Atharvavedaparishishta 2.4

English (machine translation) 2.4

Language: English

2.4.1

or likewise a follower of the Śaunaka school, learned in the Vedic mantras, / who continually brings about the increase of the realm through wealth, grain, and the like.

2.4.2

Except for an Atharvan, no other should be appointed as spiritual guide who knows the Atharvan / by a king desiring victory, just as fire is prepared at a sacrificial session.

2.4.3

A Bahvṛca destroys the realm; an Adhvaryu ruins sons; / a Chandoga leads to the destruction of wealth; therefore, the spiritual guide must be an Atharvan.

2.4.4

He whose spiritual guide is a Bahvṛca through ignorance or through negligence / will suffer the destruction of his country, realm, city, and ministers: of this there is no doubt.

2.4.5

If a king appoints an Adhvaryu priest as his royal priest, / he is swiftly slain by a weapon, his wealth and conveyances having wasted away.

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Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit