Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.7
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.7
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2.4.7.1
atha brāhmaṇasya mahāpātakādipatitakarmāṇi bhavanti cedatra sapiṇḍaḥ kiṃ kuryāditi \
Now, if there occur fallen acts such as the great sins for a Brahmin, what should a sapiṇḍa kinsman do in this case?
2.4.7.2
nindite 'hni sāyāhne sapiṇḍāḥ saha tiṣṭhanti \
On a blameworthy day, in the evening, the sapiṇḍa kinsmen stand together.
2.4.7.v-3
catuṣpathe tathā kāryaṃ gomayenopalepanam \
Likewise, an anointing with cow-dung should be made at a crossroads.
2.4.7.v-4
ninditaṃ caiva śītoṣṇamudakumbhaṃ pratiṣṭhipet \\
And one should set down a blameworthy water pot containing cold and warm [water].
2.4.7.v-5
asyadāsī tataḥ paścādadbhiḥ kumbhaṃ prapūrayet \
Then, after that, his female slave should fill the pot with water.
2.4.7.v-6
uttiṣṭhantaḥ sapiṇḍāstamidaṃ vacanamabruvan \\
Rising up, the sapiṇḍa kinsmen spoke this word to him:
2.4.7.v-7
sambhāṣaṇaṃ ca saṃyānaṃ sabhāśayanameva ca \
'Conversation, journeying together, sitting together in an assembly, and sleeping together,
2.4.7.v-8
aśanaṃ ca tathā tena na ca kuryāditaḥ param \\
and likewise eating with him—he shall not do [any of these] from now on.'
2.4.7.v-9
iti vācaṃ visṛjyaiva kuryāt kumbhaṃ pradakṣiṇam \
Having uttered this speech, he should circumambulate the pot clockwise.
2.4.7.v-10
tāḍayed vāmapādasya pārṣṇyā tat tasya sannidhau \\
He should strike it with the heel of his left foot in his presence.
2.4.7.v-11
anavekṣamāṇāste sarve gatvā paścād yathoditam \
All of them, not looking back, having gone [away], then as prescribed,
2.4.7.v-12
prāyaścittaṃ yathāśāstraṃ vividhaṃ cātha cet kṛtam \\
if various expiations according to the treatises have then been performed;
2.4.7.v-13
evaṃ pūtastataḥ paścāt snātvā śuddhe jalāśaye \
thus purified, having then bathed in a clean pool of water,
2.4.7.v-14
puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvā tu praviśecca catuṣpatham \\
having caused the declaration of an auspicious day to be recited, he should enter the crossroads.
2.4.7.v-15
gomayenopalipyātha navakumbhaṃ pratiṣṭhipet \
Having smeared [it] with cow-dung, he should then set down a new pot.
2.4.7.v-16
dāserādbhiḥ prapūryātha sapiṇḍān paryupāsayet \\
Having filled [it] with water through a slave, he should then attend upon the sapiṇḍa kinsmen.
2.4.7.v-17
svastivākyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā kumbhaṃ kuryāt pradakṣiṇam \
Then, having made the utterance of well-being, he should circumambulate the pot clockwise.
2.4.7.v-18
udaṃ pītvātha kumbhasthaṃ svagehaṃ tu pravekṣayet \\
Then, having drunk the water in the pot, he should enter his own house.
2.4.7.v-19
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvātha sapiṇḍaiḥ saha bhojayet \
Having fed Brahmins, he should then eat together with the sapiṇḍa kinsmen.
2.4.7.20
evaṃ hi śuddhātmānaṃ pitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahā asya kulavṛddhāścāśiṣo vācayitvā ata ūrdhvaṃ sarvān kāmān sa hi kuryāditi kuryāditi \\7\\
Having caused blessings to be recited for him who is thus purified in self by his fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and the elders of his family, from that time onward he may fulfill all desires; he may fulfill [them].
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