[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) › 2.4 # Atharvavedaparishishta 2.4 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.2.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rāṣṭrasaṃvarga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.rastrasamvarga.1.4) — Sanskrit - [Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharvanaparisista.2.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.2.4) · Pramāṇa