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Atharvavedaparishishta 67.1

Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 67.1

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67.1.1

oṃ puruṣas putradāraṃ vā dhanadhānyam atha api vā | nimittair yair vinaśyeta śāntiṃ tatra nibodhata ||

Oṃ. When a man, his sons and wife, or wealth and grain / might perish through portents, learn the propitiatory rite for that situation:

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67.1.2

indrāyudhaṃ bhavet rātrau dṛśyate yasya kasya cit | darvī kare vā bhidyeta maṇis kumbhas tathā eva ca ||

If a rainbow appears at night, seen by anyone, / or a ladle breaks in the hand, or a jewel or a jar,

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67.1.3

chattraṃ śayyā āsanaṃ ca eva anyat vā api svayaṃ kva cit | strī hanyāt ca striyaṃ vā api gaur avaghret ulūkhalam ||

or an umbrella, bed, seat, or anything else breaks by itself anywhere, / or a woman strikes another woman, or a cow sniffs a mortar,

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67.1.4

śvā pidet gām anaḍvāhaṃ kalis saṃpadyate kule | gajavājino mriyante vivādo rājakīyakas ||

or a dog nurses from a cow or a draft-ox, or strife arises in the family, / or elephants and horses die, or a royal dispute occurs,

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67.1.5

kuṭumbam aśubhaṃ sarvam aindrāṇi etāni nirdiśet | śāmyanti yena sarvāṇi nirvapet pāyasaṃ carum ||

or the entire household is afflicted with misfortune, one should declare these to be of Indra. / So that all of them may be pacified, he should prepare an oblation of boiled milk-rice.

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67.1.6

samāvaoya ghṛtaṃ tatra āhutiṃ jihuyāt imām | indram id devatātaye sthālīpākasya homayet ||

Pouring clarified butter into it, he should offer this oblation: / with "Indram id devatātaye..." he should make an offering of the boiled mess of rice.

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67.1.7

indras śacīpatis śakro vajrapāṇis sureāśvaras | sarvādbhutānāṃ śamano mahāvyāhṛtayas tathā ||

"Indra, lord of Śacī, Śakra, vajra-in-hand, lord of gods, / pacifier of all portents," and also the great sacred utterances.

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67.1.8

hutvā sviṣṭakṛtaṃ ca eva carutantraṃ samāpayet | vimuktotpātadoṣas tu jīvet tu śaradas śatam ||

Having offered the sviṣṭakṛt oblation as well, he should conclude the rite of the boiled oblations. / Freed from the fault of portents, he shall live for a hundred autumns.

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