Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.4.9
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.4.9
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2.4.9.1
atha yajñopavītavidhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now we shall explain the rule for the sacred thread.
2.4.9.2
āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre brāhmaṇakanyā brāhmaṇavidhavā vā suprakṣāḷitapāṇipādā śuciḥ śuklamanārdramācchādya yatra kārpāsastiṣṭhati tatra gatvā pakaphalaṃ parigṛhya gomayena gocarmamātraṃ caturaśraṃ sthaṇḍilamupalipya tanmadhye yantraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya prāṅmukhī udaṅmukhī vā upaviśya uparyupari tantuṃ tatya na kadācana nīcaṃ karoti \
In the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious constellation, an unmarried Brahmin girl or a Brahmin widow, with hands and feet well washed, pure, wearing a clean, dry garment, goes where the cotton stands, takes a ripe fruit, smears a square sacrificial ground of the measure of a cow-hide with cow dung, sets up the spinning apparatus in its middle, sits facing east or north, and stretches the thread upward and upward, never making it low.
2.4.9.3
brāhmaṇāya dadāti \
She gives it to a Brahmin.
2.4.9.4
atha brāhmaṇo hiraṇyena parikrīya vā dhānyena vā dhanena vā suprakṣāḷitapāṇipāda apa ācamya pavitrapāṇiḥ prāṅmukha udaṅmukho vopaviśya dakṣiṇahastāṅgulībhiḥ śliṣṭābhiḥ ṣaḍadhikena navatyā parigaṇya triguṇīkṛtamathādbhirmārjayati āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuva iti tisṛbhiḥ hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā iti catasṛbhiḥ pavamānaḥ suvarjana ityetenānuvākena \
Then the Brahmin, having purchased it with gold or with grain or with wealth, having his hands and feet well washed, having sipped water, holding a strainer in his hand, sitting facing east or facing north, counts out [the length] with ninety-six spans using the closed fingers of the right hand, makes it threefold, and then cleanses it with water using 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."
2.4.9.5
brāhmaṇānāhūya prāgekaḥ sthitvā pratyag dvau sthitvā dakṣiṇahastaṃ parivrājena bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ iti sūtraṃ kṛtvā triguṇīkṛtya yājñike vṛkṣe visṛjati \
Having called Brahmins, one standing to the east, two standing to the west, twisting the cord to the right with "Bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ," making it threefold, he fastens it onto a sacrificial tree.
2.4.9.6
tṛṇena tāḍayati \
He strikes it with a blade of grass.
2.4.9.7
hastena hastaṃ sūtramādāya jānubhyāṃ pariveṣṭayati bhūragniṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca māṃ ca \
Taking the cord from hand to hand, he winds it around his knees: "Bhūḥ, Agni, and the earth, and me,
2.4.9.8
trīṃśca lokān saṃvatsaraṃ ca \
and the three worlds, and the year—
2.4.9.9
prajāpatistvā sādayatu \
may Prajāpati seat you!
2.4.9.10
tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda iti atha dvitīyaṃ bhuvo vāyuṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca māṃ ca \
With that deity, Angiras-like, sit firm!" Then a second time: "Bhuvaḥ, Vāyu, and the atmosphere, and me,
2.4.9.11
trīṃśca lokān saṃvatsaraṃ ca \
and the three worlds, and the year—
2.4.9.12
prajāpatistvā sādayatu \
may Prajāpati seat you!
2.4.9.13
tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda iti atha tṛtīyaṃ svarādityaṃ ca divaṃ ca māṃ ca \
With that deity, Angiras-like, sit firm!" Then a third time: "Svaḥ, the sun, and the sky, and me,
2.4.9.14
trīṃśca lokān saṃvatsaraṃ ca \
and the three worlds, and the year—
2.4.9.15
prajāpatistvā sādayatu \
may Prajāpati seat you!
2.4.9.16
tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda iti atha granthiṃ kṛtvā bhūrbhuvaḥsvaścandramasaṃ ca diśaśca māṃ ca \
With that deity, Angiras-like, sit firm!" Then, having tied the knot: "Bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, the moon, and the directions, and me,
2.4.9.17
trīṃśca lokān saṃvatsaraṃ ca prajāpatistvā sādayatu \
and the three worlds, and the year—may Prajāpati seat you!
2.4.9.18
tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda iti \
With that deity, Angiras-like, sit firm!"
2.4.9.19
atha yajñopavītī bhavati yajñasyopavītena upavyayāmi dīrghāyuṣṭvāya suprajāstvāya suvīryāya sarveṣāṃ vedānāmādhipatyāya śriyai yaśase brahmaṇe brahmavarcasāya iti \
Then he puts on the sacred thread: "With the investiture of the sacrifice I invest myself, for long life, for good offspring, for heroic vigor, for mastery over all the Vedas, for splendor, for fame, for sacred lore, for spiritual radiance."
2.4.9.20
ācāntaḥ sarvakarmārho bhavati sarvakarmārho bhavati \\9\\
Having sipped water, he becomes fit for all rites; he becomes fit for all rites. || 9
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- Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit