Rigvidhana 3.13
Ṛgvidhāna 3.13
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- Sanskrit
3.13.66
catuṣ pathe ca anna kāma āditya abhimukho ghṛtam./
juhuyād dhana kāmas tu sahasram bhojayed dvijān.//
One desirous of food [should offer] ghee at a crossroads facing the sun; / but one desirous of wealth should feed a thousand twice-born.
3.13.67
paśu kāmo japed goṣṭhe juhuyād vā apy upoṣitaḥ./
vidhinā anena niyataḥ sahasram vindate paśūn.//
One desirous of cattle should recite in a cattle pen, or, having fasted, should make offerings; / restrained, by this rule he obtains a thousand cattle.
3.13.68
loha lohita hemānām kārayet trivṛtam maṇim./
sahasram samidhām caiva sampāta abhihut tu bhavet.//
He should have an amulet made threefold of iron, copper, and gold; / and there should be a thousand fuel sticks over which the remainder [of ghee] has been offered.
3.13.69
kṛtvā sahasra sampātam śirasā dhārayet tu tam./
pāṇinā vā śucir bhūtvā sahasra anucaro bhavet.//
Having made a thousand offerings of remnants, having become pure, he should wear it on his head / or on his hand; he becomes one accompanied by a thousand [followers].
3.13.70
parāvataḥ svastyayanam snātakasya vidhīyate./
svarga kāmaś ca tam nityam japeta niyata vrataḥ.//
“From afar…” is prescribed as a rite for well-being for a snātaka; / and one desirous of heaven should mutter it constantly, firm in his vows.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English