Rigvidhana 1.7
Ṛgvidhāna 1.7
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- Sanskrit
1.7.32
aṣṭābhir devatāḥ sākṣāt paśyeta varadās tathā./
chandāṃsi daśabhir jñātvā sarvān kāmānt samaśnute.//
By eight, he would see the deities directly, granting boons. / Knowing the metres by ten, he attains all desires.
1.7.33
tryaham prātas tryaham sāyam tryaham adyād ayācitam./
tryaham param ca na aśnīyāt prājāpatyam caran dvijaḥ.//
For three days in the morning, for three days in the evening, for three days he should eat unasked food, / and for three days further he should not eat: [thus] a twice-born performs the Prājāpatya penance.
1.7.34
eka ekam grāsam aśnīyāt tryahāṇi trīṇi pūrvavat./
tryaham ca upavased antyam atikṛcchram caran dvijaḥ.//
He should eat a single mouthful [each day] for three triads of days as before, / and he should fast for the final three days: [thus] a twice-born performs the Atikṛcchra penance.
1.7.35
go mūtram gomayam kṣīram dadhi sarpiḥ kuśa udakam./
eka rātra upavāsaś ca kṛcchraḥ sāṃtapanaḥ smṛtaḥ.//
Cow urine, cow dung, milk, curd, ghee, and water with kuśa grass, / and fasting for one night: this is remembered as the Sāṃtapana penance.
1.7.36
etam eva tryahair yuktam mahā sāṃtapanam viduḥ./
upavāsas tu sata aham śiśu sāṃtapanam smṛtam.//
They know this very [rite] undertaken in three-day periods as the Mahāsāṃtapana penance. / But fasting for seven days is remembered as the Śiśusāṃtapana penance.
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