Rigvidhana 3.7
Ṛgvidhāna 3.7
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- Sanskrit
3.7.34
upatiṣṭheta rājānam yamam sūktena vai dvijaḥ./
sthālī pākam ca kurvīta pakṣayor yama daivatam.//
A twice-born should attend upon King Yama with the hymn [to him], / and he should prepare a cooked mess of grain dedicated to Yama on both fortnights.
3.7.35
aṣṭamyām ca caturdaśyām yajeta haviṣā yamam./
pareyivāṃsam ity etat sūktam atra prayojayet.//
On the eighth and the fourteenth [lunar day], he should worship Yama with sacrificial food. / He should employ here this hymn, “pareyivāṃsam”.
3.7.36
purā āyuṣaḥ pramīyeta na jātu sa kathaṃcana./
prīyate asya yamo rājā smṛtim ca ante prayacchati.//
He will never die before his full lifespan. / King Yama is pleased with him and grants him remembrance at the end.
3.7.37
dharma rājāya svāhā iti mantra ante juhuyādd haviḥ./
vaiśākhyām paurṇamāsyām tu karma nityam prayojayet.//
He should offer sacrificial food at the end of the mantra, saying: “To Dharmarāja, svāhā.” / On the full moon day of the month of Vaiśākha, he should constantly employ this rite.
3.7.38
anaye parvasu snātvā yaḥ pradadyāt tila udakam./
yamāya sagaṇāya eva tad bhayam na sa vindati.//
He who, having bathed on the new and full moon days, offers water with sesame seeds / to Yama along with his retinue, does not experience fear of him.
3.7.39
mṛtyum eva prapadyeta param mṛtyo japan dvijaḥ./
nakta bhojī mita āhāraḥ parisaṃvatsaram sadā.//
A twice-born, reciting “param mṛtyo”, should resort to Death alone, / eating at night, eating moderately, continuously for a full year.
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Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English