[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) › 70.4 # Atharvavedaparishishta 70.4 Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 70.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [70.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.1) viśeṣo 'yaṃ tu sāvitryā daśalakṣāṃs tu homayet | homasamāhitamanāḥ kuryāc ca ghṛtakambalam || > The distinction, however, is this: one should offer a million oblations with the Sāvitrī verse; / with mind concentrated on the oblations, he should also make the ghee-blanket. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.2) dhenūnāṃ dvādaśaṃ deyaṃ śataniṣkasamanvitam | gurave dīyamānaṃ tac chamayaty ambarādbhutam || > Twelve cows, accompanied by a hundred niṣkas, are to be given; / that being given to the guru appeases an atmospheric portent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.3) divyādbhuteṣu kartavyaḥ koṭihomasamanvitaiḥ | gosahasraṃ ca dātavyaṃ gurave dakṣiṇāvidhiḥ || > For celestial portents, \[the rite\] is to be performed by those endowed with ten million oblations; / and a thousand cows are to be given to the guru: this is the rule of the sacrificial fee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.4) eṣa prokto vidhiḥ samyag divyāniṣṭavipatkare | subhikṣakṣemasaṃpattyā prajānāṃ puṣṭivardhanaḥ || > This rule has been properly declared for the celestial, misfortune-bringing calamity, / increasing the nourishment of the subjects through the attainment of abundance of food and security. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.5) koṭihomeṣu sarveṣu dravyabhedāśrayaṃ phalam | śāntipuṣṭyabhicārārthaṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu || > In all ten-million oblations, the fruit depends on the variety of materials / for the sake of pacification, prosperity, or sorcery; hear that as I declare it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.6) saumyavṛkṣāśrayāḥ kāryāḥ samidhaḥ śāntim icchatā | arkakāśmaryanimbānāṃ samidbhiḥ śatruśātanam || > Firewood sticks belonging to gentle trees must be prepared by one desiring pacification. / With firewood sticks of arka, kāśmarya, and neem, there is destruction of enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.7) durnāmakaṇṭakambūnāṃ samidbhiś ca viśeṣataḥ | bhagnasphuṭitavṛkṣāṇāṃ phalaṃ śatrunibarhaṇam || > And particularly with firewood sticks of thorny shrubs and durnāman plants, / \[and\] of broken and split trees, the fruit is the destruction of enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.8) bilvapadmotpalānāṃ tu śucideśaprarohiṇām | sarvadā sarvakāmāṃs tu homaiḥ prāpnoti mānavaḥ || > With bilva, lotus, and blue water lily growing in pure places, / a man attains all desires at all times through oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.9) tilavrīhiyavādīnāṃ dadhno madhughṛtasya ca | payogodhūmaśālīnāṃ hotā śāntiṃ samārabhet || > With sesame, unhusked rice, barley, and the like, with curd, honey, and ghee, / with milk, wheat, and rice, the hotṛ priest should undertake the propitiatory rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [70.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4.10) sarveṣāṃ haviṣāṃ caiva ghṛtaṃ śāntikaraṃ smṛtam | sarvadravye ghṛtaṃ tasmād dhome prakṣepam arhati || > And of all oblations, ghee is remembered as bringing peace; / therefore, ghee is fit to be cast into the fire in every substance during oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva~en-mt.70.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.atharva.70.4) · Pramāṇa