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
Pada penyemaian pertama bagi semua benih, hendaklah dia menyemai terlebih dahulu segenggam benih yang telah direnjis dengan ‘air emas’, dan hendaklah dia melafazkan mantra ini: “Sembah sujud sentiasa kepada Prajāpati, kepada Kāśyapa, dan kepada dewa. Semoga dewi Sītā memakmurkan aku—dalam benih dan dalam kekayaan.”
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.