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Rigvidhana 1.2

Ṛgvidhāna 1.2

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Sanskrit

1.2.7

siddhā mantrā vidhinā brāhmaṇasya phalam yacchanti vidhivat prayuktāḥ./
satyam teṣām sādhanam samyamaś ca śamas titikṣā anasūyā damaś ca.//

Mantras that have been mastered according to rule grant fruit to a brahmin when properly employed; / truth is their means of accomplishment, and restraint, tranquility, endurance, absence of envy, and self-control.

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1.2.8

tasmād dvijaḥ praśānta ātmā japa homa parāyaṇaḥ./
tapasy adhyayane yukto bhaved bhūta anukampakaḥ.//

Therefore a twice-born, tranquil in mind, devoted to muttered recitation and fire offerings, / intent upon ascetic heat and Vedic study, should be compassionate to living beings.

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1.2.9

kṣatriyo bāhu vīryeṇa tared āpadam ātmanaḥ./
dhanena vaiśya śūdrau tu japa homair dvija uttamaḥ.//

A kṣatriya overcomes his misfortune by the strength of his arms, / but a vaiśya and a śūdra by wealth, and the highest of the twice-born by muttered recitations and fire offerings.

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1.2.10

tapasā svargam āpnoti tapasā vindate mahat./
tapo yuktasya sidhyanti karmāṇi niyata ātmanaḥ./

By ascetic heat one attains heaven; by ascetic heat one finds greatness. / For one endowed with ascetic heat whose self is restrained, rites succeed.

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1.2.11

vidveṣaṇam saṃvananam viṣaghnam roga nāśanam./
yena yena artham ṛṣiṇā yad artham devatāḥ stutāḥ.//

Causing hatred, subjugation, destroying poison, and curing disease: / for whatever purpose the deities were praised by the ṛṣi for that specific object,

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