waters;
3.3.2.14
parivāhiṇīḥ stheti nīvāhasya
With 'You are the overflowing', of an eddy;
3.3.2.15
ojasvinīḥ sthetyatīrthe pravahantīnām
With 'You are full of vigor', of those flowing where there is no ford;
3.3.2.16
māndāḥ stheti kūpyānām
With 'You are soothing', of well waters;
3.3.2.17
vrajakṣitaḥ stheti sthāvarāṇām
With 'You are dwellers in pens', of standing waters;
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;
3.3.2.19
sūryatvacasaḥ stheti yāsu paridṛśyate
With 'You have the skin of the sun', of those [waters] in which it is reflected;
3.3.2.20
marutāmojaḥ sthetyapṛṣṭhe
With 'You are the power of the Maruts', in the absence of a surface;
3.3.2.21
vaśāḥ stheti pruṣvāṇām
With 'You are barren cows', of hoarfrost;
3.3.2.22
śakvarīḥ stheti gomūtrasya
With 'You are mighty', of cow urine;
3.3.2.23
viśvabhṛtaḥ stheti payasaḥ
With 'You are all-sustaining', of milk;
3.3.2.24
janabhṛta iti ghṛtasya
With 'You are folk-sustaining', of clarified butter;
3.3.2.25
apāmoṣadhīnāmiti madhunaḥ
With 'Of waters and plants...', of honey.
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...'
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.
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...'
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...'
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.
3.3.2.31
madhutokmamiśramāśayati
He feeds him honey mixed with sprout-flour.
3.3.2.32
pañcāśatā dakṣiṇamakṣyāṅkta ekapañcāśatā vāmam
With fifty [reeds/units] he anoints the right eye; with fifty-one the left.
3.3.2.33
abhyaktamudakam̐ sparśayati
He causes him to touch the water when anointed.
3.3.2.34
āvitto'gnirityāvedayati
He announces him with: 'Agni is found...'
3.3.2.35
amuṣyāḥ putra iti vyākhyātam
'The son of such a woman' has been explained.
3.3.2.36
eṣa te janate rājetyanudiśati janatāyai
He indicates him to the people: 'This is your king, O people!'
3.3.2.37
somo'smākaṃ brāhmaṇānām̐ rājetyupām̐śu japati
He mutters softly: 'Soma is the king of us brāhmaṇas.'
3.3.2.38
indrasya vajro'sīti yajamānāya dhanuḥ prayacchati
With 'You are the thunderbolt of Indra', he hands the bow to the sacrificer;
3.3.2.39
śatrubādhanāḥ stheti tritvaśumṛdusukhānbāṇavataḥ
With 'You are the repellers of enemies', three arrows that are gentle and soft.
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'.
3.3.2.41
hiraṇyavarṇamuṣasa ityudyatabāhue tiṣṭhantamabhimantrayate
He addresses him as he stands with upraised arms with: 'Golden-colored at the dawn...'
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...'
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'.
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.
3.3.2.45
aveṣṭā dandaśūkā iti lohitāyasaṃ keśavāpāya
With [the mantra] 'The venomous serpents are encompassed,' [he casts] copper to the barber.
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.
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].
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].
3.3.2.49
rukmaṃ pratyañcam̐ siñcati
He pours [the waters] facing the plate.
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.'
3.3.2.51
samāvavṛtranniti samunmārṣṭi
With [the mantra] 'They have turned towards each other,' he wipes himself down completely.
3.3.2.52
indrasya vajro'sīti rathamupāvaharati
With [the mantra] 'Thou art Indra's thunderbolt,' he brings down the chariot.
3.3.2.53
mitrāvaruṇayostveti yunakti
With [the mantra] '[I yoke] thee of Mitra and Varuṇa,' he yokes [it].
3.3.2.54
viṣṇoḥ kramo'sīti rathamākrāmati
With [the mantra] 'Thou art the stride of Viṣṇu,' he mounts the chariot.
3.3.2.55
marutāṃ prasave jayetyāruhya japati
Having mounted, he mutters: 'In the impulse of the Maruts conquer!'
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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- Mānavaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī) — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit