Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.5.4
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.5.4
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2.5.4.1
athāto 'pamṛtyuñjayakalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now then, we shall explain the ritual for conquering premature death.
2.5.4.2
puṇye nakṣatre janmanakṣatre janmavāre vā kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ vā devālaye nadītīre goṣṭhe puṇyatame sthale vā svagṛhe vā gomayenopalipya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvā atha devayajanollekhanaprabhṛtyāgnimukhāt kṛtvā oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ svāhā iti prāyaścittaṃ hutvā śvetadūrvāḥ pālāśasamidho 'ṣṭasahasramaṣṭaśatamaṣṭāviṃśatiṃ vā dadhimadhughṛtapayāṃsi samudāyutya triyambakaṃ yajāmahe iti mantreṇa hutvātha apaitu mṛtyuḥ paraṃ mṛtyo mā no mahāntaṃ mā nastoke triyambakam ye te sahasram iti hutvā sviṣṭakṛtamavadāyāthājyāhutīścopajuhoti nakṣatre rāśau jātasya śarmaṇaḥ mṛtyurnaśyatvāyurvardhatāṃ bhūḥ svāhā pūrvavat śarmaṇaḥ mṛtyurnaśyatvāyurvardhatāṃ bhuvaḥ svāhā pūrvavat śarmaṇaḥ mṛtyurnaśyatvāyurvardhatāṃ svaḥ svāhā pūrvavat śarmaṇaḥ mṛtyurnaśyatvāyurvardhatāṃ bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ svāhā iti \
Under an auspicious asterism, or under the birth asterism, or on the birth day of the week, or on the eighth or fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, in a temple, on a riverbank, in a cowshed, or in an exceedingly sacred spot, or in one's own house, having smeared [the ground] with cow dung, having had [the Brahmins] pronounce: "An auspicious day! Well-being! Prosperity!", then performing [the rites] beginning with the drawing of lines on the sacrificial area up to the face of the fire, having offered the expiation: "Oṃ bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ svāhā", having mixed white dūrvā grass or palāśa kindling sticks—eight thousand, eight hundred, or twenty-eight—with curd, honey, ghee, and milk, having offered with the mantra: "We worship the three-eyed one...", then having offered with: "Let death depart...", "Away, O Death...", "Harm us not in our elder...", "Harm not our young...", "The three-eyed one...", "Those thousand of yours...", having cut off the portion for Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, he then offers additional clarified butter libations: "Of [so-and-so] Śarman, born under the asterism [...], in the zodiac sign [...], let death be destroyed, let life increase, bhūḥ svāhā!", as before, "...of Śarman, let death be destroyed, let life increase, bhuvaḥ svāhā!", as before, "...of Śarman, let death be destroyed, let life increase, svaḥ svāhā!", as before, "...of Śarman, let death be destroyed, let life increase, bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ svāhā!"
2.5.4.3
atha sviṣṭakṛtaṃ havyavāhamabhimātiṣāham iti puronuvākyāmanūcya sviṣṭamagna iti yājyayā juhoti \
Then, for the Sviṣṭakṛt, having recited the introductory verse: "The conveyer of oblations, the conqueror of foes...", he offers with the offering verse: "Well-sacrificed, O Agni...".
2.5.4.4
jayābhyātānān rāṣṭrabhṛtaḥ iti hutvā tantraśeṣaṃ samāpya darbhastambe hutaśeṣaṃ nidadhāti tacchaṃyorā vṛṇīmahe iti \
Having offered the Jaya, Abhyātāna, and Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings, and having completed the remainder of the ritual framework, he deposits the remainder of the offering upon a clump of darbha grass with: "We choose that welfare and blessing...".
2.5.4.5
atha dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt \
Then he should give a sacrificial fee.
2.5.4.6
yathācāryastuṣṭaḥ prasannahṛdayo bhavet tathā dadyāt \
He should give it in such a manner that the teacher is satisfied and of a gracious heart.
2.5.4.7
śeṣebhyo 'pi yathāśakti dattvā brāhmaṇān bhojayet \\4\\
Having given also to the remaining [priests] according to his ability, he should feed the Brahmins. ||4
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