[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) › 2.4.1 # Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.1 Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.1) śālāṃ kariṣyannudagayana āpūryamāṇapakṣe rohiṇyāṃ mṛgaśirasi tiṣya uttarayoḥ phalgunyorhaste citrāyāṃ viśākhayoreteṣu snāyāt \ > One intending to build a house should bathe during the northern course of the sun, in the waxing fortnight, under \[the asterisms of\] Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras, Tiṣya, the two Uttara Phalgunīs, Hasta, Citrā, or the two Viśākhās. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.2) yatrāpastad gatvāgnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā juhoti imaṃ me varuṇa tattvā yāmi tvanno agne sa tvanno agne tvamagne ayāsi prajāpate yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricam iti ca \ > Having gone where there is water, having set up the fire, and having performed \[the rites\] up to the mystic utterances, he offers \[clarified butter with\]: "Hear this \[call\] of mine, O Varuṇa...", "That \[boon\] of you I ask...", "O Agni, you to us...", "So you to us, O Agni...", "You, O Agni, are Ayās...", and "O Prajāpati, whatever of this ritual I have done in excess..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.3) atraike jayābhyātānān rāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati \ > Here some additionally offer the Jaya offerings, the Abhyātāna offerings, and the Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.4) yathā purastād brāhmaṇānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvāhataṃ vāsaḥ paridhāyāpa upaspṛśya devasya tvā ityagnimādāya parilikhitam iti triḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ parilikhya yathārtham avaṭān khātvābhyantare pāṃsūn karoti \ > As previously described, having served the Brahmins with food, having made them recite \[the benedictions of\] the auspicious day, safe journey, and prosperity, having put on an unwashed garment, having touched water, having taken the fire with "At the god's...", having scratched around it three times clockwise with "\[The perimeter\] is marked out...", and having dug pits as required, he places the earth inside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.5) haiva dhruvāṃ niminomi śālāṃ kṣeme tiṣṭhatu ghṛtamukṣamāṇām \ > "Here indeed I erect a firm house; may it stand in security, sprinkling clarified butter; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.6) tāṃ tvā śāle sarvavīrāḥ suvīrā ariṣṭavīrā anusañcarema iti dakṣiṇāṃ dvārasthūṇāmucchrayati \ > Into you, O house, may we enter with all our heroes, with good heroes, with uninjured heroes," with this he raises the southern doorpost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.7) haiva dhruvā pratitiṣṭha śāle 'śvavatī gomatī sūnṛtāvatī \ > "Here indeed stand firm, O house, possessed of horses, cattle, and pleasant speech; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.8) ūrjasvatī payasā pinvamānocchrayasva mahate saubhagāya ityuttarām \ > Rich in nourishment, swelling with milk, rise up for great good fortune," with this he raises the northern \[doorpost\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.9) ā tvā kumārastaruṇa āvatso jagataḥ saha \ > "To you may the young boy \[come\], to you the calf along with small animals; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.10) ā tvā hiraṇmayaḥ kumbha ādadhnaḥ kalaśīrayan iti sammite 'bhimṛśati \ > To you may the golden jar \[come\], to you vessels flowing with curds," with this he touches the measured \[posts\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.11) evameva sthūṇāvucchrayati \ > In the very same way he erects the \[remaining\] posts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.12) evamabhimṛśati \ > In the very same way he touches \[them\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.13) ṛtena sthūṇāvadhiroha vaṃśogro virājannapasedha śatrūn \ > "By cosmic order mount the two posts, O crossbeam; fierce, shining brightly, ward off the foes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.14) athāsmabhyaṃ sahavīrāṃ rayiṃ dā iti pṛṣṭhavaṃśaṇaropayati \ > Then bestow upon us wealth accompanied by heroes," with this he mounts the ridge-beam. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.15) mā naḥ sapatnī śaraṇā syonā devīrdevebhirvimitāsyagre \ > "May our refuge be gentle, not a rival; O divine \[beams\], fashioned by the gods at the beginning; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.16) tṛṇaṃ vasānā sumanā stvaṃ śanna edhi dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade iti channāmabhimṛśati \ > Clothed in thatch, being well-disposed, be welfare to our two-footed, welfare to our four-footed \[creatures\]," with this he touches the thatched roof. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.17) tato rurāḷe vāstuśamaṃ niśāyāmantarāgāre 'gnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā juhoti vāstoṣpate vāstoṣpate iti dve \\1\\ > Then, having calmed the house-site at night, having set up the fire inside the house, and having performed \[the rites\] up to the mystic utterances, he offers with two verses: "O Lord of the dwelling...", "O Lord of the dwelling..." || 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.4.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.bharadvaja.2.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Śaunakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*saunaka.3.12.1) — Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.4) — Pāraskara, Sanskrit - [Ekāgnikāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.ekagnikanda.2.21501) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1) · Pramāṇa