[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Agniveshyagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya) › 1.2.3 # Agniveshyagrihyasutra 1.2.3 Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 1.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.1) athāto 'vāntaradīkṣāṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \ > Now therefore we shall explain the intermediate initiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.2) udagayanāpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre keśān vāpayitvā snātvāśitvā agnimaudumbarīścatasraḥ samidho 'hataṃ vāso darbhānājyaṃ ca udakumbhamityetān samādāya bahirgrāmād uttarāṃ diśamupaniṣkramyāchadirdarśe 'gnimupasamādhāya paristīrya madantīradhiśritya pūrvāṃ śāntiṃ kutvātha pariṣicyābhyajya samidho 'bhyādadhāti pṛthivī samit ityetābhiścatasṛbhiḥ \ > During the northward course of the sun, in the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious constellation, having shaved his hair, bathed, and eaten, having gathered fire, four udumbara fuel-sticks, an unwashed garment, darbha grass, clarified butter, and a water jar, having gone out in a northern direction outside the village to a place out of sight of roofs, having set up the fire, strewn \[grass\] around, set over the heating waters, and performed the preliminary pacification rite, then having circum-poured water and anointed the fuel-sticks, he places them on \[the fire\] with these four \[verses beginning with\]: 'The earth is the fuel-stick.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.3) atha pariṣicya agne vratapate śukriyebhyo vrataṃ cariṣyāmi iti devatā upasthāpyāhatena vāsasā śiraḥ samukhamabhiveṣṭayati citaḥ stha paricitaḥ paritvā girvaṇo gira imā bhavantu viśvataḥ \ > Then, having circum-poured water and invoked the deities with: 'O Agni, lord of vows, I shall perform the vow for the Śukriya \[hymns\],' he wraps his head together with the face in an unwashed garment \[saying\]: 'You are piled up, completely piled up; O praise-loving one, let these hymns encircle you on every side.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.4) vṛddhāyumanuvṛddhayo juṣṭā bhavantu juṣṭayaḥ \ > \[Saying:\] 'Growing alongside him whose life is growing, may the cherished \[words\] be cherished.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.5) indrasya syūrasi indrasya dhruvamasi aindramasi indrāya tvā ityuttarāṃ śāntiṃ kṛtvā vāco yamya grāmaṃ praviśati \ > \[Saying:\] 'You are Indra's sewing, you are Indra's fixed point, you belong to Indra, for Indra \[I wrap\] you,' having performed the concluding pacification rite and restrained his speech, he enters the village. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.6) tiṣṭhannāsīno vā jāgaraṇam \ > Standing or sitting, there is wakefulness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.7) atha śvobhūte etāmeva diśamupaniṣkramyāchadirdarśe 'gnimupasamādhāya paristīrya madantīradhiśritya pūrvāṃ śāntiṃ kṛtvā vayaḥ suparṇā iti visṛjya vāsa ādityamupatiṣṭhate udūyaṃ tamasaspari udutyaṃ citraṃ taccakṣurdevahitaṃ ya udagād iti \ > Then on the morrow, having gone out in that very same direction to a place out of sight of roofs, having set up the fire, strewn \[grass\] around, set over the heating waters, and performed the preliminary pacification rite, having cast off the garment with \[the verse\]: 'The birds of fair wings' (vayaḥ suparṇāḥ), he worships the sun with: 'Upward from this darkness' (ud vayam tamasas pari), 'Up the bright \[horses\]' (ud u tyam), 'The brilliant \[face\]' (citram), 'That eye placed by the gods' (tac cakṣur devahitam), and 'He who has arisen' (ya udagāt). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.8) etānanuvīkṣayantyagnimādityamaśmānamudakumbhaṃ hiraṇyaṃ gāṃ bhūmimiti \ > They cause him to look sequentially upon these: fire, the sun, a millstone, a water jar, gold, a cow, and the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.9) uttarāṃ śāntiṃ kṛtvā saṃvatsaraṃ vrataṃ carati dvādaśarātramekāhaṃ vā \ > Having performed the concluding pacification rite, he observes the vow for a year, twelve nights, or one day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.10) aṣṭamyāṃ parvaṇi kālasnānam \ > On the eighth day \[and\] on the new/full-moon day is the prescribed bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.11) atha yadyamedhyaṃ paśyed abaddhaṃ mano daridram iti atha yadyabhivarṣeyuḥ undatīrbalaṃ dhatta iti japati \ > Then if he should see something impure, he mutters: 'Unbound mind, poor...'; then if it should rain upon him, he mutters: 'Wetting \[waters\], bestow strength.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.12) adhaśśayyā guruśuśrūṣā \ > Sleeping on the ground \[and\] attendance on the teacher \[are observed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.13) śukriyāṇyadhīyīta \ > He should study the Śukriya \[texts\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.14) etāmeva diśamupaniṣkramyāchadirdarśe 'gnimupasamādhāya paristīrya madantīradhiśritya pūrvo śāntiṃ kṛtvā dyauḥ samid ityetābhiścatasṛbhiḥ audumbarīḥ samidha ādhāyātha pariṣicya āditya vratapate śukriyebhyo vratamacāriṣam ityetābhirdevatā upasthāya gurave gāṃ dadāti \ > Having gone out in that very same direction to a place out of sight of roofs, having set up the fire, strewn \[grass\] around, set over the heating waters, performed the preliminary pacification rite, placed the udumbara fuel-sticks on \[the fire\] with these four \[verses beginning with\]: 'The sky is the fuel-stick,' then having circum-poured water and invoked the deities with these \[words\]: 'O Aditya, lord of vows, I have performed the vow for the Śukriya \[hymns\],' he gives a cow to the teacher. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3.15) uttarāṃ śāntiṃ kṛtvā vratasamāpto bhavati \\3\\ > Having performed the concluding pacification rite, the vow is completed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.1.2.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.bharadvaja.235.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.2.3) · Pramāṇa