[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Vedic ancillary literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc) › [Supplements of the Vedic schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista) › [Atharvavedaparishishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva) › 2.1 # Atharvavedaparishishta 2.1 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.1) om | brahmaṇe brahmavedāya rudrāya parameṣṭhine | namaskṛtya pravakṣyāmi śeṣam ātharvaṇaṃ vidhim || > Om. Having bowed to Brahmā, the Brahmaveda, and Rudra Parameṣṭhin, / I shall proclaim the remainder of the Atharvan rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.2) daivaṃ prabhavate śreṣṭhaṃ hetumātraṃ tu pauruṣam | daivena tu suguptena śakto jetuṃ vasuṃdharām || > Fate is sovereign and paramount, whereas human effort is merely an instrumental cause; / but supported well by fate, one is able to conquer the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.3) daivāt puruṣakārāc ca daivam eva viśiṣyate | tasmād daivaṃ viśeṣeṇa pūjayet tu mahīpatiḥ || > Between fate and human effort, fate indeed is superior; / therefore the ruler of the earth should especially venerate fate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.4) daivakarmavidau tasmāt sāṃvatsarapurohitau | gṛhṇīyāt satataṃ rājā dānasaṃmānarañjanaiḥ || > Therefore, the king should constantly maintain the astrologer and the royal priest, who know rites concerning fate, / through gifts, honors, and pleasing words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.5) apitā tu yathā bālas tathāsāṃvatsaro nṛpaḥ | amātṛko yathā bālas tathātharvavivarjitaḥ || arimadhye yathaikākī tathā vaidyavivarjitaḥ || > Just as a child is fatherless, so is a king without an astrologer; / just as a child is motherless, so is one destitute of an Atharvan; / just as one is alone in the midst of enemies, so is one destitute of a physician. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.6) dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ vijayiṣyan mahīpatiḥ | vidyālakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ bhārgavaṃ varayed gurum || > A ruler of the earth who desires to conquer the entire earth in accordance with dharma / should choose as spiritual guide a descendant of Bhṛgu endowed with learning and bodily signs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1.7) caturvidhasya karmaṇo vedatattvena niścayam | prajāpatir athaiko hi na vedatrayam īkṣate || > The determination of fourfold ritual action is made according to the reality of the Veda; / for Prajāpati alone does not look upon the triad of Vedas \[apart from the fourth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.2.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rāṣṭrasaṃvarga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.rastrasamvarga.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharvanaparisista.2.1-3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.1) · Pramāṇa