Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.6.5
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.6.5
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2.6.5.1
vaiśvadevaṃ hutvā āgordohamātrakṣaṇamākāṅkṣe datithīn \
Having offered the Vaiśvadeva offering, he should wait for guests for the duration of milking a cow.
2.6.5.2
śrotriyo vedavratī yatirdharmanaiṣṭhikaḥ samānavṛttiḥ \
A learned Vedic scholar, one observing Vedic vows, an ascetic, one constant in duty, or one of equal conduct [may be the guest].
2.6.5.v-3
manasvatyāhutistasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate \
For him [who omits the daily rites], an offering to Manasvat is prescribed as an expiation.
2.6.5.v-4
dvyahaṃ tryahaṃ vā vicchinne pramādādakṛteṣu ca \\
When [the offerings] have been interrupted for two or three days, and when they are omitted through negligence,
2.6.5.v-5
tisrastantumatīrhutvā catasro vāruṇīryajet \
Having offered three offerings accompanied by Tantumat verses, he should sacrifice with four Vāruṇa verses.
2.6.5.v-6
daśāhaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ vā vicchinneṣu tu sarvaśaḥ \\
When they have been completely interrupted for ten or twelve days, however,
2.6.5.v-7
catasro 'bhyāvartanīrhutvā kāryastāntumataścaruḥ \
Having offered four offerings accompanied by Abhyāvartin verses, a sacrificial cooked offering to Tantumat is to be prepared.
2.6.5.v-8
yasya strī vānupeto vā gṛheṣvagnibaliṃ haret \\
In whose house a woman or an uninitiated boy presents the food offering to the fire,
2.6.5.v-9
kūśmāṇḍyastatra hotavyo hutvā yajñasamṛddhaye \
There the Kūṣmāṇḍa verses should be offered by him; having made the offering, [it is] for the prosperity of the sacrifice.
2.6.5.v-10
pravāsaṃ gacchato yasya gṛhe kartā na vidyate \\
For one setting out on a journey in whose house no performer is found,
2.6.5.v-11
pañcānāṃ mahatāmeṣāṃ sa yajñaiḥ saha gacchati \
He departs along with these five great sacrifices,
2.6.5.v-12
pravāse kurute cainān yadannamupapadyate \\
And he performs them on the journey with whatever food is obtained.
2.6.5.v-13
na cedutpadyate cānnamadbhirenā samāviśet \
If food is not obtained, he should enter into them with water;
2.6.5.v-14
adbhireva vrataṃ kuryādyathālābhamanuvratam \\
He should perform the observance with water alone, following the vow according to what is available.
2.6.5.v-15
devānāṃ devayajñena dvijo gacchati sāmyatām \
By the sacrifice to the gods, the twice-born reaches equality with the gods;
2.6.5.v-16
pitṝṇāṃ pitṛyajñena bhūtānāṃ yajñabhūtikaiḥ \\
By the sacrifice to the ancestors, [equality] with the ancestors; by the sacrifices of offerings to beings, with the beings;
2.6.5.v-17
manormanuṣyayajñena brahmaṇo brahmayajñataḥ \
By the sacrifice to men, [equality] with Manu; by the Brahma-sacrifice, with Brahman.
2.6.5.v-18
eteṣāṃ sāmyatāṃ gatvā daivatānāṃ śataṃ samāḥ \\
Having attained equality with these deities for a hundred years,
2.6.5.v-19
ānandaṃ brahma gacchanti dhruvaṃ śāśvatamavyayam \
They go to Brahman, which is bliss, fixed, eternal, and imperishable.
2.6.5.20
iti \
Thus [it is said].
2.6.5.21
athāsyātithirbhavati guroḥ samānavṛttirvaikhānaso yadi snātako vā rājā vā dharmayuktaḥ \
Now, [if] a guest comes to him—one of conduct equal to his teacher, a forest hermit, or a bath-graduate, or a righteous king—
2.6.5.22
teṣāmabhyutthāyāsanaṃ pādyamarhaṇamardhyaṃ prayacchati \
Having risen to meet them, he offers a seat, water for the feet, an offering of hospitality, [and] water for the guest-reception.
2.6.5.23
yāstatra oṣadhayaḥ santi tā deyāḥ \
Whatever food grains are there should be given.
2.6.5.24
anyāṃ vā prakriyāṃ prakurvīta \
Or he may perform another hospitality procedure.
2.6.5.25
oṣadhivibhāgastu vibhavavatā kāryaḥ \
However, the distribution of food grains is to be done by one possessing wealth.
2.6.5.26
abhāve bhūmirudakaṃ tṛṇāni kalyā vāgiti etāni vai sato 'gāre na kṣīyante kadācana iti \
In the absence [of food]: "Ground, water, grass, and pleasant speech—these indeed never run out in the house of a virtuous man." Thus [it is said].
2.6.5.27
tānetān paraṃ brahmetyācakṣate \
These [practices], they say, are the highest Brahman.
2.6.5.28
teṣāṃ grahaṇe dvādaśarātraṃ vrataṃ cared akṣāralavaṇabhojanam adhaśśayanaṃ brahmacaryam \
At their reception, one should observe a vow for twelve nights: eating food without pungent spices or salt, sleeping on the ground, and chastity.
2.6.5.29
trirātropocittaḥ utkṣepaṇau parau gṛhṇīyāt \
Having fasted for three nights, he should take the other two offerings.
2.6.5.30
baliharaṇaṃ vyākhyātam \\5\\
The bali-offering has been explained. ||5
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