Agniveshyagrihyasutra 1.4.1
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 1.4.1
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1.4.1.1
itarat samāvartanam \
The other [procedure] of the formal return home.
1.4.1.2
athetarat tūṣṇīmeva tīrthe snātvodeti \
Now the other [procedure]: having bathed silently at a sacred spot, he comes out [of the water].
1.4.1.3
athāsmāyāryopaveśanamāhāryodakamāhārayati \
Then [the host] has a seat for a noble person brought for him, and has water brought.
1.4.1.4
tat pratīkṣate ā mā gāttejasā varcasā yaśasā saṃsṛja payasā ca iti \
He looks at it with: 'May it come to me; unite [me] with brilliance, with splendor, with fame, and with milk.'
1.4.1.5
tadupaspṛśya prāk sektavā ityāha \
Having touched it, he says: 'It is to be poured out towards the east.'
1.4.1.6
tasmādanyadāhārayati \
He has other [water] brought than that.
1.4.1.7
tenāsya pādau prakṣāḷyāthāsmai madhvāhārayati \
Having washed his feet with it, he then has honey-mixture brought for him.
1.4.1.8
tat pratīkṣate \
He looks at it.
1.4.1.9
yanmadhuno madhavyaṃ priyaṃ paramamannādo rūpaṃ tenāhaṃ madhuno madhavyena priyeṇa pareṇānnādo 'sāni iti pratigṛhṇāti \
He accepts it with: 'Whatever honey-like, dear, supreme food-eating form of honey exists, by that honey-like, dear, supreme [form] of honey may I be an eater of food.'
1.4.1.10
priyaḥ prajānāmadhipatiḥ paśūnām iti brāhmaṇam priyaḥ paśūnāmadhipatiḥ prajānām iti rājanyam \
'[May I be] dear to the creatures, the lord of cattle,' [he says if it is] a Brahmin; '[May I be] dear to cattle, the lord of the creatures,' [if it is] a Kṣatriya.
1.4.1.11
tadaśnāti brahma tvāśnātu brahma tvāśnātu iti \
He eats it with: 'May the Brahman eat you! May the Brahman eat you!'
1.4.1.12
athāsmai dadhyāhārayati \
Then he has curd brought to him.
1.4.1.13
tadaśnāti brahma tvāśnātu brahma tvāśnātu iti \
He eats it with: 'May the Brahman eat you! May the Brahman eat you!'
1.4.1.14
asmā odanamāhārayati \
He has boiled rice brought to him.
1.4.1.15
tadaśnāti brahma tvāśnātu brahma tvāśnātu iti \
He eats it with: 'May the Brahman eat you! May the Brahman eat you!'
1.4.1.16
athāsmai manthamāhārayati \
Then he has a beverage of ground grain mixed with liquid brought to him.
1.4.1.17
tadaśnāti brahma tvāśnātu brahma tvāśnātu iti \
He eats it with: 'May the Brahman eat you! May the Brahman eat you!'
1.4.1.18
athāsmai gāmupākaroti tāmudrāsṛjata kuruteti vā \
Then he brings a cow near to him; [the guest says:] 'Release it,' or, 'Do [with it as you will]'.
1.4.1.19
athāsmai tadahaṃ putro vā bhrātaro vāntevāsī vopanayeteyaṃ vā saiva sahate \
Then on that day his son or brothers or a resident pupil should lead [the cow] away, or [he might say,] 'She herself can endure [it].'
1.4.1.20
yadi vā rathaṃ labhate rathantaramasi iti dakṣiṇaṃ cakramabhimṛśati bṛhadasi ityuttaraṃ vāmadevyamasi iti madhyamam \
Or if he obtains a chariot, he touches the right wheel with: 'You are Rathantara'; the northern [left] one with: 'You are Bṛhat'; the middle [axle] with: 'You are Vāmadevya.'
1.4.1.21
āruhya pravartamānamanumantrayate ayaṃ vāmaśvinā ratho mā duḥkhe mā sukhe riṣad iti \
Having mounted it, he addresses it as it moves forward: 'O Aśvins, may this chariot of yours not come to harm in sorrow, nor in joy.'
1.4.1.22
sa yadi śabdaṃ kuryāt pratibudhya yajñopavītaṃ kṛtvā apa ācamya bhūmimabhimṛśati mayi dhṛtiṃ mayi vidhaṛtiṃ mayi svadhṛtiṃ mayi rantiṃ mayi ramatiṃ mayi puṣṭiṃ puṣṭipatirdadhātu iti \\1\\
If it should make a noise, waking up, having arranged his sacred thread, having sipped water, he touches the ground with: 'May the lord of nourishment place in me support, in me distribution, in me self-support, in me delight, in me pleasure, in me nourishment!' || 1 ||'
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