Rigvidhana 2.31
Ṛgvidhāna 2.31
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- Sanskrit
2.31.160
pra saṃrājam iti tv etaj japann īkṣed divākaram./
udyantam upatiṣṭheta snātvā snātvā dine dine.//
Muttering [the hymn] "The universal sovereign" (RV 8.19), he should look at the Sun; / bathing day after day, he should attend upon it as it rises.
2.31.161
abhiyukto bhaved yas tu vivaded vā api kenacit./
nirjitya sagaṇān śatrūn kṣipram vādam parājayet.//
He who is accused or enters into a dispute with someone, / having conquered his enemies along with their troops, will quickly defeat [them in] debate.
2.31.162
śam agir agnibhiś ca iti prapadyed vāyu bhāskarau./
agnim prathamataḥ stutvā mahat kṛcchrāt pramucyate.//
With [the verses] "Auspicious fire" and "With fires" (RV 8.44.17ab), he should take refuge in Vāyu and the Sun. / Having first praised Agni, he is released from great distress.
2.31.163
na hi iti yaś catuṣkeṇa snātvā vai prātar utthitaḥ./
dvau māsāv upatiṣṭheta sa trāyati bhayāt svayam.//
He who, having bathed upon rising in the morning, attends [upon the gods] / with the four-verse hymn "For not..." (RV 8.45.1–4) for two months, is himself saved from danger.
2.31.164
tṛcam japtvā āyad ity etat snātvā abhyarcya puraṃdaram./
prāpnuyān mānasān kāmān sampūjya vasu rociṣaḥ.//
Having bathed, worshipped Puraṃdara, and muttered the triplet "As he came" (RV 8.45.31–33), / and having worshipped the Vasu-radiant ones, he will obtain his heart's desires.
2.31.165
ādyāni trīṇi sūktāni pañca ca agre bṛhann iti./
ṣaṭ tathā antyāni sūktāni agnim nara ito iti ca.//
The first three hymns (RV 8.46–48) and the five beginning with "Great" (RV 8.49–53), / as well as the six final hymns beginning with "Agni, the men from here" (RV 8.74; 8.87–91)—
2.31.166
prakṛtāni iti ca adhyāyam bhojanāt prāk paṭhed idam./
sarvān kāmān avāpnoti mucyeta sarva kilbiṣaiḥ.//
he should recite this chapter as set forth before eating; / he attains all desires and is freed from all sins.
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Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English