Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.11
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.11
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2.4.11.1
athāto ravikalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now next we shall explain the ritual procedure for the Sun.
2.4.11.2
āyuṣkāmasya vā tejaskāmasya vā yaśaskāmasya vā bhūtikāmasya vā putrakāmasya vā rūpakāmasya vā bhavati \
It is [performed] for one who desires long life, or desires splendour, or desires fame, or desires prosperity, or desires a son, or desires beauty.
2.4.11.3
na naktamaśnīyāt mṛcchayaśca maithunavarjam \
He should not eat at night, should sleep on the ground, and abstain from sexual intercourse.
2.4.11.4
śuci śuklamanārdramācchādya prayataḥ śucirbhavati \
Having clothed himself in a pure, white, dry [garment], restrained, he becomes pure.
2.4.11.5
atha śvobhūte ādityavāre āditye 'bhyuditamātre gomayena gocarmamātraṃ caturaśraṃ sthaṇḍilamupalipya madhye svarṇamathavā rajataṃ vā padmaṃ nidhāya
Then on the following day, on a Sunday, just as the sun has risen, having smeared a square sacrificial ground the size of a cowhide with cow dung, having placed in the middle a lotus of gold or silver,
2.4.11.v-6
athavā bhūmau vilikhedaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam \\
or having drawn on the ground [a lotus] of eight petals with a pericarp:
2.4.11.v-7
pūrvapatre nyaset sūryamāgneyyāṃ ca divākaram \
He should place Sūrya on the eastern petal, and Divākara in the south-east;
2.4.11.v-8
nyasya yāmye vivasvantaṃ nairṛtyāṃ tu bhagaṃ nyaset \\
having placed Vivasvat in the south, he should place Bhaga in the south-west;
2.4.11.v-9
varuṇaṃ paścime patre vāyavye cendrameva ca \
Varuṇa on the western petal, and Indra in the north-west;
2.4.11.v-10
savitāramathaiśānyāmādityaṃ cottare nyaset \\
and Savitṛ in the north-east, and he should place Āditya in the north.
2.4.11.v-11
sakarṇikāpūrvapatre nyasedarkaṃ savājinam \
On the eastern petal with the pericarp he should place Arka with his horses,
2.4.11.v-12
sahasrāṃśuṃ dakṣiṇe ca mārtāṇḍaṃ paścime diśi \\
and Sahasrāṃśu in the south, and Mārtāṇḍa in the western direction,
2.4.11.v-13
uttare tu raviṃ devaṃ tanmadhye bhāskaraṃ nyaset \\
and the god Ravi in the north, and in their middle he should place Bhāskara.
2.4.11.14
evaṃ dvādaśādityān yathākramaṃ vinyasya madhye sarvādityarūpaṃ vinyasyāthādbhirmārjayate āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuva iti tisṛbhiḥ hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā iti catasṛbhiḥ pavamānaḥ suvarjana ityetenānuvākena \
Having thus installed the twelve Ādityas in order, and having installed in the middle the one who has the form of all the Ādityas, he then purifies himself with water [reciting] the three [verses], "Waters, indeed, are refreshing...", the four [verses], "Golden of colour, pure, purifying...", and with this section, "The purifying one, the purifier...";
2.4.11.15
atha raktacandanena raktapuṣpeṇa raktavarṇa ācāryaḥ amuṣmai namo 'muṣmai namaḥ iti gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpairabhyarcya pādmamudakaṃ namaskāraṃ kṛtvā amuṣmai namo 'muṣmai nama iti atha daivatānudvāsayati \
Then, [clad in] red colour, the teacher, with red sandalwood and red flowers, worships with perfumes, flowers, incense, and lamps, saying: "Obeisance to such-and-such, obeisance to such-and-such"; having made the offering of lotus-water and prostration, saying: "Obeisance to such-and-such, obeisance to such-and-such," he then dismisses the deities.
2.4.11.16
dvādaśanāmabhiryathā pūrvamāvāhanaṃ karoti tathodvāsanam \
Just as the invocation was performed previously with the twelve names, so is the dismissal.
2.4.11.17
gurave yathāśakti dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt \
He should give a sacrificial fee to the teacher according to his ability.
2.4.11.18
evaṃ saṃvatsarasyārkavāreṣu pūjāṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā āyuṣkāmī dīrghamāyuravāpnuyāt \
Having performed the worship thus on the Sundays of a year and fed Brahmins, one who desires long life attains a long life;
2.4.11.19
tejaskāmī tejasvī yaśaskāmī yaśasvī bhūtikāmī bhūtimān bhavati putrakāmī putraṃ labhate \
one who desires splendour becomes splendid; one who desires fame becomes famous; one who desires prosperity becomes prosperous; one who desires a son obtains a son;
2.4.11.20
sarvakāmī sarvaṃ labhate \
one who desires everything obtains everything.
2.4.11.21
ityāha bhagavānāgniveśyaḥ \\11\\
Thus says the venerable Āgniveśya.
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