Rigvidhana 2.30
Ṛgvidhāna 2.30
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2.30.155
āsya daghnam vigāhya ambhaḥ prān mukhaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ./
sūktābhyām tisra etābhyām upatiṣṭhed divākaram.//
Having plunged into water up to his mouth, facing east, restrained and pure, / he should attend upon the Sun with these two hymns [and] three [verses] (RV 7.101–102; 103.1–3).
2.30.156
anaśnatā tu japtavyam vṛṣṭi kāmena yatnataḥ./
pañca rātre vyatīte tu mahad varṣam avāpnuyāt.//
It should be muttered with effort by one eating nothing, desiring rain; / when five nights have passed, he will obtain heavy rain.
2.30.157
yo aribhiḥ pratipadyeta abhiśasyeta vā mṛṣā./
upoṣya ekam tri rātram sa juhuyād ājyam anvaham.//
He who is attacked by enemies or falsely accused, / having fasted for one three-night period, should daily offer clarified butter,
2.30.158
indrā soma iti sūktam tu japec ca etat śata avaram./
kiṃcid dadyād dvijebhyo ante stṛṇute sarva śātravān.//
and he should mutter this hymn, "O Indra and Soma" (RV 7.104), at least a hundred times. / At the end, he should give something to brahmins; he overcomes all his enemies.
2.30.159
yasya lupyed vratam mohād vrātyair vā saṃspṛśed dvijaḥ./
upoṣya ājyam ca juhuyāt tvam agne vratapā iti.//
A twice-born whose vow is broken through delusion, or who comes into contact with outcasts, / having fasted, should offer clarified butter with [the verse] "You, O Agni, are guardian of the vow" (RV 8.11.1).
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English