Atharvavedaparishishta 2.6
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 2.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
Contents
- 2.6.5 — 2 parts
2.6.1
guruṇā paippalādena vedamantravipaścitā | vardhate dhanadhānyena rāṣṭram evaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
With a spiritual guide belonging to the Pippalāda school, learned in the Vedic mantras, / the realm increases in wealth and grain in this manner, without a doubt.
2.6.2
stabdhaṃ nṛśaṃsaṃ pramattaṃ śraddhāhīnam aśāstragam | bhūmikāmo na yāceta dātāram api pārthivam ||
One desiring land should not ask of an arrogant, cruel, negligent king / who lacks faith and does not follow the śāstras, even though he is a giver.
2.6.3
sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ japtvā gāyatryāyājyayājakaḥ | pūyate bhrūṇahāpy evaṃ cāṇḍālānnāda eva ca ||
Having muttered the Gāyatrī a hundred thousand times, one who sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice / is purified, as is even a killer of an embryo or an eater of a Caṇḍāla's food.
2.6.4
sarvadravyaparityāgāc chuddhir anyair udāhṛtā | anyaiś caturṇāṃ vedānām adhītyādyottamā ṛcaḥ ||
Purification through the abandonment of all possessions has been declared by others; / and by others, through having recited the beginning and concluding verses of the four Vedas.
2.6.5
yajanād abhicārād vā kva cid vā mantrakarmaṇi | pūtān eva dvijān prāhur agnikāñcanavarcasa iti ||
Whether from sacrificing, from sorcery, or anywhere in ritual involving mantras, / they declare the twice-born to be purified indeed, having the radiance of fire and gold.
2.6.5.p1
iti rāṣṭrasaṃvargaḥ samāptaḥ ||
Thus ends the Preservation of the Realm.
2.6.5.p2
(Pariśiṣṭa_3. rājaprathamābhiṣekaḥ)
(Pariśiṣṭa 3. The King's First Consecration)
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Linked texts (2)
- Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit
- Rāṣṭrasaṃvarga — Sanskrit