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Rigvidhana 1.4

Ṛgvidhāna 1.4

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1.4.17

sarvatra etat prayoktavyam ādāv ante ca karmaṇām./
āsahasrād āśatād vā daśa antam athavā japet.//

this must be employed everywhere at the beginning and the end of rites. / He should recite [them] up to a thousand times, up to a hundred times, or ending at ten.

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1.4.18

om kāram vyāhṛtīs tisraḥ sāvitrīm athavā ayutam./
tarpayitvā adbhir ācāryān ṛṣīṃś chandāṃsi devatāḥ.//

Or ten thousand times the syllable Om, the three mystic utterances, and the Sāvitrī. / Having gratified the teachers, ṛṣis, metres, and deities with water,

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1.4.19

prapadyeta virūka akṣam raudram mantra gaṇam japan./
anāryair na ca bhāṣeta na śūdrair na api garhitai ḥ.//

he should seek refuge in Virūpākṣa, reciting the group of Rudra-mantras. / And he should not converse with non-Aryans, nor with śūdras, nor even with the censured,

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1.4.20

na rajasvalayā nāryā patitair na antyajair nṛbhi ḥ./
na deva brāhmaṇa dviṣṭair na ācārya guru nindakaiḥ.//

nor with a menstruating woman, nor with outcasts, nor with low-caste men, / nor with those hostile to gods and brahmins, nor with revilers of teachers and gurus,

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1.4.21

na mātṛ pitṛ vidviṣṭair na avamanyeta kaṃcana./
maṅgala ācāra yukta ḥ syāt trir ahno abhyupayan apaḥ.//

nor with those hated by mother and father; nor should he despise anyone. / He should be engaged in auspicious conduct, approaching water three times a day.

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