Rigvidhana 3.31
Ṛgvidhāna 3.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.31.161
evam nyāsa vidhim kṛtvā paścāt pūjām samārabhet./
yathā dehe tathā deve nyāsam kṛtvā vidhānataḥ.//
Having thus performed the ritual deposit, he should then begin the worship. / Having performed the ritual deposit on the deity according to rule just as on the body,
3.31.162
ādyayā āvāhayed devam ṛcā tu puruṣa uttamam./
dvitīyayā āsanam dadyāt pādyam caiva tṛtīyayā.//
with the first verse he should invoke the god, the Supreme Puruṣa; / with the second he should offer the seat, and with the third water for the feet;
3.31.163
arghyam caturthyā dātavyam pañcamyā ācamanīyakam./
ṣaṣṭhyā snānam prakurvīta saptamyā vastram eva ca.//
the guest-water should be given with the fourth, water for sipping with the fifth; / he should perform the bath with the sixth, and [offer] a garment with the seventh;
3.31.164
yajña upavītam aṣṭamyā navamyā ca anulepanam./
puṣpam daśamyā dātavyam ekādaśyā tu dhūpakam.//
the sacred thread with the eighth, and unguent with the ninth; / the flower should be given with the tenth, and incense with the eleventh;
3.31.165
dvādaśyā dīpakam dadyāt trayodaśyā nivedanam./
caturdaśyā namaskāram pañcadaśyā pradakṣiṇam.//
he should give a lamp with the twelfth, an offering of food with the thirteenth, / a bow of reverence with the fourteenth, and circumambulation with the fifteenth.
3.31.166
snāne vastre ca naivedye dadyād ācamanīyakam./
dakṣiṇām tu yathā śaktyā ṣoḍaśyā tu pradāpayet.//
At the bath, the garment, and the food offering, he should offer water for sipping. / And he should give the priestly gift according to his ability with the sixteenth.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (3)
- Puraścaryārṇava — Sanskrit
- Merutantra — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit
- Merutantra (Śiva) — Śiva, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English