Rigvidhana 2.18
Ṛgvidhāna 2.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.18.93
sa śuciḥ prayato bhūtvā juhuyād ājyam anvaham./
śriyaḥ pañca daśa ṛcam ca śrī kāmaḥ satatam japet.//
becoming pure and self-restrained, should offer clarified butter daily; / and desiring prosperity, he should constantly mutter the fifteen-verse hymn of Śrī.
2.18.94
āvāhayet śriyam padme pañcabhiḥ kanako api vā./
upahārān upaharet śuklān bhakṣān payo dadhi.//
He should invoke Śrī onto a lotus with the five [verses], or even onto gold; / he should offer gifts: white food, milk, and curds.
2.18.95
sthālī pākam ca śālīnām payasā samprakalpayet./
cāndrāyaṇa kṛta ātmā tu prapadyet prayataḥ śriyai.//
And he should prepare a cooked mess of grain of rice with milk. / Having purified his soul through the Cāndrāyaṇa observance, attentive, he should turn to Śrī for fortune.
2.18.96
sarva auṣadhībhiḥ phāṇṭābhiḥ snātvā adbhiḥ pāvanair api./
upaitu mām deva sakha iti rājño abhiṣecanī.//
Having bathed with all herbs, infusions, and purifying waters, / [the verse] "Let the friend of the god come unto me" (upaitu māṃ devasakhaḥ) serves for the consecration of a king.
2.18.97
manasaḥ kāmam ity eṣā paśu kāma abhiṣecanī./
kadarmena iti yaḥ snāyāt prajā kāmaḥ śuci vrataḥ.//
"The desire of the mind" (manasaḥ kāmam)—this serves for the consecration of one desiring cattle. / One desiring offspring, pure of vow, should bathe with [the verse] "By mud" (kardamena).
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English