[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 # Atharvavedaparishishta 3.3 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3.8) — 2 parts ### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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.3.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ātharvaṇapariśiṣṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharvanaparisista.3.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.3.3) · Pramāṇa