[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) › 2.3.2 # Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.3.2 Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.3.2.4) haviṣyamannaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāpayati \ > He causes sacrificial food to be given to the Brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.3.2.5) dadhnā māṣamatsyamāṃsabhakṣyāśanamityaparam \ > Eating food consisting of kidney-beans, fish, and meat with curd \[is\] another \[opinion\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.3.2.7) asya karmaṇaḥ puṇyāhaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ \ > We shall declare the auspicious-day recitation of this rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.3.2.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.3.2) · Pramāṇa