[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) › [Mitakshara (Rijumitakshara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara) › 1.10.70 # The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.70 Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.70) tato vaiśvadevakāṇḍānantaram, apasavyaṃ yajñopavītaṃ prācīnāvītaṃ kṛtvā | atra tata iti vadatā kāṇḍānusamayo darśitaḥ | pitrādīnāṃ trayāṇām ayugmān kuśān dviguṇabhugnān apradakṣiṇaṃ vāmato viṣṭarārtham āsaneṣūdakapūrvakaṃ dattvā punar udakaṃ dadyāt, apaḥ pradāya darbhān dviguṇabhugnān āsanaṃ pradāyāpaḥ pradāya(ĀśG 4.7.7–8) ity āśvalāyanasmaraṇāt | etac cādyantayor udakadānaṃ vaiśvadeve pitrye ca pratipadārthaṃ pratipādanārthaṃ draṣṭavyam | atha pitṝn pitāmahān prapitāmahān āvāhayiṣya iti brāhmaṇān pṛṣṭvā āvāhayeti tair anujñātaḥ uśantas tvā nidhīmahi ity anayarcā pitrādīn āvāhya āyantu naḥ pitaraḥ ityādinā mantreṇopatiṣṭheta || 1.232 || 1.233 || > Then, immediately after the section for the Viśvedevas, having put the sacred thread over the right shoulder (apasavya)—that is, having made it prācīnāvīta. Here, by using the word 'tataḥ' ('then'), succession by sections (kāṇḍānusamaya) is indicated. For the three \[ancestors\] beginning with the father, having offered an odd number of kuśa grass blades doubled up, counter-clockwise from the left, preceded by water upon the seats for use as a sitting mat (viṣṭara), he should offer water once more; for Āśvalāyana states: 'Having offered water, having offered darbha grass blades doubled up, having offered a seat, having offered water' (ĀśGṛ 4.7.7–8). And this offering of water at the beginning and the end should be seen as serving to dedicate each respective object in both the rite for the Viśvedevas and that for the ancestors. Then, having asked the Brahmins, 'May I invoke the fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers?' and being permitted by them with 'Invoke them!', having invoked the father and others with this verse, 'Longing for you, we set you down...' (uśantas tvā nidhīmahi), he should attend upon them with the mantra beginning with 'May our fathers come...' (āyantu naḥ pitaraḥ). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.69) - [Next: 1.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.71) - [Up: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara~en-mt.1.10.70) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.233) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.70) · Pramāṇa