[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) › 2.3 # Atharvavedaparishishta 2.3 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.2.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rāṣṭrasaṃvarga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.rastrasamvarga.1.3) — Sanskrit - [Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharvanaparisista.2.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.3) · Pramāṇa