Rigvidhana 4.22

Ṛgvidhāna 4.22

Language: Sanskrit

4.22.111

vaiyāghram tu bhavet carma samid audumbarī bhavet./
tir enam abhiṣicya evam dundubhīn abhimantrayet.//

The skin should be of a tiger; the kindling stick should be of udumbara; / having thrice consecrated him in this way, he should address the drums with mantras:
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4.22.112

prācyām tvā diśi vasavo abhiṣiñcantu tejase./
dakṣiṇasyām tvā diśi rudrā abhiṣiñcantu vṛddhaye.//

"In the eastern quarter may the Vasus consecrate you for splendor! / In the southern quarter may the Rudras consecrate you for growth!
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4.22.113

pratīcyām tvā diśy ādityā abhiṣiñcantu puṣṭaye./
viśvedevā udīcyām tu abhiṣiñcantu śreyase.//

In the western quarter may the Ādityas consecrate you for prosperity! / And in the northern quarter may the Viśvedevas consecrate you for the highest good!"
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4.22.114

abhiṣicya ca rājānam āśīrbhir abhinandya ca./
ā tvā ahārṣam antaredhī ity atha enam abhimantrayet.//

And having consecrated the king and greeted him with blessings, / one should then address him with the mantra "I have taken you; be within."
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4.22.115

pataṅgam iti nityam tu japed ajñāna bhedanam./
māyā bhedanam etadd hi sarva māyāḥ prabādhate.//

One should constantly recite "The bird..." which shatters ignorance; / for this shatters illusions and ward off all magical illusions.
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Linked texts (1)

Rājadharmakaustubha — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit

Discussed in (1)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English