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# Agniveshyagrihyasutra 1.3.2

Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 1.3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.1)

purādityasyodayād vrajaṃ prapadyeta \

> Before the rising of the sun, he should enter the enclosure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.2)

nainametadaharādityo 'bhitapet \

> The sun should not shine upon him on this day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.3)

tadahaḥsnātānāṃ mukhaṃ vā etattejasā yaśasā tapati \

> For on that day the face of those who have bathed shines with splendor and fame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.4)

antarlomnā carmaṇā vrajamabhinighnate tam \

> They screen that enclosure all around with a hide that has the hair inside.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.5)

pūrvārdhe vrajasyāgnimupasamādhāya athāharedetān sambhārān sakṛdeva sarvān yat saha sarvāṇi mānuṣāṇi ityetatasmād brāhmaṇāt \

> Having set up the fire in the eastern half of the enclosure, he should then bring these requisites all at once, for \[it is said\]: 'All human things are together,' from this Brāhmaṇa \[text\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.6)

paristīryottarataḥ pālāśīṃ samidhamupasādya dakṣiṇato nāpitastiṣṭhati \

> Having strewn \[grass\] around and placed the palāśa fuel-stick to the north, the barber stands to the south.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.7)

āmadhyandinaṃ bhikṣāṃ dadyāt \

> Until midday, he should give alms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.8)

apīha gāṃ paced vaśā cet syād atraitām \

> Here one might even cook a cow, if there should be a barren cow, at this point.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.9)

pālāśīṃ samidhamājyenāktvā madhyandine 'bhyādadhāti imaṃ stomamarhate jātavedase radhamiva sammahemā manīṣayā \

> Having anointed the palāśa fuel-stick with clarified butter, he places it on \[the fire\] at midday \[with\]: 'This praise to worthy Jātavedas, like a chariot, let us fashion with our intellect; / for auspicious is our mindful care for him in the assembly; O Agni, in your friendship may we not suffer harm, svāhā.' Then behind the fire he spreads out the reed grass with its tips turned northward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.10)

bhadrā hi naḥ pramatirasya saṃsadyagne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava svāhā iti athāpareṇāgnimudīcīpratiṣevaṇāmerakāmāstṛṇāti \

> "For blessed is our devotion in his assembly; O Agni, in your friendship may we not suffer harm, svāhā." Then, to the west of the fire, he spreads out an erakā-grass mat with its border facing north.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.11)

tasyāmudīcīnaśirā nipadyate tryāyuṣaṃ kaśyapasyāgastyasya tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagnestryāyuṣaṃ yaddevānāṃ tryāyuṣaṃ tanme astu tryāyuṣam iti \

> Upon it he lies down with his head to the north, \[reciting\]: 'The triple life-span of Kaśyapa, of Agastya the triple life-span, the triple life-span of Jamadagni, what triple life-span belongs to the gods, may that triple life-span be mine.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.12)

udyamānamanumantrayate śivā me bhava śaṅkarā iti \

> He recites over \[the water\] being lifted up: 'Be auspicious to me, be benevolent.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.13)

kṣuramanumantrayate kṣuro nāmāsi svadhitiste pitā namaste astu mā mā hiṃsīḥ iti upyamānamanumantrayate yatkṣureṇa vṛścayasi vaptā vapasi keśaśmaśru varcayā me mukhaṃ mā ma āyuḥ pramoṣīḥ iti \

> He recites over the razor: 'Razor is your name; an axe is your father; homage to you, do not injure me.' He recites over \[the hair\] being shaved: 'As you, the shearer, shave the hair and beard with the razor, make my face bright; do not steal away my life.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.14)

śmaśrūṇyagre vaptvāthopapakṣāvatha keśān yathopapādamaṅgāni \

> Having first shaved the beard, then the armpits, then the head hair, \[then\] the limbs according to need;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.15)

taddhyeṣā jarasā pūrvā āyuṣe prayānti \

> for indeed, these \[hairs\] depart first through old age for \[a full\] life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.16)

pūrvāyuṣe 'nnādā bhavanti \

> they become eaters of food for \[a full\] life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.17)

yasmādevaṃ vidvāṃso lomāni vapante tasmānnu hetyu vidvān kāmameva lomāni vāpayet \

> Because knowing thus they shave the body hair, therefore indeed a knowing person should shave the body hair at will.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.18)

kāmaṃ nu nakhāni nikṛtya lomāni vāpayet \

> Having cut the nails at will, he should shave the body hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.19)

sa yadi lomāni vāpayiṣyamāṇo bhavati tāni brahmacāriṇe prayacchannāha imāni prācīṃ hṛtvā goṣṭhe vā darbhastambe vā nidhattād iti \

> If he is about to have the body hair shaved, giving it to a Vedic student, he says: 'Having carried these eastward, place them either in a cow-pen or in a clump of darbha grass.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.3.2.20)

tāni sa nidadhāti \\2\\

> He places them \[there\]. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.1.3.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.baudhayana.1.13.11) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.17.39.318.10) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit

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