Atharvavedaparishishta 8.1
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 8.1
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8.1.1
om atha ghrtāvekṣaṇaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ ||
Om. Now we shall explain the gazing into ghee.
8.1.2
prātaḥprātaḥ śaṅkhadundubhinādena brahmaghoṣeṇa vā prabodhito rājā śayanagṛhād utthāyāparājitāṃ diśam abhiniṣkramyopādhyāyaṃ pratīkṣeta ||
Every morning, awakened by the sound of conches and kettledrums or by the recitation of the Veda, the king, having risen from his bedchamber and gone out towards the invincible direction [the northeast], should await his preceptor.
8.1.3
atha purohitaḥ snātānuliptaḥ śuciḥ śuklavāsāḥ krtamaṅgalaviracitoṣṇīṣī śāntigṛhaṃ praviśya devānāṃ namaskāraṃ kṛtvā svastivācanam anujñāpya vinītavad upaviśet ||
Then the royal domestic priest, bathed, anointed, pure, clad in white garments, wearing a turban arranged for auspiciousness, having entered the propitiation chamber and made obeisance to the gods, having requested the recitation of benedictions, should sit down modestly.
8.1.4
yamasya lokād yathā kalāṃ yo na jīvo 'sīti svastyayanaṃ kṛtvollikhyābhyukṣya paristīrya śantātīyena tilān ghṛtāktān juhuyāt ||
Having performed the recitation for well-being with [the mantras] "From the realm of Yama...", "As a sixteenth part...", and "Who [is alive]...", "You are the living one...", having drawn the lines, sprinkled water, and spread the sacred grass around, he should sacrifice sesame seeds smeared with ghee with the Śantātīya hymn.
8.1.5
tān hutvā sauvarṇarājatam audumbaraṃ vā pātraṃ ghṛtapūrṇaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ ghṛtasya jūtiḥ sahasraśṛṅgo yamasya lokād uru viṣṇo vi kramasvety abhimantryājyaṃ teja iti tadālabhate ||
Having sacrificed them, he consecrates a golden, silver, or udumbara-wood vessel full of ghee and containing gold with [the mantras] "The impulse of ghee...", "The thousand-horned...", "From the realm of Yama...", and "Stride widely, O Viṣṇu!", and touches it with [the verse] "Ghee is luster...".
8.1.6
ājyaṃ tejaḥ samuddiṣṭam ājyaṃ pāpaharaṃ param | ājyena devās trpyanti ājye lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ||
"Ghee has been declared to be luster; ghee is the supreme remover of sin. / By ghee the gods are gratified; in ghee the worlds are established.
8.1.7
bhaumāntarikṣadivyaṃ vā yat te kalmaṣam āgatam | sarvaṃ tad ājyasaṃsparśāt praṇāśam upagacchatv iti ||
Whatever defilement has come to you, whether earthly, atmospheric, or celestial, / let all of that go to destruction through contact with ghee!"
8.1.8
tasmin ghṛtapātrasthaṃ hi sarvam ātmānaṃ ca paśyet ||
Indeed, in that vessel of ghee, he should look upon all things and himself.
8.1.9
dadhnā śiro hṛdayam anvālabhya japet ||
Having touched his head and heart with curds, he should mutter [the verses]:
8.1.10
uccā patantam iti dvābhyām
with the two [verses] beginning with "Flying up high...".
8.1.11
sūryasyāvṛtam iti pradakṣiṇam āvṛtya śeṣaṃ kārayed ity
Having turned around clockwise with [the mantra] "With the revolution of the sun...", he should have the remainder performed.
8.1.12
atra ślokāḥ ||
On this there are verses:
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