Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.5.10
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.5.10
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2.5.10.1
vṛṣṭikāmasya sambhārān \
[Now] the ritual requisites for one desiring rain:
2.5.10.2
kṛṣṇaṃ vāsaḥ kṛṣṇāśvaḥ kṛṣṇatūṣaṃ kṛṣṇorabhraḥ kṛṣṇājinaṃ ca kṛṣṇavrīhayaśca kṛṣṇamadhu cāmā ca kumbhī kharjūrasaktavaḥ karīrasaktavaśca varṣābhūṇāṃ srajasnīṇi ca puṣkaraparṇāni daśasahasraṃ vaitasasamidhāmityete 'sya saṃbhārā upaklṛptā bhavanti \
A black garment, a black horse, a black-hemmed garment, a black ram, a black antelope skin, black rice, black honey, an unbaked jar, date-meal, karīra-meal, garlands of hogweed, three lotus leaves, and ten thousand willow kindling-sticks—these ritual requisites are prepared for him.
2.5.10.3
agnimupasamādhāya yasmin kāle paścādvāto vāti tasmin kāle kṛṣṇaṃ vāsaḥ kṛṣṇatūṣam paridhatte mārutamasi marutām ojo 'pāṃ dhārāṃ bhindhi ramayata marutaḥ śyenamāyinaṃ manojavasaṃ vṛṣaṇam̐ suvṛktim \
Having established the fire, at the time when a west wind blows, at that time he puts on the black garment with a black fringe, [reciting:] "You belong to the Maruts, the strength of the Maruts; break the stream of waters! O Maruts, delight the falcon-formed, swift-as-mind, vigorous, well-trimmed [cloud]!"
2.5.10.4
yena śardha ugramavasṛṣṭameti tadaśvinā paridhattaṃ svasti \
"By which the fierce host advances loosed, with that, O Aśvins, envelop us for well-being!"
2.5.10.5
agreṇāgniṃ kṛṣṇamaśvaṃ kṛṣṇamabhraṃ purastāt pratyañcaṃ dhārayanto dakṣiṇata āmāṃ kumbhīṃ nimiñcanti varṣābhūṇāṃ srajaḥ paścāt sthāpayanti \
Holding a black horse and a black ram in front of the fire, facing west, they submerge the unbaked jar to the south and place the garlands of hogweed behind.
2.5.10.6
saṃparistīrya nirvapān kṛtvā devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinorbāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāṃ varuṇāya juṣṭaṃ nirvapāmi iti trīn muṣṭīn yajuṣā tūṣṇīṃ caturtham \
Having strewn [darbha grass] around and made the portions of oblation-material, he measures out three fistfuls with the formula: "At the impulse of the divine Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I measure you out agreeable to Varuṇa," and a fourth silently.
2.5.10.7
patnyavahanti \
The wife pounds [the grain].
2.5.10.8
triṣphalīkṛtya triḥ prakṣālya tiraḥpavitraṃ sthālyām apa ānīyādhiśritya paryagni kṛtvābhighārya carumudvāsyābhighārayati \
Having husked it thrice and washed it thrice, having poured water into the pot through the strainer, set it on the fire, carried fire around it, poured clarified butter over it, and taken the cooked oblation down from the fire, he pours clarified butter over it.
2.5.10.9
paridhānaprabhṛtyāgnimukhāt kṛtvā tasmin kharjūrasaktūṃśca karīrasaktūṃśca kṛṣṇamadhuṣā saṃyauti māndā vāśāśśundhyūrajirā jyotiṣmatīstamasvarīrundatīḥ suphenāḥ iti \
Having performed [the rites] from the putting on [of enclosing sticks] up to the face of the fire, he mixes the date-meal and karīra-meal into it with black honey, [reciting:] "Tardy, roaring, cleansing, swift, radiant, gloomy, wetting, well-foaming [waters]!"
2.5.10.10
trīn piṇḍān kṛtvaiteṣu puṣkaraparṇeṣūpaninahya kṛṣṇamurabhramanulepanaṃ karoti \
Having made three balls and tied them into these lotus leaves, he smears the black ram with them.
2.5.10.11
yacciddhi te yat kiñcedaṃ kitavāsaḥ imaṃ me varuṇa tattvā yāmi tvanno agne sa tvanno agne tvamagne ayāsi ava te heḍa uduttamaṃ triyambakaṃ yajāmahe ityetairdaśabhirmantraiḥ śataśo 'bhyasya pratimantraṃ samidho juhuyāt \
Repeating [them] by hundreds, he should offer kindling-sticks, one for each formula, with these ten formulas: "Whatever [sin] against you...", "Whatever this [sin]...", "The gamblers...", "Hear this of mine, O Varuṇa...", "That of yours I seek...", "O Agni, to us...", "So you to us, O Agni...", "You, O Agni, are swift...", "Avert your wrath...", "Loosen the highest...", and "We sacrifice to the three-eyed one...".
2.5.10.12
etairmantrairevamabhyasya haviṣo juhuyāt \
Having repeated [them] thus with these formulas, he should offer oblations of the sacrificial food.
2.5.10.13
tathaivābhyasyājyasya juhuyāt \
Having repeated [them] in the same way, he should offer oblations of clarified butter.
2.5.10.14
jayāprabhṛti siddhamaā dhenuvarapradānāt \
The ritual from the Jaya offerings onwards is established up to the giving of an excellent milch cow.
2.5.10.15
gurave gāṃ dadāti \
He gives a cow to the teacher.
2.5.10.16
kṛṣṇamaśvamadbhirabhyukṣati divā cittamaḥ kṛṇvanti parjanyenodavāhena \
He sprinkles the black horse with water [saying:] "Even by day they produce darkness with Parjanya, the bringer of water;
2.5.10.17
pṛthivīṃ yadvyundanti ā yaṃ naraḥ sudānavo dadāśuṣe divaḥ kośamacucyavuḥ \
when they moisten the earth. The heroes of bountiful gifts have poured out the heavenly cask for the worshiper;
2.5.10.18
viparjanyāḥ sṛjanti rodasī anu dhanvanā yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ iti \
the rain-clouds release the two world-halves, the rains sweep across the desert."
2.5.10.19
sayati kṛṣṇo 'śvodbhirabhyukṣya udīrayathā marutaḥ samudrato yūyaṃ vṛṣṭiṃ varṣayathā purīṣiṇaḥ na vo dasrā upa dasyanti dhenavaḥ śubhaṃ yātāmanurathā avṛtsata iti \
If the black horse neighs when sprinkled with water, [he recites:] "Send up from the ocean, O Maruts! Rich in moisture, make the rain fall! Your milk cows, O wondrous ones, will not fail; chariots have turned in pursuit of those traveling in beauty."
2.5.10.20
sayeti kṛṣṇorabhrī radbhirabhyukṣya ādhūnute varṣati yadi śakṛtkaroti vā varṣati yadi palāyate vopaviśati vā na varṣati iti \
If the black ram, having been sprinkled with water, bleats and shakes itself, it will rain; or if it voids dung, it will rain; if it runs away or sits down, it will not rain.
2.5.10.21
āmāṃ kumbhīmadbhiḥ saṃpūrayati \
He fills the unbaked jar with water [reciting:]
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sṛjā vṛṣṭiṃ diva ādbhiḥ samudraṃ pṛṇa \
"Release rain from heaven; fill the ocean with waters!
2.5.10.23
abjā asi prathamajā balamasi samudriyam annambhaya pṛthivīṃ bhindhi divyaṃ nabhaḥ \
You are born of the waters, the firstborn; you are oceanic strength! Feed the earth, burst the heavenly sky!
2.5.10.24
udno divyasya no dehīśāno vi sṛjā dṛtim \
Give us of heavenly water; as ruler, untie the waterskin!"
2.5.10.25
sa yadyāmāṃ kumbhīmadbhiḥ sampūrṇāṃ bhidyate varṣati yadi dhārayate na varṣati \
If that unbaked jar filled with water breaks, it will rain; if it holds [the water], it will not rain.
2.5.10.26
apāṃ pūrṇāṃ srucaṃ varṣāhvayā juhoti unnambhaya pṛthivīm iti \
He offers a ladle full of water with the rain-invoking formula: "Feed the earth!"
2.5.10.27
atha yadi na varṣedeteṣāmeva kṛṣṇavrīhīṇāṃ sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā saptāhaṃ savanatrayahomaṃ kuryāt \
Now if it should not rain, having cooked a domestic offering of boiled rice with this very black rice, he should perform oblations at the three pressings for seven days.
2.5.10.28
santiṣṭhate vṛṣṭikāmaḥ santiṣṭhate vṛṣṭikāmaḥ \\10\\
The rite of one desiring rain is concluded. The rite of one desiring rain is concluded. ||10
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- Mānavaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit