Rigvidhana 3.40
Ṛgvidhāna 3.40
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- Sanskrit
3.40.212
tapaḥ parāyaṇo nityam satya vāg anasūyakaḥ./
japann etam ṛṣim vipraḥ kālena sa vanī bhavet.//
Constantly devoted to ascetic heat, speaking truth, free from envy, / muttering this ṛṣi, that brahmin would in time become an owner of forests.
3.40.213
yena yena ca kāmena japed imam ṛṣim sadā./
sa sa kāmaḥ samṛddhaḥ syāt śraddadhānasya kurvataḥ.//
Whatever desire one may have when constantly muttering this ṛṣi, / that very desire would be fulfilled for the faithful one who performs it.
3.40.214
homam vā apy athavā jāpyam upahāram atho carum./
kurvīta yena kāmena tat siddhim avadhārayet.//
Whether a fire offering or a muttered recitation, an offering or a mess of cooked grain, / with whatever desire one performs it, he should ascertain the accomplishment of that.
3.40.215
jñāti śraiṣṭhyam mahad vittam yaśo loke parām gatim./
pāpena vipramokṣas tu tat siddhim avadhārayet.//
Pre-eminence among kin, great wealth, fame in the world, the supreme state, / and liberation from sin: he should ascertain the accomplishment of that.
3.40.216
jñāna gamyam param sūkṣmam vyāpya sarvam avasthitam./
grāhyam atyanta yatnena brahma abhyety sanātanam.//
Attainable by knowledge, supreme, subtle, abiding pervading all things, / to be grasped with utmost exertion: he approaches the eternal Brahman.
3.40.217
sahasra śīrṣā iti sūktam sarva kāma phala pradam./
veda garbha śarīreṇa sa vai nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ.//
"A Thousand-Headed" is the hymn that grants the fruit of all desires; / with a body containing the Veda in its womb, he indeed is commemorated as Nārāyaṇa.
3.40.218
brahma indu rudra parjanyā atra sūkte vyavasthitāḥ./
atrastham etad draṣṭavyam jagat sthāvara jaṅgamam.//
Brahman, the moon, Rudra, and Parjanya are established in this hymn; / this world, moving and stationary, is to be seen as situated herein.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (4)
- Merutantra — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit
- Puruṣasūktādi — Sanskrit
- Merutantra (Śiva) — Śiva, Sanskrit
- Mahārṇava (Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English