Apastambadharmasutra 2.1.1
Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.1.1
pāṇigrahaṇād adhi gṛhamedhinor vratam /
After marriage the rites prescribed for a householder and his wife (must be performed).
2.1.1.2
kālayor bhojanam /
He shall eat at the two (appointed) times, (morning and evening)
2.1.1.3
atṛptiś ca-annasya /
And he shall not eat to repletion.
2.1.1.4
parvasu ca-ubhayor upavāsaḥ /
And both (the householder and his wife) shall fast on (the days of) the new, and full moon,
2.1.1.5
aupavastam eva kālāntare bhojanam /
To eat once (on those days in the morning) that also is called fasting.
2.1.1.6
tṛptiś ca-annasya /
And they may eat (at that meal) until they are quite satisfied.
2.1.1.7
yac ca-enayoḥ priyaṃ [syāt tad etasminn ahani [bhuñjīyātām /
And on (the anniversary of) that (wedding)-day they may eat that food of which they are fond.
2.1.1.8
adhaś ca [śayīyātām /
And (on the night of that day) they shall sleep on the ground (on a raised heap of earth).
2.1.1.9
maithunavarjanaṃ ca /
And they shall avoid connubial intercourse.
2.1.1.10
śvobhūte# sthālīpākaḥ / ( K śvo bhūte )
And on the day after (that day) a Sthâlîpâka must be offered.
2.1.1.11
tasya-upacāraḥ pārvaṇena [vyākhyātaḥ /
The manner in which that offering must be performed has been declared by (the description of the Sthâlîpâka) to be performed on the days of the new and full moon (the Pârvana).
2.1.1.12
nityaṃ loka [upadiśanti /
And they declare (that this rite which is known) amongst the people (must be performed) every (year).
2.1.1.13
yatra kva ca-agnim [upasamādhāsyan [syāt tatra prācīr udīcīś ca tisras tisro lekhā [likhitvā-adbhir [avokṣya-agnim [upasamindhyāt /
At every (burnt-offering), when he wishes to place the fire on the altar (called Sthandila), let him draw on that (altar) three lines from west to east and three lines from south to north, and sprinkle (the altar) with water, turning the palm of the hand downwards, and let him then make the fire burn brightly by adding (fuel).
2.1.1.14
[utsicya-etad udakam uttareṇa pūrveṇa vā-anyad [upadadhyāt /
He shall pour out (the remainder of) this water used for sprinkling, to the north or to the east (of the altar), and take other (water into the vessel).
2.1.1.15
nityam udadhānāny adbhir ariktāni [syur gṛhamedhinor vratam /
The water-vessels in the house shall never be empty; that is the duty to be observed by the householder and his wife.
2.1.1.16
ahany asaṃveśanam /
Let him not have connubial intercourse (with his wife) in the day-time.
2.1.1.17
ṛtau ca [saṃnipāto dāreṇa-anuvratam /
But let him have connection with his wife at the proper time, according to the rules (of the law).
2.1.1.18
antarāle- 'api dāra eva /
Let him have connubial intercourse in the interval also, if his wife (desires it, observing the restrictions imposed by the law).
2.1.1.19
brāhmaṇavacanāc ca saṃveśanam /
(The duty of) connubial intercourse (follows from) the passage of a Brâhmana, ('Let us dwell together until a son be born.')
2.1.1.20
strīvāsasā-eva [saṃnipātaḥ [syāt /
But during intercourse he shall be dressed in a particular dress kept for this purpose.
2.1.1.21
[yāvatsaṃnipātaṃ ca-eva sahaśayyā# / ( K saha śayyā )
And during intercourse only they shall lie together,
2.1.1.22
tato nānā /
Afterwards separate.
2.1.1.23
udakopasparśanam //
Then they both shall bathe;
Translations (1)
- The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2) — Georg Bühler 1879, English
Commentaries (1)
- Ujjvalā — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī) — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśidharmasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- Daśanirṇaya — Veṅkaṭanātha Vaidikasārvabhauma, Sanskrit
- Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit
- Ācārasāra (Gadādhara) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- Āhnikaprakāśa — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit