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# Atharvavedaparishishta 3.2.3

Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 3.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.2.3)

nātidīrghaṃ nātihrasvaṃ nātisthūlaṃ kṛśaṃ tathā | na ca hīnātiriktāṅgaṃ kva cit kuryāt purohitam ||

> Neither too tall nor too short, neither too fat nor lean, / and not deficient or redundant in limbs, should he ever appoint as royal domestic priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.3.2.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharvanaparisista.3.2-2) — Sanskrit

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