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4kuṇḍamānīya pradhānavedikāyāṃ likhitacakropari tilakadroṇaṃ vikīrya 6\[tatrāropayeyuḥ \] | 7\[kuṇḍamadhye haimaṃ padma nidhāya \] \[ yajamānopaveśanayogyaṃ yathā bhavati, tathā kuṇḍaṃ ghṛtakṣīrābhyāṃ pūrayeyuḥ | kuṇḍapārśvataśca hemānabhimata ratnayutā \[ nū dāva-sūcī-nāla-piṭaka-barhi-rāditya pratimā"nābhyāvaraṇa-yajñopavīta-daṇḍakamaṇḍalūn saṃsthāpayeyuḥ | \] tato yajamānaṃ svasvavedasthābhiṣeka-12 mantraiḥ sarvauṣadhimiśrajalena' 'kṣapayeyuḥ | tadā ca maṅgala-1'\[tūryyavandi-\]ghoṣān kārayeyuḥ \[tato yajamānaḥ\] śuklamālyāmbaradharo dhṛtasarvālaṅkāraḥ puṣpāñjalimādāya 'namo hiraṇyagarbhāye'tyādi - 'duḥkhasaṃsārasāgarā 'dityanta- mantairhiraṇyagarbhamāmantrya puṣpāñjalinārcayet tato dakṣiṇakrameṇa hastadvaya- "dhṛtahaimadharmarāja- 18 caturmukhapratimo 19 hiraṇyagarbhamadhyaṃ praviśyodaṅmukha upaviśya jānumadhyārpitaśirā 20 21 ucchvāsapañcakaṃ yāvattiṣṭhet | tadā ca 22 brāhmaṇāḥ pidhānena 23 kuṇḍamācchādya hiraṇyagarbhasya garbhādhānapuṃsavanasīmantonnayana saṃskārānabhidhyāya 24 svasvagṛhyoktaṃstattatsaṃskārapradhānamantrān paṭheyuḥ | tato gūḍhamaṅgalatūryagītavandighoṣeṣu satsu ### [24.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.24.1.3) "hiraṇyagarbhasthaṃ yajamānaṃ kare 2" vidhṛtyotthāpayet | tata 27 \[ ṛtvijo hiraṇyagarbhānnirgatasya \] yajamānasya saṃskārārthaṃ svasvagṛhyavihitān jātakarmādiṣoḍaśasaṃskārānabhidhyāya tattatsaṃskārapradhānamantrān paṭheyuḥ saṃskārāśca ṣoḍaśa ṛgvede-jātakarma nāmakaraṇaṃ niṣkramaṇam annaprāśanaṃ cūr̤ākaraṇam upanayanaṃ trīṇi vedavratāni snānaṃ vivāhaḥ devapitṛmanuṣyabhūtabrahmaṇāṃ pañcamahāyajñāḥ| yajurvede tu nāmakaraṇaṃ nāsti, 'catvāri vedavratānīti 2viśeṣaḥ| sāmavede nāmakaraṇamasti, annaprāśanaṃ nāstīti yajurvedādviśeṣaḥ| atharvavede-jātakarma niṣkramaṇam annaprāśanaṃ godānam upanayanaṃ sāvitrovrataṃ 'vedavrataṃ sāvitrovratavisarjanaṃ 'vedavratavisarjanaṃ samāvartanaṃ vivāhaḥ pañcamahāyajñāśceti tato yajamānaḥ pūrvoktaṃ dātrādikaṃ gurave pratipādayet | tato 'namo hiraṇyagarbhāya "brahmagarbhāya vai namaḥ' ityādi mantradvaya japet | tata ṛtvijo'ṣṭau varaṇādilabdhālaṅkārairalaṅkṛtāḥ kanaka mayāsanopaviṣṭaṃ' yajamānaṃ 'devasya tve'ti vedacatuṣṭayasthamantreṇa 'adya jātasya te'ṅgāneo'tyādinā ca purāṇamantreṇa kuṇḍasamīpasthakumbhacatuṣṭayajalena snapayeyuḥ tato yajamānaḥ śuklamālyāmbaradharo dhṛtasarvālaṅkāro gurvṛtvikpramukhanānābrāhmaṇebhyo hiraṇya-"garbhamutsṛjya dadyāt | tadyathā - ' "oṃ adya yathāsambhavagotranāmabhyo gurvṛtvikpramukhabrāhmaṇebhyo matsyapurāṇoktahiraṇyagarbha-''mahādānadānaphalaprāptikāmo'hametaṃ 12 hiraṇyagarbha' dadāni | pratigrahātāraḥ svastātyuktvā sāvitrīṃ paṭhitvā hiraṇyagarbhā'yaṃ viṣṇudaivataḥ' ityuktvā yathāśākhaṃ kāmastutiṃ' paṭheyuḥ ### [24.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.24.1.4) tato gurave pādukopānacchatracāmarāsana- 'bhājanagrāmān dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt | tadyathā'oṃ adya kṛtaitaddānapratiṣṭhārthaṃ tubhyamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmetāni pādukopānacchatracāmarāsanabhājanāni 'iyadupapattiyāgāśca bhūmiṃ dadāni | svastoti guruvadet 'tata ṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇādānam | tad yathā - ' ' " oṃ adya kṛtaitaddānapratiṣṭhārthaṃ yuṣmabhyamahaṃ dakṣiṇā'miyadutpattiyomyāṃ bhūmim etāni ca 2 ratnāni dadāni | svastīti pratyekamṛtvijo bra yuḥ | tato gurhṛtvijaḥ svaṃ svaṃ suvarṇabhāga' spṛśeyuḥ | yadvā gurave hiraṇyagarbhasyārddham "ṛtvigbhyaśvārddhaṃ dadyāt | tata ca - oṃ adyāmukāmukasagotrebhyo'mukāmuka'vedāsukāmukaśākhādhyāyibhyo'mukāmuka- devaśarmabhyo yuṣmabhyaṃ matsyapurāṇoktabhāgavyavasthayā tiladroṇāropitaṃ phala-\[puṣpopaśobhitaṃ pañcavarṇa\]- vitānakasahitamiti ca pūrvadānavākyādviśeṣaḥ tato yajamānastulāpuruṣa- vajjāpakebhyo dakṣiṇādānaṃ dīnānāthāditarpaṇaṃ brāhmaṇavācanaṃ "tvarayā yathāyathaṃ hiraṇyagarbhapratipādanaśca kuryāt iti hiraṇyagarbhamahādānaṃ samāptam 10 tathā brahmāṇḍamahādānam | ( matsyapurāṇam—276aḥ) athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi brahmāṇḍavidhimuttamam ¹yacchreṣṭhaṃ sarvadānānāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.24.1) · Pramāṇa