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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.10) upanirharantyaupāsanāgnimatiharanti sūtakāgnim \ > They bring out the domestic fire; they carry in the confinement fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.11) sa eṣa uttapanīya eva \ > This \[fire\] is meant only for warming. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.12) nāsmin kiñcana karma kriyate 'nyatroddhūpanāt \ > No ritual act is performed in it other than fumigation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.13) athainaṃ kaṇaiḥ sarṣapamiśrairdhūpayati \ > Then he fumigates him with grain-husks mixed with mustard seeds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.14) śaṇḍo marka upavīraḥ śāṇḍikera ulūkhalaḥ \ > 'Śaṇḍa, Marka, Upavīra, Śāṇḍikera, Ulūkhala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.15) cyavano naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \ > Cyavana—may they perish from here, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.16) ālikhavilikhannanimiṣan kiṃ vadanta upaśruti svāhā \ > Ālikhat, Vilikhant, Animisant, Kiṃvadanta, Upaśruti, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.17) aryamṇaḥ kumbhiśatruṃ pātrapāṇiṃ nipuṇiṃ svāhā \ > Kumbhiśatru of Aryaman, Pātrapāṇi, Nipuṇi, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.18) āntramukhaṃ sarṣapāṇiruṇo naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \ > Āntramukha, Sarṣapāṇi, the red one—may he perish from here, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.19) keśinī svalominī khajāpojopakāśinī apeta naśyatāditaḥ svāhā \ > Keśinī, Svalominī, Khajā, Apahā, Upakāśinī—go away, perish from here, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.20) kauverikā viśvavāsā rakṣorājena preṣitāḥ \ > The Kauverikās, wearing all garments, sent forth by the king of demons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.22) etān ghnataitān badhnītetyayaṃ brahmaṇo dūtaḥ \ > "Slay these! Bind these!"—this is the messenger of Brahman; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.23) tānagniḥ paryasarat tānindrastān bṛhaspatiḥ \ > around them Agni went, around them Indra, around them Bṛhaspati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.26) mātā jaghanyā gacchantī grāme mithunamicchantī svāhā \ > their mother comes last, desiring union in the village, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.27) naktaṃcāriṇī svasā sandhinā prekṣate kulam \ > The night-wandering sister looks at the family through the chink; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.29) tāsāṃ tvaṃ kṛṣṇavartmane klomānaṃ hṛdayaṃ yakṛt \ > Of them, do you, O black-pathed \[Agni\], the lungs, the heart, the liver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.32) tasyāmṛtasya no dhehi māhaṃ pautramaghaṃ rudam \ > Bestow that immortality upon us; may I not weep for misfortune to a son! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3.33) vedase bhūmi hṛdayaṃ divi candramasi śritam \ > I know your heart, O Earth, resting in heaven, in the moon; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.1.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.2.1.3.2) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.bharadvaja.1.23.4) — Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasamantrapraśna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa.mantraprasna.8.1.159.7) — Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.20.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.1.3) · Pramāṇa