Atharvavedaparishishta 2.4
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.4
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- Sanskrit
2.4.1
tathā śaunakinaṃ vāpi vedamantravipaścitam | rāṣṭrasya vṛddhikartāraṃ dhanadhānyādibhiḥ sadā ||
or likewise a follower of the Śaunaka school, learned in the Vedic mantras, / who continually brings about the increase of the realm through wealth, grain, and the like.
2.4.2
ātharvaṇād ṛte nānyo niyojyo 'tharvavid guruḥ | nṛpeṇa jayakāmena nirmito 'gnir ivādhvare ||
Except for an Atharvan, no other should be appointed as spiritual guide who knows the Atharvan / by a king desiring victory, just as fire is prepared at a sacrificial session.
2.4.3
bahvṛco hanti vai rāṣṭram adhvaryur nāśayet sutān | chandogo dhananāśāya tasmād ātharvaṇo guruḥ ||
A Bahvṛca destroys the realm; an Adhvaryu ruins sons; / a Chandoga leads to the destruction of wealth; therefore, the spiritual guide must be an Atharvan.
2.4.4
ajñānād vā pramādād vā yasya syād bahvṛco guruḥ | deśarāṣṭrapurāmātyanāśas tasya na saṃśayaḥ ||
He whose spiritual guide is a Bahvṛca through ignorance or through negligence / will suffer the destruction of his country, realm, city, and ministers: of this there is no doubt.
2.4.5
yadi vādhvaryavaṃ rājā niyunakti purohitam | śastreṇa vadhyate kṣipraṃ parikṣīṇārthavāhanaḥ ||
If a king appoints an Adhvaryu priest as his royal priest, / he is swiftly slain by a weapon, his wealth and conveyances having wasted away.
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