Atharvavedaparishishta 9.2
Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa 9.2
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- Sanskrit
9.2.1
hṛdaye candanaṃ dadyāj jaṅghayor ikṣukāṇḍakam | suvarṇaśṛṅgī raupyakhurī raupyalāṅgūladakṣiṇā ||
One should apply sandalwood paste to the heart, sugar-cane stalks for the shanks; / with golden horns, silver hooves, and a silver tail as the sacrificial fee,
9.2.2
vastrachannā tu dātavyā kāṃsyapātraṃ tu dohanī |
covered with a garment, she should be given, with a bell-metal vessel as the milking pail.
9.2.3
prajāpatiś cety abhimantrya viprāya dadyāt
Having consecrated her with [the mantra] "And Prajāpati...", he should give her to a Brahmin.
9.2.4
tatra ślokāḥ ||
On this there are verses:
9.2.5
dhenuṃ vatsaṃ ca yo dadyād vinātharvābhimantritām | vinānena vidhānena devatvaṃ nopajāyate ||
"He who would give a cow and a calf without being consecrated with the Atharvan, / without this rite, godhood does not arise [for him].
9.2.6
viśvarūpāḥ sthitāḥ sarvā dhenavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ | dhenutvaṃ na sa prayāti vinā sūktābhimantritām | niṣphalaṃ naśyate sarvaṃ vinābhimantritaṃ satām ||
All cows are proclaimed to stand as having universal forms; / it does not attain cownood without being consecrated with a hymn; / everything perishes without fruit for the good without being consecrated.
9.2.7
bālatve yac ca kaumāre yat pāpaṃ yauvane kṛtam | vayaḥpariṇatau yac ca yac ca janmāntareṣu ca ||
Whatever sin was committed in childhood, in boyhood, or in youth, / and whatever in mature age, and whatever in other births,
9.2.8
yan niśāyāṃ tathā prātar yan madhyāhnāparāhṇayoḥ | saṃdhyayor yat kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā ||
whatever at night, likewise in the morning, whatever at midday and afternoon, / whatever sin was committed at the two twilights by deed, mind, or speech—
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