Rigvidhana 2.3
Ṛgvidhāna 2.3
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- Sanskrit
2.3.12
vāg indriya pramūḍho yo na vidyām pratipadyate./
indriya arthāny atha arthān vā yo na vetti kathaṃcana.//
He who is bewildered in the organ of speech and does not acquire learning, / or who does not understand at all the objects of the senses or their meanings,
2.3.13
vidyā vā adhigatā yasya praṇaśyeta punaḥ punaḥ./
sasarparīr ṛcau japan dvau māsau pratipadyate.//
or he whose acquired knowledge is lost again and again, / muttering the two "Sasarparī" verses for two months, acquires it.
2.3.14
anasā samprayātas tu sthirau gāvāv iti smaret./
catasraḥ kuśalena eti siddha arthaḥ sthirayā anugaḥ.//
When setting out on a cart, he should remember [the hymn], "Sthirau gāvau" ("Firm be the pair of oxen"). / With the four [verses], accompanied by a steady [vehicle], he reaches safety, his goal attained.
2.3.15
yāna akṣam apabhagna antam dṛṣṭvā durge adhvani dvijaḥ./
abhi vyayasva iti japed dvṛcam akṣa balam dadhat.//
Seeing the axle of his vehicle broken at the end on a difficult road, the twice-born / should recite the two verses, "Abhi vyayasva" ("Envelop"), imparting strength to the axle.
2.3.16
kṛṣṇa pakṣe caturdaśyām tri rātra upoṣitaḥ śuciḥ./
dakṣiṇa pravaṇe deśe śmaśānasthaḥ samāhitaḥ.//
Fasting for three nights on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, pure, / standing in a cremation ground in a region sloping to the south, concentrated,
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