Atharvavedaparishishta 3.3
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 3.3
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- 3.3.8 — 2 parts
3.3.1
bhinnasvare jāyate gātrabhedo dveṣye gurau vipratipattim āhuḥ | vivarṇanetre patite tu putrān adhvaryuṇā ca nihanti pautrān ||
With one of broken voice, breaking of the limbs arises; with a repulsive guru, they speak of discord; / with one having deformed eyes or a fallen man, he destroys his sons; and with an Adhvaryu, his grandsons.
3.3.2
kṛṣṇe kośakṣayaṃ vidyād rakte vāhanasaṃkṣayaḥ | piṅgalaḥ pārthivaṃ hanyād rāṣṭraṃ hanyāt tu kekaraḥ ||
With a dark-eyed one, he should know loss of treasury; with a red-eyed one, destruction of mounts; / a yellowish-eyed one would kill the ruler, while a squint-eyed one would destroy the kingdom.
3.3.3
bahvṛcaṃ hi niyuñjyād yaḥ paurohitye tu pārthivaḥ | sa tārapaṅke hastīva saha tenaiva majjati ||
For whatever ruler appoints a Ṛgvedic priest to the office of royal domestic priest, / he sinks along with him, like an elephant in deep mud.
3.3.4
adhvaryuṃ hi niyuñjyād yaḥ paurohitye tu pārthivaḥ | uttitīrṣur ivāśmānam ādatte svavadhāya saḥ ||
For whatever ruler appoints an Adhvaryu to the office of royal domestic priest, / he grasps a stone for his own destruction, as though desiring to cross over water.
3.3.5
vadhabandhaparikleśaṃ kośavāhanasaṃkṣayaḥ | karoty etānvaye 'vasthās tapoyukto 'pi sāmagaḥ ||
Slaughter, imprisonment, distress, and the destruction of treasury and mounts— / a chanter of the Sāmaveda, even if endowed with austerities, brings about these conditions for the lineage.
3.3.6
anvayākṛtisaṃpannaṃ tasmād bhṛgvaṅgirovidam | gotrāṅgirasavāsiṣṭhaṃ rājā kuryāt purohitam ||
Therefore, the king should appoint as royal domestic priest one endowed with noble lineage and fine appearance, knowing the Bhṛgus and Aṅgirases, / belonging to the gotra of Aṅgiras or Vasiṣṭha.
3.3.7
makheṣu rāṣṭreṣu pureṣu caiva senāsu rājñāṃ svaniveśaneṣu | ya utpātās trividhā ghorarūpās tān sarvān śamayed brahmavedavit ||
In sacrifices, in kingdoms, in cities, in armies, and in the kings' own residences, / whatever portents arise of the three kinds, terrible in form, all those the knower of the Brahmaveda should pacify.
3.3.8
tasmād guruṃ vedarahasyayuktaṃ caturvidhe karmaṇi cāpramattam | śāntaṃ ca dāntaṃ ca jitendriyaṃ ca kuryān narendraḥ priyadarśanaṃ ca || priyadarśanaṃ ceti ||
Therefore, the king should appoint a guru who possesses the secret of the Vedas, is unslackening in the fourfold ritual, / peaceful, self-controlled, having subdued his senses, and pleasant to look upon—pleasant to look upon.
3.3.8.p1
iti rājaprathamābhiṣekaḥ samāptaḥ ||
Thus ends the king's first consecration.
3.3.8.p2
(Pariśiṣṭa_4. purohitakarmāṇi)
(Supplement 4: The duties of the royal domestic priest)
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