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# Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.7

Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.2)

nindite 'hni sāyāhne sapiṇḍāḥ saha tiṣṭhanti \

> On a blameworthy day, in the evening, the sapiṇḍa kinsmen stand together.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-3)

catuṣpathe tathā kāryaṃ gomayenopalepanam \

> Likewise, an anointing with cow-dung should be made at a crossroads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-4)

ninditaṃ caiva śītoṣṇamudakumbhaṃ pratiṣṭhipet \\

> And one should set down a blameworthy water pot containing cold and warm \[water\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-5)

asyadāsī tataḥ paścādadbhiḥ kumbhaṃ prapūrayet \

> Then, after that, his female slave should fill the pot with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-6)

uttiṣṭhantaḥ sapiṇḍāstamidaṃ vacanamabruvan \\

> Rising up, the sapiṇḍa kinsmen spoke this word to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-7)

sambhāṣaṇaṃ ca saṃyānaṃ sabhāśayanameva ca \

> 'Conversation, journeying together, sitting together in an assembly, and sleeping together,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-9)

iti vācaṃ visṛjyaiva kuryāt kumbhaṃ pradakṣiṇam \

> Having uttered this speech, he should circumambulate the pot clockwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-11)

anavekṣamāṇāste sarve gatvā paścād yathoditam \

> All of them, not looking back, having gone \[away\], then as prescribed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-12)

prāyaścittaṃ yathāśāstraṃ vividhaṃ cātha cet kṛtam \\

> if various expiations according to the treatises have then been performed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-13)

evaṃ pūtastataḥ paścāt snātvā śuddhe jalāśaye \

> thus purified, having then bathed in a clean pool of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-15)

gomayenopalipyātha navakumbhaṃ pratiṣṭhipet \

> Having smeared \[it\] with cow-dung, he should then set down a new pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.v-19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.7.v-19)

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvātha sapiṇḍaiḥ saha bhojayet \

> Having fed Brahmins, he should then eat together with the sapiṇḍa kinsmen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.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 \[them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.4.7.1) — English, machine translation

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