Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.1.3
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.1.3
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2.1.3.1
vijananakāle kṣipraṃ suvanam \
At the time of delivery, [the rite for] quick birth [is performed].
2.1.3.2
śirasta udakumbhaṃ nidhāya pattastūryantīm athāsyā udaramabhimṛśati \
Having placed a jar of water at her head and a tūryantī plant at her feet, he then touches her belly:
2.1.3.3
yathaiva vāyuḥ pavate yathā samudra ejati \
'Just as the wind blows, just as the ocean stirs,
2.1.3.4
evaṃ te garbha ejatu saha jarāyuṇāpasarpatu ityadbhirmārṣṭi \
so may your embryo stir, may it come forth together with the afterbirth'—with these words he wipes [her belly] with water.
2.1.3.5
jāte aśmani paraśuṃ nidhāyopariṣṭāddhiraṇyaṃ teṣūpariṣṭāt kumāraṃ dhārayati \
When [the child] is born, having placed an axe on a millstone and gold on top [of the axe], he holds the boy over them:
2.1.3.6
aśmā bhava paraśurbhava hiraṇyamastṛtaṃ bhava \
'Be a stone; be an axe; be imperishable gold.
2.1.3.7
vedo vai putranāmāsi jīva tvaṃ śaradaḥ śatam \
You are indeed the Veda named son; live a hundred autumns!
2.1.3.8
aṅgādaṅgāt sambhavasi hṛdayādadhi jāyase ātmā vai putranāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam iti \
From limb to limb you are born, from the heart you arise; you are indeed the self named son; so live a hundred autumns!'
2.1.3.9
yadyaparā na patet tadañjalinā udakamādāya mūrdhānamasyā visiñcet tilade 'vapadyasva na māṃsamasi no dalamavapadyasva svastyā iti \
If the afterbirth should not fall, then taking water with cupped hands, he should sprinkle her head with, 'O giver of sesame, fall down; you are not flesh, nor are you membrane; fall down auspiciously.'
2.1.3.10
upanirharantyaupāsanāgnimatiharanti sūtakāgnim \
They bring out the domestic fire; they carry in the confinement fire.
2.1.3.11
sa eṣa uttapanīya eva \
This [fire] is meant only for warming.
2.1.3.12
nāsmin kiñcana karma kriyate 'nyatroddhūpanāt \
No ritual act is performed in it other than fumigation.
2.1.3.13
athainaṃ kaṇaiḥ sarṣapamiśrairdhūpayati \
Then he fumigates him with grain-husks mixed with mustard seeds:
2.1.3.14
śaṇḍo marka upavīraḥ śāṇḍikera ulūkhalaḥ \
'Śaṇḍa, Marka, Upavīra, Śāṇḍikera, Ulūkhala,
2.1.3.15
cyavano naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \
Cyavana—may they perish from here, svāhā!
2.1.3.16
ālikhavilikhannanimiṣan kiṃ vadanta upaśruti svāhā \
Ālikhat, Vilikhant, Animisant, Kiṃvadanta, Upaśruti, svāhā!
2.1.3.17
aryamṇaḥ kumbhiśatruṃ pātrapāṇiṃ nipuṇiṃ svāhā \
Kumbhiśatru of Aryaman, Pātrapāṇi, Nipuṇi, svāhā!
2.1.3.18
āntramukhaṃ sarṣapāṇiruṇo naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \
Āntramukha, Sarṣapāṇi, the red one—may he perish from here, svāhā!
2.1.3.19
keśinī svalominī khajāpojopakāśinī apeta naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \
Keśinī, Svalominī, Khajā, Apahā, Upakāśinī—go away, perish from here, svāhā!
2.1.3.20
kauverikā viśvavāsā rakṣorājena preṣitāḥ \
The Kauverikās, wearing all garments, sent forth by the king of demons,
2.1.3.21
grāmaṃ sajānayo yantīpsanto 'parijākṛtān svāhā \
coming to the village together with their wives, seeking those who are not made circular, svāhā!
2.1.3.22
etān ghnataitān badhnītetyayaṃ brahmaṇo dūtaḥ \
"Slay these! Bind these!"—this is the messenger of Brahman;
2.1.3.23
tānagniḥ paryasarat tānindrastān bṛhaspatiḥ \
around them Agni went, around them Indra, around them Bṛhaspati.
2.1.3.24
tānahaṃ veda brāhmaṇān pramṛśataḥ kūṭadantān vikeśān lambanastanān svāhā \
I know them, the Brahmins who grope about, false-toothed, hairless, with pendulous breasts, svāhā!
2.1.3.25
naktaṃcāriṇa uraspeśān śūlahastāna kapālapān svāhā .pūrva eṣāṃ pitetyuccaiḥśrāvyakarṇakaḥ \
Night-wanderers, chest-striking, lance in hand, holding skulls, svāhā! Their father in the east is he whose ear hears from afar;
2.1.3.26
mātā jaghanyā gacchantī grāme mithunamicchantī svāhā \
their mother comes last, desiring union in the village, svāhā!
2.1.3.27
naktaṃcāriṇī svasā sandhinā prekṣate kulam \
The night-wandering sister looks at the family through the chink;
2.1.3.28
yā svapatsu jāgarti tasyai vijātāyāṃ manaḥ svāhā \
she who watches while others sleep, her mind is set on the woman who has given birth, svāhā!
2.1.3.29
tāsāṃ tvaṃ kṛṣṇavartmane klomānaṃ hṛdayaṃ yakṛt \
Of them, do you, O black-pathed [Agni], the lungs, the heart, the liver,
2.1.3.30
agne akṣīṇi nirdaha svāhā iti pratimantramaṅgāreṣvāvapati \
O Agni, burn out the eyes, svāhā!'—with these mantras, mantra by mantra, he casts [the grains and seeds] onto the glowing embers.
2.1.3.31
tataḥ pāṇiṃ prakṣāḷya bhūmimālabhate yatte susīme hṛdayaṃ divi dandramasi śritam \
Then, having washed his hands, he touches the earth: "What heart of yours, O fair-parted one, rests in heaven, in the moon,
2.1.3.32
tasyāmṛtasya no dhehi māhaṃ pautramaghaṃ rudam \
Bestow that immortality upon us; may I not weep for misfortune to a son!
2.1.3.33
vedase bhūmi hṛdayaṃ divi candramasi śritam \
I know your heart, O Earth, resting in heaven, in the moon;
2.1.3.34
tasyāmṛtasya no dhehi māhaṃ pautramaghaṃ rudam iti \\3\\
Bestow that immortality upon us; may I not weep for misfortune to a son!" // 3
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