Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.1.1: prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.1.1
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prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
2.1.1.1
athātaḥ puṃsavanam \
Now therefore the rite for producing a male child (puṃsavana).
2.1.1.2
tṛtīyamāsyāpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre 'gnimupasamādhāya paristīrya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā dhātā dadātu no rayim iti catasro dhātrīrjuhoti \
In the third month, in the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious lunar mansion, having set up the fire, having strewn [darbha grass] around, having performed [the ritual acts] up to the mystic utterances, he offers four Dhātṛ oblations with, 'May Dhātṛ give us wealth.'
2.1.1.3
imaṃ me varuṇa tatvāyāmi tvanno agne sa tvanno agne tvamagne ayāsi prajāpate yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricam iti ca \
And with, 'Hear this prayer of mine, O Varuṇa,' 'For that I go to you,' 'You, O Agni, to us,' 'So you, O Agni, to us,' 'You, O Agni, are ayās,' 'O Prajāpati, what [in excess] of this ritual I have made redundant.'
2.1.1.4
atraike jayābhyātānān rāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati \
Here some offer as secondary oblations the Jaya, Abhyātāna, and Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings.
2.1.1.5
yathā purastād brāhmaṇānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhim iti vācayitvā snātāṃ prayatavastrāmalaṅkṛtāṃ brāhmaṇasambhāṣām patnīm apareṇāgniṃ maṇḍalākāre prācīmupaveśya vṛṣāsi iti dakṣiṇe pāṇau yavamādadhāti āṇḍau stha ityabhito yavasarṣapau dhānyamāṣau vā \
As previously, having served Brahmins with food, having made them recite, 'An auspicious day! Good fortune! Prosperity!', having seated the wife to the west of the fire in a circular shape facing east—she being bathed, dressed in clean garments, adorned, and having spoken with Brahmins—he places a barleycorn in her right hand with, 'You are a bull'; with, 'You two are testicles,' [he places] on both sides a barleycorn and a mustard seed, or two black beans.
2.1.1.6
śvāpṛtad iti dadhidrapsaṃ tadaināṃ prāśayati \
With, 'Śvāpṛt,' he makes her eat a drop of curd.
2.1.1.7
ācāntāyā udraramabhimṛśati ābhiṣṭvāhaṃ daśabhirabhimṛśāmi daśamāsyāya sūtave iti \
When she has sipped water, he touches her belly with, 'With these ten I touch you, for giving birth in the tenth month.'
2.1.1.8
nyagrodhaśṛṅgaṃ vā ghṛtena kośakārīṃ vā praiyaṅgaveṇa saṃyāvena yūpaśakalaṃ vottarapūrvasyābhiṣṭeragniṃ vā nirmathya mūrmapadhānāya iti tasyā dakṣiṇe nāsikācchidre praṇayet \
Having ground a shoot of a banyan tree with ghee, or a silkworm with groats of priyaṅgu millet, or a splinter of a sacrificial post, or having churned fire from the north-eastern direction, he should insert it into her right nostril with, 'For placing on the head.'
2.1.1.9
yadi garbhaḥ sravedārdreṇāsyāḥ pāṇinā trirūrdhvaṃ nābherunmārṣṭi \
If the embryo should miscarry, he wipes upwards from her navel three times with his moist hand:
2.1.1.10
parāñcaṃ tvā nārvāñcaṃ tvaṣṭā badhnātu bandhane \
'May Tvaṣṭṛ bind you in the bond, turned away, not turned towards [us].
2.1.1.11
sa ṛtūnupaśeṣvā daśa māso avīrahā iti \\1\\
Do you lie near the seasons, ten months, not killing the heroes.'
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Linked texts (2)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit