Atharvavedaparishishta 70.1
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 70.1
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70.1.1
oṃ saṃpūjya vidhivat prājñaṃ vidvāṃso munayaḥ purā | apṛcchan bhṛgum avyagraṃ sarvasattvahite ratam ||
Om. Having duly honored the wise sage Bhṛgu, who was undistracted and devoted to the welfare of all beings, / the learned sages formerly asked him:
70.1.2
lokatrayaniviṣṭānām utpātānām anekadhā | bhinnānāṃ śamanaṃ noktaṃ vada tv asaṃśayaṃ mune ||
"The pacification of the manifold and distinct omens / occurring in the three worlds has not been declared; speak [of it], O sage, without doubt."
70.1.3
pratyuvāca bhṛgur viprān śṛṇutāhitamānasaḥ | utpātaśamanatritvaṃ kathyamānam asaṃśayam ||
Bhṛgu replied to the Brahmins: "Listen with attentive minds / to the threefold pacification of omens being declared without doubt.
70.1.4
tatra viprān pravakṣyāmi duriṣṭaśamanakṣamān | atharvāṅgiraso vede vidhijñān sarvakarmaṇām ||
Among them, I shall declare the Brahmins capable of pacifying misfortune: / Atharvāṅgiras [Brahmins] versed in the Veda and knowing the rules for all rites,
70.1.5
ahiṃsāsatyadākṣiṇyaśaucaśraddhāsamanvitāḥ | śrutismṛtisadācārāḥ kulaśīlavayo 'nvitāḥ ||
endowed with non-violence, truth, generosity, purity, and faith, / conforming to sacred revelation, tradition, and good conduct, endowed with good lineage, character, and mature age.
70.1.6
teṣām ekaḥ pradhānatve yaḥ śānto dvijasattamaḥ | bhṛgvaṅgirovid atyarthaṃ śuciḥ syāt sādhusaṃmataḥ ||
Among them, the one who is supreme, a calm and excellent twice-born, / profoundly knowing the Bhṛgus and Aṅgirases, pure, and approved by the virtuous,
70.1.7
brahmāṇaṃ taṃ nṛpaḥ kuryād dhotāraṃ sarvavedinam | evam ukte bhṛguṃ viprāḥ procur vigatakalmaṣam ||
the king should appoint him as the Brahman priest, [or] as the Hotṛ knowing all Vedas." / When this was spoken, the Brahmins said to Bhṛgu, who was free of impurity:
70.1.8
hotāro bhūmibhartṝṇāṃ mahāśānteḥ prakīrtitāḥ | nanu kṣīṇe vidvan svadharmapracyute 'pi vā ||
"The Hotṛs of kings for the great propitiatory rite have been proclaimed. / But surely, O learned one, when he is exhausted or has fallen from his own duty,
70.1.9
tatra śāntau prayuktāyāṃ kasya śāntiphalaṃ bhavet | nṛpo 'py adhārmikaḥ kuryād brahmaṇas tarpaṇaṃ purā ||
if the propitiatory rite is employed there, whose will the fruit of the propitiatory rite be? / Even an unrighteous king should first make an offering to the Brahman priest;
70.1.10
tataḥ kṛtā mahāśāntī rājānaṃ pāti sarvataḥ | sa vṛtaḥ pāvanaṃ gacched dvijānāṃ pāvanāya vai ||
then the performed great propitiatory rite protects the king on every side. / Having been chosen, he should undergo purification for the sanctification of the twice-born:
70.1.11
dvādaśāhaṃ vrataṃ tatra payomūlaphalāśanaiḥ ||
a vow of twelve days there, subsisting on milk, roots, and fruits.
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