Atharvavedaparishishta 2.3
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.3
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- Sanskrit
2.3.1
gurave pārthivo dadyāt kotiṃ varaṇadakṣiṇām | ardhamardhaṃ mahībhāgaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu tribhāgataḥ ||
The earthly ruler should give to the spiritual guide ten million [coins] as the choice-fee, / or half of a territory of the earth, or a third from a threefold division.
2.3.2
evaṃ bhūmipramāṇena koṭibhāgaṃ vinirdiśet | yena vā parituṣyeta gurus tat pārthivaś caret ||
Thus according to the extent of the land he should assign a crore or a portion; / or the ruler of the earth should do that by which the spiritual guide may be completely satisfied.
2.3.3
ghnanti daivopasargāś ca na ca devo 'bhivarṣati | vīrās tatra na sūyante yad rāṣṭram apurohitam ||
Ominous afflictions from fate destroy it, and the god does not send rain, / [and] heroes are not born in that realm which has no royal priest.
2.3.4
na haviḥ pratigṛhṇanti devatāḥ pitaro dvijāḥ | tasya bhūmipater yasya gṛhe nātharvavid guruḥ ||
The deities, the ancestors, and the twice-born do not accept an oblation / from that ruler of the earth in whose house there is no spiritual guide who knows the Atharvan.
2.3.5
samāhitāṅgapratyaṅgaṃ vidyācāraguṇānvitam | paippalādaṃ guruṃ kuryāc chrīrāṣṭrārogyavardhanam ||
One should appoint as spiritual guide a follower of the Pippalāda school, whose major and minor limbs are well proportioned, / who is endowed with learning, proper conduct, and virtue, who increases fortune, the realm, and health;
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