Atharvavedaparishishta 3.1
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 3.1
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3.1.1
om atha rājaprathamābhiṣeke prakṛtidravyāṇi parīkṣeta ||
Om. Now, during the king's first consecration, he should examine the basic materials.
3.1.2
tad yathā ||
That is to say:
3.1.3
rathasiṃhāsanāsichattracāmaradhvajagajavājivastrālaṃkārasāṃvatsaracikitsakapurohitādīny
The chariot, throne, sword, umbrella, chowrie, banner, elephant, horse, garments, ornaments, astrologer, physician, royal domestic priest, and so forth—
3.1.4
upayuktāni nopayojayet ||
he should not use those that have already been used.
3.1.5
śmaśānānaladevatāni nihitāni dravyāṇīty
Materials deposited [for] funeral pyre fires or deities—
3.1.6
ācāryapurohitavajramukhata ity āha durmatiḥ sa bhāradvājo
from the teacher, royal domestic priest, and the mouth of the thunderbolt, so says that foolish-minded Bhāradvāja;
3.1.7
na hy agner ivopayuktasyopayogo vidyata iti parāśaro
"for just as with fire, there is no reuse of what has already been used," so says Parāśara.
3.1.8
brahmā brahmāṇḍāgnir ivāprameyo
The Brahman is immeasurable, like the fire of the cosmic egg;
3.1.9
nānyakulopayukto
he must not be one who was employed by another family.
3.1.10
yasyānyakulopayuktaḥ purodhāḥ śāntikapauṣṭikaprāyaścittīyābhicārikanaimittikordhvadehikāny atharvavihitāni karmāṇi kuryāt sa tasya pratyaṅgiro bhūtvā hastyaśvarathapadātikaṃ prakṛtimukhebhyo ...
If a royal domestic priest who was employed by another family performs for him the pacifying, nourishing, expiatory, sorcerous, omen-prompted, and funerary rites prescribed by the Atharvan, he, becoming an adversary (pratyaṅgiras) to him, [destroys] the elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry from the foremost ministers...
3.1.11
variṣyan na punaḥ kuryād anyaṃ rājā purohitam | nirmālyam iva taṃ rājā nānyo bhūyaḥ samācaret ||
Once he is to choose [a priest], the king must not choose another royal domestic priest again; / just as with discarded ritual garlands, another king should never employ him again.
3.1.12
svajasraṃ hy agnau hetur bhagavato vyādhitapatitonmattābhiśastaprahīṇapradhvastasaṃprasāraṇam ṛtvik ||
For in the uninterrupted fire, the lord's cause [of ruin] is a diseased, fallen, insane, accused, destitute, ruined, or debilitated officiating priest.
3.1.13
tasmāt kulīnaṃ śrotriyaṃ bhṛgvaṅgirovidaṃ vinayākṛtiśaucācārayuktam alolupaṃ vrataniyamacāritravṛttalakṣanaguṇasaṃpannaṃ saṃdhivigrahacintakaṃ māhendrajālaprabhṛtikarmādiṣv abhividakaṃ jitasthānāsanaṃ himātapavarṣasahaṃ hrīdhṛtikam ārjavaṃ śamadamadayādānaśaktisaṃpannaṃ bṛhaspatyuśanasoḥ sthānākṛtipramāṇaṃ varṇāśrutavapuṣā cānumeyaṃ tejasvinaṃ gambhīraṃ sattvayuktaṃ guruṃ vṛṇīyād bhūpatir iti ||
Therefore, the king should choose as his guru one who is of noble birth, learned in the Veda, knowing the Bhṛgus and Aṅgirases, endowed with discipline, handsome appearance, purity, and good conduct, free from greed, endowed with the qualities of vows, restraints, moral conduct, virtuous practice, and auspicious marks, thoughtful of peace and war, proficient in rites such as great sorcery, having conquered his standing and sitting postures, enduring cold, heat, and rain, having shame and firmness, upright, endowed with calmness, self-control, compassion, and generosity, having the position, appearance, and standard of Bṛhaspati and Uśanas, inferable by color, sacred learning, and body, radiant, profound, and possessed of sattva.
3.1.14
madhuparkādyena vidhinā yathārthaṃ saṃpādya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt
Having procured [supplies] as needed through the procedure beginning with the honey-mixture offering, he should give the sacrificial fee:
3.1.15
koṭimadhyāt tṛtīyaṃ bhāgam
a third part from ten million,
3.1.16
yathābhūmipramāṇena vā
or according to the extent of his territory.
3.1.17
hastyaśvaṃ narayānaṃ divyam ābharaṇam ātapatraṃ hiraṇyaṃ kṣitigodhanadhānyaratnādikaṃ ca gurave dadyād
He should give to the guru elephants and horses, a palanquin, divine ornaments, an umbrella, gold, land, cattle, wealth, grain, gems, and so forth,
3.1.18
yena vā parituṣyeta ||
or that with which he would be satisfied.
3.1.19
abhiṣekaḥ saṃhitāvidhau vyākhyātaḥ ||
The consecration has been explained in the Saṃhitāvidhi.
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