[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) › 3.3.8 # Atharvavedaparishishta 3.3.8 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 3.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3.8.p1) iti rājaprathamābhiṣekaḥ samāptaḥ || > Thus ends the king's first consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3.8.p2) (Pariśiṣṭa\_4. purohitakarmāṇi) > (Supplement 4: The duties of the royal domestic priest) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.3.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3.8) · Pramāṇa