Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 27
सर्वजीजानां तु प्रथमवापे सुवर्णोदकसम्प्लुतां पूर्वमुष्टिं वापयेदमुं च मन्त्रं ब्रूयात्प्रजापतये काश्यपाय देवाय च नमः सदा । सीता मे ऋध्यतां देवी बीजेषु च धनेषु च ॥ कZ_०२.२४.२७ ॥
sarvajījānāṃ tu prathamavāpe suvarṇodakasamplutāṃ pūrvamuṣṭiṃ vāpayedamuṃ ca mantraṃ brūyātprajāpataye kāśyapāya devāya ca namaḥ sadā | sītā me ṛdhyatāṃ devī bījeṣu ca dhaneṣu ca
عند أول بذرٍ لجميع البذور، ينبغي أن يبذر أولًا قبضةً قد رُشَّت بـ«ماء الذهب»، وأن يتلو هذا المانترا: «التحيةُ دائمًا لبراجابتي، ولكاشيابا، وللإله. لتزدهر الإلهة سيتا لي—في البذور وفي الثروة».
FAQs
Ritual acts can coordinate collective practice, reinforce legitimacy, and psychologically anchor compliance and optimism around state farming and revenue cycles.
Sītā is also the ‘furrow’—a symbol of cultivated land and fertility—linking religious language to the material aim of higher yields and revenue.