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Rigvidhana 3.4

Ṛgvidhāna 3.4

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Sanskrit

3.4.18

gatim iṣṭām avāpnoti vindate ca iha vṛddayaḥ./
[.maṇḍalam pāvamānam tu japel lakṣam upoṣitaḥ./
nāśayed brahmahatyām vai vasiṣṭha vacanam yathā./](not in Bhat)
nānānam iti sūktāni anta kāle japet sakṛt.//

he attains the desired course and finds prosperities here. / Having fasted, he should recite the Pāvamāna maṇḍala a hundred thousand times; / he destroys even brahmin-slaying, according to the word of Vasiṣṭha. / At the time of death, he should recite once the hymns [beginning with] “nānānam”.

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3.4.19

japtvā caiva param sthānam amṛtatvam ca gacchati./
āpo hi ṣṭha iti niyataḥ prayuñjīta sadā dvijaḥ.//

Having recited them, he goes to the supreme abode and to immortality. / A twice-born, restrained, should always employ [the verses beginning with] “āpo hi ṣṭha”.

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3.4.20

snāna artham śuddhi kāmas tu japeta triḥ samāhitaḥ./
apsu caiva nimajjitvā triḥ paṭhet susamāhitaḥ.//

Desiring purity for the purpose of bathing, he should recite them three times with concentrated mind. / Having submerged himself in water, he should recite them three times, fully concentrated.

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3.4.21

brahmahā tu kapālena khaṭva aṅgī cīra saṃvṛtaḥ./
cared dvādaśa varṣāṇi sva karma parikīrtayan.//

A slayer of a brahmin, bearing a skull, carrying a staff topped with a skull, clad in rags, / should practice [penance] for twelve years, proclaiming his own deed.

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3.4.22

ajapan manasā eva etad āpo hi ṣṭha iti saṃsmaret./
ūrdhvam tu pañcamād varṣāj japed eva sahasraśaḥ.//

Without uttering it, he should remember this [hymn] “āpo hi ṣṭha” in his mind alone. / But after the fifth year, he should recite it thousands of times.

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3.4.23

aparas tu tri sāhasro japaḥ syāt pratyaham sadā./
pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe brahmahā vipramucyate.//

Another recitation should be three thousand times every day, constantly. / When the twelfth year is completed, the slayer of a brahmin is completely released.

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3.4.24

sametya brāhmaṇā brūyur atha tam carita vratam./

Then the brahmins, having assembled, should say to him who has performed the observance:

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