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Having duly honored the wise sage Bhṛgu, who was undistracted and devoted to the welfare of all beings, / the learned sages formerly asked him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.1.11) dvādaśāhaṃ vrataṃ tatra payomūlaphalāśanaiḥ || > a vow of twelve days there, subsisting on milk, roots, and fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.70.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.1) · Pramāṇa