[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Agniveshyagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya) › 2.2.2 # Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.2.2 Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.1) ata ūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsare saṃvatsare janmanakṣatre kriyeta \ > From then onwards, \[the rite\] should be performed every year on the birth asterism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.2) atha devayajanollekhanaprabhṛtyāgnimukhāt kṛtvā pakvājjuhoti agnirmūrdhā bhuva iti dvābhyām \ > Then, having performed \[the preliminary rites\] from the tracing of the sacred ground up to the face of the fire, he makes an offering from the cooked \[food\] with the two \[verses\]: 'Agni is the head...', 'Bhūḥ...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.3) atha nakṣatradevatābhyāmṛgbhyāṃ juhoti yathāliṅgaṃ navo navo bhavati jāyamāna ityetenānuvākena \ > Then he offers with verses to the deities of the asterisms according to their characteristic marks, with this anuvāka: 'Ever new he becomes being born...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.4) pratyṛcaṃ dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmāgneyamapoddhṛtyānumatīṃ juhoti \ > Verse by verse with pairs \[of verses\], having separated \[the portion\] belonging to Agni, he offers \[to\] Anumati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.5) avatte sviṣṭakṛtsyathājyāhutīrupajuhoti nakṣatradevatābhyo hutvā candramā vā akāmayata ityetenānuvākena svāhākāraiḥ \ > When the Sviṣṭakṛt portion has been cut off, having offered to the deities of the asterisms, he then makes supplementary libations of clarified butter with this anuvāka: 'The Moon indeed desired...' with utterances of svāhā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.6) sviṣṭakṛtprabhṛti siddhamā dhenuvarapradānāt \ > From the Sviṣṭakṛt onwards, \[the ritual\] is accomplished up to the presentation of the chosen cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.7) āyaurasi iti hutaśeṣamannaṃ prāśayati \ > He feeds \[the child\] the food that remains from the sacrifice with: 'You are life-span.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.8) ācāmati jaṭharamabhimṛśati yata indra bhayāmahe svastidā viśaspatiḥ iti dvābhyām \ > He sips water \[and\] touches \[the child's\] belly with the two \[verses\]: 'Wherefrom we fear, O Indra...', '\[Indra,\] the giver of welfare, the lord of the people...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2.9) etadāyuṣyamāyuṣyam \\2\\ > This produces longevity, produces longevity. || 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.2.2.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.2) · Pramāṇa