Rigvidhana 2.15
Ṛgvidhāna 2.15
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- Sanskrit
2.15.75
brāhmaṇān bhojayed atra kīnāśāṃś caiva bhojayet./
apramattaḥ śānti paraḥ svayam eva kṛṣim vrajet.//
he should feed brahmins here, and he should also feed the plowmen; / uncareless and devoted to pacification, he himself should go to the field.
2.15.76
bhūmi bhaṅgo gavām hiṃsā tṛṇa kīṭa ādi nāśanam./
eteṣu yat kṛtam pāpam khala dānena śudhyati.//
The breaking of the earth, injury to cattle, the destruction of grass, insects, and the like: / whatever sin is committed among these is purified by a gift at the threshing floor.
2.15.77
dhānyānām viṃśakam bhāgam śrotriyebhyo nivedayet./
viṃśakasya hi dānena kṛṣi doṣāt pramucyate.//
He should present a twentieth portion of the grain to those learned in the Veda; / indeed, by giving the twentieth portion he is freed from the fault of agriculture.
2.15.78
samudrād iti sūktena yaḥ sadā juhuyād ghṛtam./
pūrva uktena eva kalpena samyata ātmā jita indriyaḥ.//
He who would always offer ghee with the hymn 'Samudrāt,' / by the rite explained earlier, self-controlled and with conquered senses,
2.15.79
vi jyotiṣā iti jvalayed yatra icchej jātavedasi./
tam agniḥ sarvataḥ pāti bhadreṇa draviṇena ca.//
should kindle [the fire] wherever he wishes in Jātavedas with the verse 'Vi jyotiṣā'; / Fire protects him from every quarter with auspicious wealth.
2.15.80
viśvāni na iti dvābhyām ṛgbhyām yo vahnim arcati./
sa taraty āpadaḥ sarvā yaśaḥ prāpnoti ca akṣayam.//
He who worships the fire with the two verses 'Viśvāni naḥ,' / overcomes all distress and attains imperishable fame.
2.15.81
hutvā vahni rūpa stheyaḥ prāṇa artham havya vāhanaḥ./
agne tvam iti sūktena dhanam āyuś ca vāñchatā.//
Having offered, Fire the conveyor of oblations stands manifest in bodily form to grant life / for him who desires wealth and long life with the hymn 'Agne tvam.'
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