Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.3.2
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.3.2
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2.3.2.1
athāto nāndīmukhebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ pūrvedyuḥ karma vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now therefore we shall explain the rite on the previous day for the Nāndīmukha ancestors.
2.3.2.2
āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre śvaḥ kariṣyāmīti śvo bhūte vānnaṃ saṃskṛtya śucīn śrotriyān brāhmaṇānāmantrayate \
In the waxing fortnight, on an auspicious asterism, thinking "I will perform [it] tomorrow," or on the next day having prepared the food, he invites pure, learned Brahmins.
2.3.2.3
śuci śuklamanārdramācchādya yajñopavītyapa ācamya caturvāraṃ śuklān valīn harati dadhitaṇḍulasurabhiśuklāḥ sumanasa iti agnyāyatane prāgagrān darbhān saṃstīrya teṣvaṣṭau balīn dadāti agnaye somāya prajāpataye viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ ṛṣibhyo bhūtebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ sarvābhyo devatābhyo namaḥ iti \
Having put on a pure, white, dry [garment], wearing the sacred thread, having sipped water, he offers white bali-portions four times with "Curd, husked rice, fragrant white flowers." Having strewn eastward-pointing darbha grass in the fire-sanctuary, he makes eight bali-offerings upon them with: "Homage to Agni, to Soma, to Prajāpati, to the All-gods, to the sages, to the beings, to the ancestors, to all deities!"
2.3.2.4
haviṣyamannaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāpayati \
He causes sacrificial food to be given to the Brahmins.
2.3.2.5
dadhnā māṣamatsyamāṃsabhakṣyāśanamityaparam \
Eating food consisting of kidney-beans, fish, and meat with curd [is] another [opinion].
2.3.2.6
atha catuṣṭayamādāya vrīhiyavapuṣyasarṣapāṇīti saha tairevodakumbhamādāya ? manaḥ samādhīyatāṃ prasīdan bhavantaḥ ityuktvā sapraṇavanāndīmukhāḥ pitaraḥ prīyantām ityevaṃ yathārthayitare pratibrūyuḥ \
Then, having taken the set of four—namely, rice, barley, mustard, and mustard seed—taking a water-jar along with those very [seeds], saying "May your minds be composed, may you be pleased," the others should reply: "Accompanied by the sacred syllable, may the Nāndīmukha ancestors be pleased!" according to the wish.
2.3.2.7
asya karmaṇaḥ puṇyāhaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ \
We shall declare the auspicious-day recitation of this rite.
2.3.2.8
sthaṇḍilādyupanāndiṃ kṛtvāpaādiśikhāntikaṃ karoti \
Having performed [the rites] beginning with the sacrificial ground up to the joyous celebration, he performs [the acts] beginning with water up to the hair-lock.
2.3.2.9
punaḥkalpanādyānamaskāraṃ kṛtvānvāhāryādipraṇavādikaṃ karoti \
Having performed [the acts] beginning with the renewed preparation up to the salutation, he performs [the acts] beginning with the sacrificial fee up to the sacred syllable.
2.3.2.10
anyatra jātakarmanāmakaraṇayoḥ pūrvedyuḥ santiṣṭhate nāndīśrāddhaḥ santiṣṭhate nāndīśrāddhaḥ \\2\\
Except at the birth rite and the name-giving, the Nāndī-śrāddha is concluded on the previous day; the Nāndī-śrāddha is concluded. || 2
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