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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.

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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].

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2.6.5.v-3

manasvatyāhutistasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate \

For him [who omits the daily rites], an offering to Manasvat is prescribed as an expiation.

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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,

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2.6.5.v-5

tisrastantumatīrhutvā catasro vāruṇīryajet \

Having offered three offerings accompanied by Tantumat verses, he should sacrifice with four Vāruṇa verses.

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2.6.5.v-6

daśāhaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ vā vicchinneṣu tu sarvaśaḥ \\

When they have been completely interrupted for ten or twelve days, however,

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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,

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2.6.5.v-11

pañcānāṃ mahatāmeṣāṃ sa yajñaiḥ saha gacchati \

He departs along with these five great sacrifices,

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2.6.5.v-12

pravāse kurute cainān yadannamupapadyate \\

And he performs them on the journey with whatever food is obtained.

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2.6.5.v-13

na cedutpadyate cānnamadbhirenā samāviśet \

If food is not obtained, he should enter into them with water;

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2.6.5.v-14

adbhireva vrataṃ kuryādyathālābhamanuvratam \\

He should perform the observance with water alone, following the vow according to what is available.

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2.6.5.v-15

devānāṃ devayajñena dvijo gacchati sāmyatām \

By the sacrifice to the gods, the twice-born reaches equality with the gods;

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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;

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2.6.5.v-17

manormanuṣyayajñena brahmaṇo brahmayajñataḥ \

By the sacrifice to men, [equality] with Manu; by the Brahma-sacrifice, with Brahman.

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2.6.5.v-18

eteṣāṃ sāmyatāṃ gatvā daivatānāṃ śataṃ samāḥ \\

Having attained equality with these deities for a hundred years,

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2.6.5.v-19

ānandaṃ brahma gacchanti dhruvaṃ śāśvatamavyayam \

They go to Brahman, which is bliss, fixed, eternal, and imperishable.

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2.6.5.20

iti \

Thus [it is said].

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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—

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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.

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2.6.5.23

yāstatra oṣadhayaḥ santi tā deyāḥ \

Whatever food grains are there should be given.

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2.6.5.24

anyāṃ vā prakriyāṃ prakurvīta \

Or he may perform another hospitality procedure.

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2.6.5.25

oṣadhivibhāgastu vibhavavatā kāryaḥ \

However, the distribution of food grains is to be done by one possessing wealth.

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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].

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2.6.5.27

tānetān paraṃ brahmetyācakṣate \

These [practices], they say, are the highest Brahman.

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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.

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2.6.5.29

trirātropocittaḥ utkṣepaṇau parau gṛhṇīyāt \

Having fasted for three nights, he should take the other two offerings.

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2.6.5.30

baliharaṇaṃ vyākhyātam \\5\\

The bali-offering has been explained. ||5

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