Rigvidhana 2.19
Ṛgvidhāna 2.19
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.19.98
aśva pūrṇām iti snāyād rājya kāmaḥ śuci vrataḥ./
rohite carmaṇi snāyād brāhmaṇas tu yathā vidhi.//
One desiring kingship, pure of vow, should bathe with [the verse] "Rich in horses" (aśvapūrnām). / But a brahmin should bathe on a red hide according to the rule,
2.19.99
rājā carmaṇi vaiyāghre kṣatriyas tv atha raurave./
basta carmaṇi vaiśyas tu homaḥ kāryas tv anantaram.//
a king on a tiger skin, a kṣatriya on the hide of a ruru deer, / and a vaiśya on a goat skin; immediately thereafter the fire offering should be performed.
2.19.100
candrām iti tu padmāni juhuyāt sarpiṣā dvijaḥ./
āditya varṇa ity anayā bilva homo vidhīyate.//
With [the verse] "Shining" (candrām), a twice-born should offer lotuses with clarified butter. / With "Sun-colored" (ādityavarṇe), a fire offering of bilva fruits is prescribed.
2.19.101
bilva idhma eva vā agniḥ syāt sthālīś ca juhuyād dvijaḥ./
daśa sāhasriko homaḥ śrī kāmaḥ prathamo vidhiḥ.//
Or the fire should have only bilva firewood, and the twice-born should offer the cooked messes of grain. / A fire offering of ten thousand [oblations] for one desiring fortune is the first rule.
2.19.102
hutvā tu prayutam samyag anantām vindate śriyam./
ayutam śatakṛtvas tu hutvā śuklāni sarpiṣā.//
Having offered a hundred thousand [oblations] properly, he attains endless fortune. / But having offered white [substances] with clarified butter ten thousand times a hundredfold,
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (3)
- Merutantra — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit
- Śāntikamalākara — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit
- Merutantra (Śiva) — Śiva, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English