[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) › 1.4 # Rigvidhana 1.4 Ṛgvidhāna 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg~en-mt.1.4.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.11.23.37) — Sanskrit - [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.8.4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.vidhana.rg.1.4) · Pramāṇa