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Rigvidhana 2.35

Ṛgvidhāna 2.35

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Sanskrit

2.35.181

kanyā vār iti sūktam tu satatam niyato japet.//

Restrained, he should constantly mutter the hymn "A maiden, [going for] water" (RV 8.91).

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2.35.182

tvag doṣiṇīm tathā alomnīm kṣipram tasmāt pramocayet./
yad adya kac ca ity udite ravau stutvā puraṃdaram.//

He quickly frees [a woman] afflicted with skin disease or hairlessness from that [affliction]. / Having praised Puraṃdara at sunrise with [the verse] "Whatever today" (RV 8.91.7),

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2.35.183

gṛṇann apohate ripram vaśyam vā kurute jagat./
yad vāg iti dvṛcena etya gaurīm yo arcati suvrataḥ.//

reciting it, he wipes away taint or brings the world under his control. / A man of good vows who, having approached, worships Gaurī with the two-verse hymn "Whatever speech" (RV 8.100.10–11)—

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2.35.184

tasya na asaṃskṛtā vāṇī mukhād uccarate kvacit./
baṇ mahām iti dṛṣṭvā arkam upatiṣṭhed dvṛcam paṭhan.//(vaṇ mahām)

Unrefined speech never issues from his mouth. / Having looked at the sun, he should worship it reciting the two-verse hymn, “baṇ mahām”.

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2.35.185

bruvann apy anṛtām vāṇīm lipyate na anṛtena saḥ./
pūrṇe candramasi jyotsnām iyam yā ity anusevayet.//

Even when speaking untrue speech, he is not tainted by falsehood. / When the moon is full, he should attend upon the moonlight with [the verse], “iyam yā”.

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2.35.186

candra dṛṣṭis tv animiṣo varcasvī dṛṣṭimān bhavet./
prajā ha iti japant snātvā na yonim pratijāyate.//

He will have moon-like sight, unblinking, radiant, and possessed of good vision. / Reciting “prajā ha” after bathing, he is not born into a womb again.

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2.35.187

mātā iti gām upaspṛśya japan gās tu samaśnute./
vacovidam iti tv etām japan vācam samaśnute.//

Touching a cow and reciting “mātā”, he obtains cows. / Reciting this [verse], “vacovidam”, he obtains speech.

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2.35.188

pāvamānam param hy etan navamam maṇḍalam japet./
snātvā śuciḥ śucau deśe sapavitraḥ sakāñcanaḥ.//E

He should recite this supreme Pāvamāna ninth maṇḍala. / Having bathed, pure, in a pure place, wearing a strainer and wearing gold,

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