Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.8
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.8
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2.4.8.1
atha śubhāśubhanimittānāṃ vāyasānāṃ balividhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now we shall explain the offering procedure for crows of auspicious and inauspicious omens.
2.4.8.2
grāmāt prācīmudīcīṃ diśamupaniṣkramya gomayena gocarmamātraṃ caturaśraṃ sthaṇḍilamupalipya prokṣya lakṣaṇamullikhyādbhiravokṣya pradakṣiṇaṃ vāyasānāmāsanaṃ kalpayati \
Having gone out from the village in an eastern or northern direction, having smeared a square sacrificial ground measuring a cow-hide with cow-dung, having sprinkled it, having drawn the marks, and having sprinkled it all over with water, he arranges clockwise a seat for the crows:
2.4.8.3
aṅkatebhyaḥ kalpayāmi \
'I prepare [a seat] for the Aṅkatas.'
2.4.8.4
kaṅkatebhyaḥ kalpayāmi \
'I prepare [a seat] for the Kaṅkatas.'
2.4.8.5
kadruputrebhyaḥ kalpayāmi \
'I prepare [a seat] for the sons of Kadrū.'
2.4.8.6
vāsebhyaḥ kalpayāmi \
'I prepare [a seat] for the Vāsas.'
2.4.8.7
brahmaputrebhyaḥ kalpayāmi \
'I prepare [a seat] for the sons of Brahmā.'
2.4.8.8
athaitānāvāhayati \
Then he invokes them:
2.4.8.9
na kapilān na kokilān nāriṣṭān na mahāriṣṭān vāyasamātrakān \
'Not the brown birds, not the cuckoos, not the Ariṣṭas, not the Mahāriṣṭas, but the crows alone.
2.4.8.v-10
āyāntu śakunāḥ śīghraṃ vāyasā balibhojinaḥ \
May the birds come quickly, the crows that eat the offerings!'
2.4.8.11
aṅkatānāmāhayāmi \
'I invoke the Aṅkatas.'
2.4.8.12
kaṅkatānāvāhayāmi \
'I invoke the Kaṅkatas.'
2.4.8.13
kadruputrānāvāhayāmi \
"I invoke the sons of Kadru."
2.4.8.14
vāyasānāvāhayāmi \
"I invoke the crows."
2.4.8.15
brahmaputrānāvāhayāmi ityāvāhya āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuva iti tisṛbhiḥ hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā iti catasṛbhiḥ pavamānaḥ suvarjana ityetenānuvākena mārjayitvā amuṣmai namo 'muṣmai nama iti gandhapuṣyadhūpadīpairabhyarcya amuṣmai svāhāmuṣmai svāhā iti pāyasodanena piṇḍaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ dadyāt \
"I invoke the sons of Brahman." Having thus invoked them, having cleansed [the area] with the three [verses] beginning with "You waters indeed are soothing," the four [verses] beginning with "Golden of color, pure, purifying," and with the section beginning with "The clarifying [Soma], generator of heaven," and having worshipped with fragrant unguents, flowers, incense, and lamps saying, "Homage to such-a-one, homage to such-a-one," he should offer a ball of rice mixed with milk rice in a clockwise manner saying, "Svāhā to such-a-one, svāhā to such-a-one."
2.4.8.16
amuṣmai namo 'muṣmai nama ityupasthāya
Having reverenced [them] saying, "Homage to such-a-one, homage to such-a-one,"
2.4.8.v-17
satyāḥ stha satyaṃ vadata satye ramata vāyasāḥ \
"You are truthful; speak the truth; delight in truth, O crows!
2.4.8.v-18
tatsatyamiha no brūyānna mithyābalimaśnīyāt \\
He should tell us the truth here; he should not eat an offering based on untruth!"
2.4.8.19
ityāha \
—so he says.
2.4.8.v-20
athainaṃ mātṛghātena pitṛghātena vā punaḥ \
"Now, one who would eat an offering based on untruth
2.4.8.v-21
tad duṣkṛtaṃ pratigṛhṇīyād yo mithyābalimaśnīyāt \\
would take upon himself that evil deed [equal to] the slaying of a mother or the slaying of a father.
2.4.8.v-22
kapilānāṃ śataṃ hutvā brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ \
One who would eat an offering based on untruth
2.4.8.v-23
duṣkṛtaṃ pratigṛhṇīyād yo mithyābalimaśnīyāt \\
would take upon himself the sin [equivalent to] having sacrificed a hundred brown cows, especially belonging to Brahmins."
2.4.8.24
iti brūyāt \
So he should say.
2.4.8.v-25
bhāvāya pūrvaṃ gṛhṇīyādabhāvāya tu dakṣīṇam \
He should take from the east for existence, but from the south for non-existence,
2.4.8.v-26
nāstītyaparaṃ caiva bhaviṣyatyapi vottaram \\
and from the west for "it is not," or from the north for "it will be."
2.4.8.27
madhye sarvārthalābhāya ityāha \
"In the middle for the acquisition of all aims"—so it is said.
2.4.8.28
evaṃ jñātvā sarvakarmāṇyārabhet sarvakarmā ṇyārabhediti \\8\\
Knowing thus, he should undertake all rites; he should undertake all rites. || 8
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