Rigvidhana 2.13
Ṛgvidhāna 2.13
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- Sanskrit
2.13.63
kṛṇuṣva iti japant sūktam rakṣoghnam dasyubhir vṛtaḥ./
arātīnām haret prāṇān rakṣāṃsy api na nāśayet.//
Surrounded by robbers, muttering the demon-slaying hymn 'Kṛṇuṣva,' / he would take the lives of his enemies; nor would demons destroy him.
2.13.64
upatiṣṭheta yo vahnim pari ity ṛcā dine dine./
tam rakṣati svayam vahnir viśvato viśvato mukhaḥ.//
He who reveres the fire day after day with the verse 'Pari,' / Fire himself, facing in every direction, protects him from every quarter.
2.13.65
ko adya iti tu sūktena yo nityam śakram arcati./
japed vā atha namas kāraiḥ śakrato labhate varān.//
He who worships Śakra daily with the hymn 'Ko adya,' / or mutters it with obeisances, obtains boons from Śakra.
2.13.66
kayā iti vāmadevyena kuryāt svastyayanam niśi./
japed vā saṃdhi velāsu brahma etat kuśika uditam.//
With the Vāmadevya [hymn] 'Kayā,' he should make a safe-conduct rite at night, / or he should mutter it at the junctures of the day; this is the Brahman-formula taught by Kuśika.
2.13.67
haṃsaḥ śuciṣad ity ṛcā śucir īkṣed divākaram./
anta kāle japann eti brahmaṇaḥ sadma śāśvatam.//
Pure, he should look at the sun with the verse 'Haṃsaḥ śuciṣad'; / muttering it at the time of death, he goes to the eternal abode of Brahman.
2.13.68
kṛṣim prapadyamānas tu sthālī pākam yathā vidhi./
juhuyāt kṣetra madhye tu śunam vāhās tu pañcabhiḥ.//
Undertaking agriculture, he should offer according to the rule a cooked mess of grain / in the middle of the field with the five [verses beginning with] 'Śunaṃ vāhāḥ.'
2.13.69
yathā liṅgam tu viharel lāṅgalam kṛṣīvalaḥ./
indrāya ca marudbhyaś ca parjanyāya bhagāya ca.//
According to the characteristics [of the mantras], the plowman should direct the plow / to Indra, to the Maruts, to Parjanya, and to Bhaga,
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English