Rigvidhana 3.24
Ṛgvidhāna 3.24
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3.24.123
hutvā agnim snāpayet kanyām sthitām deśe tu dakṣiṇe./
priyaṅgu vaṭa nāgānām kaṣāya udghṛṣṭa kesaram.//
having offered into the fire, he should bathe the maiden who stands in the southern region. / [Having prepared] filaments rubbed with an astringent decoction of priyaṅgu, banyan, and nāga [blossoms],
3.24.124
sampāta abhihutam kṛtvā sarva oṣadhi samanvitam./
abhimantrya hi sūkta ante navabhis tu vi hi iti vai.//
offered over with residual drops, combined with all herbs, / and having consecrated them at the end of the hymn with the nine [verses] beginning 'vi hi',
3.24.125
stheyābhir adbhiḥ pūrṇena abhiṣiñced upoṣitām./
yaḥ patighnyaḥ striyas tanvaḥ śāmyante tās tv anena vai.//
he should sprinkle the fasting girl with a [vessel] filled with stagnant water. / Those forms of a woman that are husband-slaying are pacified indeed by this.
3.24.126
snāpayed āhanasyābhir vidyād yām vipravrājinīm./
sūktād upoddhared enam na seśa iti tu dvṛcam.//
He should bathe with the Āhanasyā [verses] one whom he knows to wander away. / From the hymn he should extract this couplet: 'He does not rule...'
3.24.127
upadiṣṭo ayam ekeṣām puṃsaḥ karmaṇi pauruṣe./
rakṣohaṇam vājinam ity etad rakṣohaṇam japet.//
This is taught according to some in a virile rite for a man. / He should mutter this demon-slaying [verse]: 'The demon-slaying courser...'
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English