Atharvavedaparishishta 3.2
English (machine translation) 3.2
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3.2.1
He should give elephants and horses to the guru, and likewise a palanquin, / as well as divine ornaments and an umbrella and the rest.
3.2.2
The king should not take used items for auspicious purposes; / [otherwise] the mantras and herbs do not succeed, and the king is ruined therein.
3.2.3
Neither too tall nor too short, neither too fat nor lean, / and not deficient or redundant in limbs, should he ever appoint as royal domestic priest.
3.2.4
A king should never appoint as guru one with deficient or redundant limbs, a fallen man, one of bad complexion, a thief, an idiot, a eunuch, an impotent man, / one with a broken voice, one-eyed, with deformed eyes, or one who is repulsive.
3.2.5
With one deficient or redundant in limbs, loss of city and kingdom occurs; with a one-eyed or idiotic man, destruction of mounts and treasury; / with a thief or impotent man, all faults arise; with a eunuch or one of bad complexion, the king would perish.
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- Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit