Rigvidhana 1.11
Ṛgvidhāna 1.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.11.52
nitya prayogiṇām caiva prayoga ādau vratam tryaham./
upariṣṭād upavaset kṛtvā vā sāmnipātikam.//
And for those who regularly perform rites, there is a three-day observance at the beginning of the performance;
or having performed it, he should fast afterwards, or perform an accumulated penance.
1.11.53
āyuṣyāṇy eva karmāṇi matra yuktaḥ samārabhet./
śaṃvatyaḥ svastimatyaś ca japeta trivṛtā ṛcaḥ.//
Intent on mantras, he should undertake rites that promote long life.
He should mutter the Śaṃvatī and Svastimatī verses threefold.
1.11.54
araṇye ca udite sūrye diśam prāpya aparājitām./
prācīm atha uttarām vā api śucau deśe samāhitaḥ.//
And in the wilderness when the sun has risen, facing the invincible direction [the northeast],
or the east or the north, concentrated in a pure place,
1.11.55
savāsāḥ saśirasko apsu snātvā abhyukṣya japed dvijaḥ./
śuddhavatyas tathā abvatyaḥ pāvamānyo aghamarṣaṇam.//
bathing in water with clothes on and immersing his head, sprinkling himself, the twice-born should mutter
the Śuddhavatī verses, and the Abvatī verses, the Pāvamānī verses, and the Aghamarṣaṇa.
1.11.56
evam trir āplutya śuciḥ prāṇa āyāmānt samācaret./
trīn ṣaḍ aṣṭau dvādaśa vā ṣoḍaśa aṣṭādaśa api vā.//
Having thus plunged three times, pure, he should practice breath controls:
three, six, eight, or twelve, or sixteen, or even eighteen.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation