Rigvidhana 1.12
Ṛgvidhāna 1.12
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- Sanskrit
1.12.57
āśatād vāyamet prāṇān japan brahma aghamarṣaṇam./(?)
yāvad vā manasas tuṣṭis tāvat prāṇānt samāyamet.//
He should hold the breaths up to a hundred times, muttering the Aghamarṣaṇa sacred text,
or he should hold the breaths as long as the satisfaction of his mind lasts.
1.12.58
yathā yathā manas tasya duṣkṛtam karma garhati./
tathā tathā śarīram tat tena adharmeṇa mucyate.//
In whatever measure his mind blames an evil deed,
in that measure is that body freed from that unrighteousness.
1.12.59
prāṇa āyāmair dagdha doṣaḥ śukla ambara dharaḥ śuciḥ./
yathā vidhy apa ācamya ārohed dharma prastaram.//
With faults burnt away through breath controls, wearing white garments, pure,
having sipped water according to rule, he should step onto the sacred grass mat.
1.12.60
pavitra pāṇiḥ kṛtvā tu upastham dakṣiṇa uttaram./
diśor eva antaram prekṣya animiṣam chādya cakṣuṣī.//
Holding a purifier in his hand, placing the right [foot] on the upper [thigh],
looking only between the directions, unblinking, having shaded his eyes,
1.12.61
om kārma vyāhṛtīs tisraḥ sāvitrīm ca tad ity ṛcam./
manasā etā anudrutya veda ādim samupakamet.//
having mentally repeated the syllable Om, the three mystic utterances,
and the Sāvitrī verse beginning with 'tat', he should undertake the beginning of the Veda.
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