[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Vedic ancillary literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc) › [Manuals of the magical application of Vedic mantras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana) › [Rigvidhana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg) › 1.2 # Rigvidhana 1.2 Ṛgvidhāna 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg~en-mt.1.2.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.11.21.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.1.2) · Pramāṇa