Desirous of wealth - What to do?
1. A man desirous of wealth, must exhibit vitality and lead undaunted life all through his living years.
2. Powerful divine forces support sun. Night and dawn suckle him (provide nutrition to him) like two mothers.
3. God in there in the world in every form. He takes care of all bipeds, quadrupeds and all others.
4. O man! you have all organs capable of doing great deeds. Acquire knowledge, perform yajnas and attain happiness.
5. O man! understand the meanings of various groups of slokas in vedas. Know the laws of cause and effect and control various things in nature.
6. A person possessed of noble qualities be elected and accepted as a ruler because he makes judgements on the good and bad deeds of people of society for the happiness of society.
7. This hymn hints that every persons returns to god number of times. It says, return to me after acquiring knowledge, wealth, and progeny is each life.
8. This hymn repeats the above statement. O man! be your visits to earth and me hundred and thousand times. Each time uncover knowledge unknown before and create wealth.
9. O learned teacher, preach us noble resolves again and again. Tell us again and again not to do deeds which result in losses and ill health.
10. O man! shun evil deeds to enjoy happiness with health and wealth.
11. O King! I declare you as the ruler. Let all the citizens long for you as a ruler(desire you as a ruler).
12. O King! always watch people so that people observe your true and just laws.
13. O King! you have to perform your duty like the Sun who is in the sky every day before dawn.
14. God is the creator of vital breaths, and Vedas (life and the knowledge that sustains the life).
15. O boy! learn from your mother sitting in her lap. Never think of putting her to grief with distress and violence.
16. O majestic king! improve the strength of your subjects. Through that stength only you can suppress your enemies.
17. O king! bring prosperity to your subjects. Do things which bring prosperity to your subjects.
18. O king! your importance in the country is like that of sun in the sky. Secondly you are a very knowledgeable man. Thirdly you are a thoughtful man who uses the knowledge purposefully. Using your noble qualities, stimulate your people to do right things. Learned people of your state should stimulate you and advise you for doing useful things.
19. O learned person! tell us what special knowledge you possess. Tell us how it benefits us.
20. O learned person! I love people with special knowledge. They are leaders of men. I, in the position of judge of worth of men, spread your name in my state. All learned men in this state may accept you as one among them and recognize you for your special field of knowledge.
21. The sun helps in the growth of medicinal plants.
22. Elect him as a ruler who is bestower of wisdom, a person committed to his word and is a person who is in control of his senses.
23. Elect him as a ruler who is respected by all classes of persons.
24. God has established among mortals knowledge on how to make use of various items in the creation.
25. Know the imperishable God of manifold vitalities.
26. Have a cook who can prepare highly delicious, palatable meals.
27. Have a cook who acts upon the instructions given, knows the cooking art well and keeps good relations with family members.
28. People who want guidance approach knowledgeable people and the wise people have to guide them in right ways for incresing the prosperity.
29.O learned sages, give us advice that gives us wealth and make our sons heroic by educating them.
30. O householders, take care of learned preachers.
31. O learned person, preach us elevating thoughts that you learned from sages. Sages should nourish you with their knowledge.
32. O king only punish wrong doers and work for the welfare of people like the sun does with his rays. Do no destroy the bodies of people.
(The book says in the footnote that Vedas prohibit hanging on gallows.)
33. Only he, who has knowledge, strength, practices religious duties and has expertise in statesmanship is fit to rule.
(A foot note in the book says this hymn is the same as revealed in 12.6 and 12.21)
34. The army chief must also be a learned man, with confidence to fight the enemies visible in his face like the brightness of sun, and must be willing to stand along with the officers in the battle field.
35. O learned person, marry a girl who is also educated and have a happy and contented life. Have children and love them as your life.
36. The souls take birth again and again.
37. The souls take birth in all animate objects. They take birth as plants, as trees, as animals in water and as animal on earth.
38. Souls after cremation of the body in the fire or in the earth, once again enter and reside in the belly of mothers and take birth again.
39. The souls get the love of their mother.
40. Parents have the responsibility to protect their children from sinful conducts. Sons have to listen to their parents, remain aloof from vices, and through their conduct increase the resolve of their parents to do good deeds and remain away from evil intentions.
1. A man desirous of wealth, must exhibit vitality and lead undaunted life all through his living years.
2. Powerful divine forces support sun. Night and dawn suckle him (provide nutrition to him) like two mothers.
3. God in there in the world in every form. He takes care of all bipeds, quadrupeds and all others.
4. O man! you have all organs capable of doing great deeds. Acquire knowledge, perform yajnas and attain happiness.
5. O man! understand the meanings of various groups of slokas in vedas. Know the laws of cause and effect and control various things in nature.
6. A person possessed of noble qualities be elected and accepted as a ruler because he makes judgements on the good and bad deeds of people of society for the happiness of society.
7. This hymn hints that every persons returns to god number of times. It says, return to me after acquiring knowledge, wealth, and progeny is each life.
8. This hymn repeats the above statement. O man! be your visits to earth and me hundred and thousand times. Each time uncover knowledge unknown before and create wealth.
9. O learned teacher, preach us noble resolves again and again. Tell us again and again not to do deeds which result in losses and ill health.
10. O man! shun evil deeds to enjoy happiness with health and wealth.
11. O King! I declare you as the ruler. Let all the citizens long for you as a ruler(desire you as a ruler).
12. O King! always watch people so that people observe your true and just laws.
13. O King! you have to perform your duty like the Sun who is in the sky every day before dawn.
14. God is the creator of vital breaths, and Vedas (life and the knowledge that sustains the life).
15. O boy! learn from your mother sitting in her lap. Never think of putting her to grief with distress and violence.
16. O majestic king! improve the strength of your subjects. Through that stength only you can suppress your enemies.
17. O king! bring prosperity to your subjects. Do things which bring prosperity to your subjects.
18. O king! your importance in the country is like that of sun in the sky. Secondly you are a very knowledgeable man. Thirdly you are a thoughtful man who uses the knowledge purposefully. Using your noble qualities, stimulate your people to do right things. Learned people of your state should stimulate you and advise you for doing useful things.
19. O learned person! tell us what special knowledge you possess. Tell us how it benefits us.
20. O learned person! I love people with special knowledge. They are leaders of men. I, in the position of judge of worth of men, spread your name in my state. All learned men in this state may accept you as one among them and recognize you for your special field of knowledge.
21. The sun helps in the growth of medicinal plants.
22. Elect him as a ruler who is bestower of wisdom, a person committed to his word and is a person who is in control of his senses.
23. Elect him as a ruler who is respected by all classes of persons.
24. God has established among mortals knowledge on how to make use of various items in the creation.
25. Know the imperishable God of manifold vitalities.
26. Have a cook who can prepare highly delicious, palatable meals.
27. Have a cook who acts upon the instructions given, knows the cooking art well and keeps good relations with family members.
28. People who want guidance approach knowledgeable people and the wise people have to guide them in right ways for incresing the prosperity.
29.O learned sages, give us advice that gives us wealth and make our sons heroic by educating them.
30. O householders, take care of learned preachers.
31. O learned person, preach us elevating thoughts that you learned from sages. Sages should nourish you with their knowledge.
32. O king only punish wrong doers and work for the welfare of people like the sun does with his rays. Do no destroy the bodies of people.
(The book says in the footnote that Vedas prohibit hanging on gallows.)
33. Only he, who has knowledge, strength, practices religious duties and has expertise in statesmanship is fit to rule.
(A foot note in the book says this hymn is the same as revealed in 12.6 and 12.21)
34. The army chief must also be a learned man, with confidence to fight the enemies visible in his face like the brightness of sun, and must be willing to stand along with the officers in the battle field.
35. O learned person, marry a girl who is also educated and have a happy and contented life. Have children and love them as your life.
36. The souls take birth again and again.
37. The souls take birth in all animate objects. They take birth as plants, as trees, as animals in water and as animal on earth.
38. Souls after cremation of the body in the fire or in the earth, once again enter and reside in the belly of mothers and take birth again.
39. The souls get the love of their mother.
40. Parents have the responsibility to protect their children from sinful conducts. Sons have to listen to their parents, remain aloof from vices, and through their conduct increase the resolve of their parents to do good deeds and remain away from evil intentions.
To be revised.
41. O learned person, travel constantly in the world, with wealth and seasoned speech, the sources of enjoyment, and serve the people.
42. O most youthful, and resourceful pupil understand the significance of the eloquent speech of mine. One will hate you and another sings your praises; but never renounce the truth.
43. O preacher, the guardian of wealth, giver of riches to the deserving, full of commendable knowledge, and wisdom, thou knowest the truth. For the performance of all noble needs, and preaching the truth, keep far away from us all evil designs.
44. O imparter of vedic knowledge and wealth, in the company of the learned, may thou improve thy body with butter. After the completion of study, let the Adityas, Rudras, Vasus and Brahmas, make thce
renowned. Let the sacrificer's wishes be fulfilled.
45. O learned persons, may all the aged and young scholars living at present in the world acting as teachers and preachers impart spiritual knowledge to this disciple filled with noble resolves. May thy teacher grant thee a dignified position. Shun unrighteousness, and follow Dharma, and stick to it particularly.
46. O learned teacher, thou art the embodiment of knowledge. May I obtain thy strength for the accomplishment of wishes. Thou removest my evils as the fire reduces the fuel to ashes. Thou art full of
strength like the lightning. Give me that strength. O' pupils, ye are the achievers of knowledge, ye are the observers of the real spirit of religion, hence always follow religion.
47. Lightning and sun, ripen the juices of plants for thee. I take in my belly the juice thus ripened. I preserve the foodstuffs.
48. O social learned person, the splendour of thy knowledge is found in the soul, in the earth, in plants, and in waters. Wherewith thou hast overspread mid air's vast region. The light of the sun, that
gives sight to man, is the bringer of rain.
49. O learned person, with the light of thy knowledge, thou duly singest the praise of waters beyond the light of sun, and those that are beneath it here. Thou well preachest knowledge to the students who are
expert in the art of speaking.
50. All learned persons, endowed with various sorts of knowledge, free from disease and malice, friendly towards all, shrewd in actions should spread education and entertain high aims.
51. O preceptor, vouchsafe thy wisdom unto us. May the son born to us, be the begetter of different sorts of supremacy. Teach him while receiving education, praiseworthy eloquence, eternal knowledge of the vedas, and the Rigveda, the granter of success in all our actions.
52. O fire-like pure soul this is thine ordered birth, the giver of happiness and remover of misery, whence sprung to life, thou shinest forth. Knowing this do noble deeds, and cause our riches increase.
53. O girl, thou art the imparter of knowledge; with vedic lore remain steady like breaths. O celibate girl, thou art the master of different sciences, with thy religious life, remain steady like God.
54. O girl, thy father, mother, and teachress who know the vedas, impart thee knowledge for the emancipation of thy soul. Preserve that knowledge with iron determination. Henceforth fill up all thy weaknesses, and please the people with thy knowledge.
55. The wives of learned persons, with beautiful bodies and tender limbs, having good cooks and servants to milch the cows, being reborn with knowledge, cook well prepared diet, in this beautiful domestic life. They observing the laws of Brahmacharya, give happiness to their husbands in past, present and future, in all pleasant domestic tasks and give birth to good offspring.
56. O men and women, just as all vedic sacred speech, deep like the sea, protector of the vedas and noble souls, master of supremacy, magnifies on battlefields, the best amongst the warriors, and adds to his glory, so shouldst ye magnify all.
57. O husband and wife, be dear to each other, shun sensuality, be one-minded, dress nicely. Attain together to your goal, and use your vigour for a common cause.
58. Together have I brought your minds, your vows, and your thoughts. O teacher, our protector, be thou our guardian ; give food, physical and spiritual strength to the sacrificer.
59. O learned preacher, in this world, thou art the follower of one principle, wealthy, physically and spiritually strong. Having made all the people blest, stick to thy duty of preaching ; thou giver of happiness, and the dispeller of miseries.
60. Be ye one-mined unto us, both of one thought, free from fault. Harm not the Dharma worth-attaining. Harm not him who preaches religion. Be ever gracious unto us, ye knowers of all knowledge.
61. The learned woman, calm like the earth, preserves in her womb, like a mother, the healthy and beautiful son. May the Omniscient God, the source of all noble actions, relieve the child from pain, in all seasons, with His divine powers.
62. O learned woman, calm like the earth, seek some one else besides our relatives of thievish and plundering nature. Don't wish for an irreligious or uncharitable husband. Whatever course of action thou choosest, may that succeed. To thee be homage.
63. O woman, the embodiment of true conduct, thine are the foodstuffs, and substances brilliant like gold ; cut asunder ignorance, the source of bondage. In unanimity with yama and yami, uplift thy husband to the sublimest vault of happiness.
64. O woman, awe-inspiring to the wicked, I put in thy mouth palatable food for the removal of thy physical ailments. People please thee invoking thee as Bhoomi. May I know thee in every way as the
producer of good progeny, as earth produces foodstuffs.
65. O husband, calm like the earth, I fasten on thy neck, the unbreakable binding noose of pure married life. The same do I fasten unto me for thee. I enter this life for longevity. Let none of us disobey the
law of domestic life. Eat thou young man this food, which I eat. O wife, the embodiment of virtue, follow strictly the duties of married life. I give thee foodstuffs for thy prosperity.
66. He alone is fit to lead a married life, who, like God, the Creator of the universe, and master of eternal laws, keeps constant company with his wife and behaves properly, who, like the sun, opposes
the warriors on the battle-field,
67. The intelligent ply the ploughs. The wise for the comfort of the learned, carry the yokes in different directions.
68. O people, use various implements for cultivating the earth. Employ ploughs and yokes. Sow seed in a well prepared field. With the knowledge of the science of agriculture and full consideration, be quick
to sustain and nourish yourselves. May we get the corn fully grown and ripened in the near fields.
69. Happily let the ploughshares turn up the plough land, happily go the hard-working ploughers with the 'oxen. O air and sun, nourishing the earth with water, cause ye our plants bear abundant fruit.
70. Approved by all the learned persons, strengthened and sprinkled with water and milk, the furrow be balmed with butter and honey. The furrow will give us ghee so we should water it again and again.
71. O farmers the keen-sheared plough, the bringer of bliss, the protector of foodstuffs, moves awry. It is the giver of fast, comfortable conveyances. With it dig the solid earth for protection's sake.
72. O cook, the preparer of palatable meals, please with thy vegetarian preparations, thy friends, the learned, the guests, the officials, and the Pranas and Apanas, the protecting parents, and the children.
73. O persons, just as ye become free from ailments by getting good food from inviolable cows, the source of prosperity, so should we. Just as ye attain to the end of night at dawn, so should we. Just as ye
receive the light of this sun, so should we.
74. We all should live together amicably, as the year lives with its parts, the dawn with its ruddy beams, the husband and wife with their wonderful achievements, the sun together with his dappled courser, the
air, the earth with water, and the lightning with its exact thunder.
75. May I know the herbs that were born three years ago in the earth, that pervade all the 107 vital parts of the body of the patients.
76. O physicians imbued with manifold wisdom and deeds, protect my body from disease, with medicines having hundred, and thousand growths. Cure your bodies as well. Know the innumerable vital parts of your body. O mother thou shouldst also do like this.
77. O people derive happiness by the use of herbs full of blossoms and fruits, conquerors of diseases like horses, and assuagers of physical discomforts.
78. O learned mother comforting like the herbs, may I speak unto thee in proximity, wholesome words. O active, virtuousson, may I, your mother, enjoy your horse, cow, land, home, clothes and soul-force.
79. O souls, this unstable body like the decaying herbs is your home. God has given ye abode in this ephemeral world like water on the lotus-leaf. Enjoy this earth, nourish the body with food and medicine, and attain to happiness.
80. O men go to places where there are herbs, just as kings go to the battle-fields. The sagacious physician, the slayer of fiendish ailments and chaser of diseases, tells ye the qualities of the herbs. Take service from him and them both.
81. May I know for the health of this patient, all medicines, efficacious in nature, full of juice, rich in nourishments, and possessing strength-giving power. May they all give me ease.
82. Oman, just as strong cows go forth from their stalls and feed their calves, so do the healing virtues of the wealth-giving medicinal herbs, used properly, strengthen thy body and soul.
83. O men, know the medicine that brings ye relief like the mother. Like flowing streams pay back the debt of gratitude. Keep afar whatever brings disease.
84. Just as a thief steals into the cattle-fold, by breaking through the wall, so do all well-known healing plants, come out of the earth tearing it asunder, and drive out from the body whatever malady there is.
85. When I, obtaining them beforehand, hold these medicinal herbs within my hand, the root of life'-killing disease like tuberculosis disappears.
86. O medicines, when ye creep in a patient part by part, joint by joint, ye destroy his pulmonary disease, as a strong man destroys the delicate bodily parts of the foe.
87. O physician, try to extirpate tuberculosis through well-regulated nourishing diet, through control of breath (Pranayam) and through medicines which fully relieve the patient of its pain.
88. O women discussing together the merits of the qualities of medicines, follow these words of mine, that all medicines help each other. Just as one helps the other, so should your teachress protect you.
89. Let fruitful and fruitless herbs, those that blossom and the blossomless, created by God, relieve us from disease.
90. O learned persons, just as medicines .relieve me from sickness, so should ye, relieve me from the curse's evil, the offence committed towards the virtuous, violation of the orders of the xuler, and the entire sin against the sages.
91. The learned talk about the medicines, that like the rays emanating from the sun, come from an experienced physician. No disease shall attack the man, whom, while he liveth, these pervade.
92. O woman, thou knowest fully all the herbs, whose King is Soma, and which possess innumerable healing properties. Thou art most advanced in their knowledge, prompt for the fulfilment of wishes, and
sweet to the heart.
93. O married man, God has created the various herbs, whose king is Soma, that overspread the earth. With their aid, grant semen for this woman, and spreacj the knowledge of these medicines
unto all.
94. O learned persons, collect all medicinal herbs, which are known to ye, and which ye hear of, which are near at hand, or are found at a distance. Advance the strength of the body with their use, and
impart their knowledge to this girl.
95. May not the herb I dig for some purpose, harm you, while being dug. May our and your bipeds and quadrupeds be free from disease by its use.
96. O physicians, discuss together the healing properties of the herbs, with Soma as their head. O King we save from death the man whose cure a learned physician knowing the vedas and up-vedas
undertakes.
97. O physicians know ye the medicines that cure catarrh, piles, tumours, consumption in diverse forms, fistula, diseases of the mouth, and those that cause excruciating pain in vital parts of the body.
98. O people, use the medicine that cures the patient suffering from phthisis. It should be dug by a man expert in the art of smelling, by an exalted person, by a knower of the vedas, by a well qualified
person, by a learned man and by a famous king.
99. O medically trained wife! just as medicine is the source of Strength for me, removes my ailments and gives me power, so should'st thou conquer my enemies, subdue the men who challenge me. Conquer thou every kind of disease.
100. O man, thou knowest the merits and demerits of the herbs. Whatever herb I dig, for whatever purpose or for whom I dig, mayest thou be long-lived, with its use ; and having attained to long age, be
happy and famous by using the herb with a hundred shoots.
101. O physician, be thou our companion, who givest heartfelt delight. Grant us happiness through the most excellent herb, whose retainers are the trees.
102. God, whose laws are immutable, creates the Earth. He pervades the sun, fire, waters and air. He, being Primordial, creates the lustrous moon. Let us worship witt devotion, Him, Who is the
Embodiment of happiness. May He not harm me.
103. O man, utilise fully this earth, worthy of contact and full of water. Its impelled, internal heat makes thy seed grow.
104. O learned person, whatever swiftness, purity, brightness and fitness for sacrifice, there is in fire, may we acquire them all for thee and for being virtuous.
105. May I get from this heat of the earth, corn and all strengthening foods. May I get the vedic speech, the repository of the true
knowledge of the Mighty God, and the source of truth.
May I banish diseases, that cause excruciating pains, disallow the taking of meals, as are the source of trouble to my organs of sense and body.
106. O learned person, possessing the light of knowledge blazing like fire, brilliancy of diverse forms, and height of wisdom ; thou art the giver of laudable knowledge to a worthy disciple. Thereby shine forth, thy lustre, life-strength, and knowledge worthy of adoration and hearing.
107. O man, just as a son, passing through Brahmcharya Ashram (student life) acquires knowledge and with the light of his learning, fcnparts justice like the lustre of the sun, carries on his studies
uninterruptedly, just as the sky and earth are allied together, so should'st thou receive education, manage the affairs of the State, and serve thy father and mother.
108. O son, imbued with wisdom and wealth, to thee, the learned teachress and the mother nobly born, doing wondrous deeds for thy protection, and master of admirable qualities, give food to eat. Rejoice
thyself, always occupied with thy own praiseworthy hands in serving others, and never swerwing from the path of rectitude,
109. O man, active like fire, possessing unusual strength unlike mortals, gaining power, possessing beautiful appearance, and preserving ancient wisdom, thou acquirest splendour thereby. Increase our wealth with the cooperation of other persons.
110. O learned person, thou art the performer of prosperous sacrifice (yajna), exceedingly wise, laudable, giver of huge riches, nice dweller, protector of foodstuffs and earth, and preserver of immemorial vedic wealth, hence thou art fit for veneration.
111. O man, just as learned persons accept with praise songs for their happiness, the auspicious amongst the wise, the well-read, the expounder of all sciences, the master of vast learning, the embodiment
of truth, and the leader of scholars, so shouldst thou do. They revere the past generations of men. Thus do I instruct thee.
112. O king, may thy power spread in all directions. May thou advance. May thou the master of knowledge and the science of fighting, succeed in all battles.
113. O man of peaceful nature may juicy nutriments be procured by thee, may thou learn military science for subduing the arrogant foes. May thou amass strength. May thou, thus progress, win immortality,
following the noble teachings of God.
114. O most gladdening, prosperous fellow, make progress through different means, like the sun with its beams. Strive for our prosperity, O friend of vast happiness.
115. O learned person, just as a calf is fastened with its mother, the cow, so thou, desirous for spiritual advancement, concentrate thy mind with vedic speech obtained from God, the Support of all.
116. O King, the foremost realiser of essence of problems, all loyal subjects turn to thee for the fulfilment of their wishes. Always protect them.
117. He alone is fit to rule, wlio, full of brilliance, like the One Self-sufficient Lord, is worthy of homage, self-resplendent, and shines forth in God's attributes in the past and future.
Updated 15.5.2024, 12.5.2024
