Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.1.2
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.1.2
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- Sanskrit
3.1.2.1
ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yām̐śca vidma yām̐ uca na pravidya \
'Those ancestors who are here and those who are not here, those whom we know and those whom we do not know,
3.1.2.2
agne tān vettha yadi te jātavedastayā prattaṃ svadhayā madanti kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā \
O Agni, you know them if they [are there], O Jātavedas; with that svadhā given [by you], may they delight according to their desires; svadhā, reverence, svāhā.'
3.1.2.3
yadvaḥ kravyādaṅgamadahallokānanayan praṇayan jātavedāḥ \
'Whatever limb of yours the flesh-eating [fire] burned, bringing, conducting [you] to the worlds, O Jātavedas,
3.1.2.4
tadvo 'haṃ punarāvedayāmyariṣṭāḥ sarvairaṅgaiḥ saṃbhavantu pitaraḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā \
That I restore to you; uninjured with all their limbs, let the ancestors come into being; svadhā, reverence, svāhā.'
3.1.2.5
vahājyaṃ jātavedaḥ pitṛbhyo yatraitān vettha nihitān parāke \
'Convey the clarified butter, O Jātavedas, to the ancestors where you know them placed in the distance.
3.1.2.6
ājyamasya kūlyā upa tāṃ kṣarantu satyā eṣāmāśiṣaḥ santu kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā \
Let streams of clarified butter flow to them; let their blessings come true according to their desires; svadhā, reverence, svāhā.'
3.1.2.7
evaṃ dvitīyaṃ tathā tṛtīyam \
Likewise for the second; likewise for the third.
3.1.2.8
pitāmahebhyaḥ prapitāmahebhya iti mantraṃ sannamati \
He adapts the formula: 'To the grandfathers...', 'To the great-grandfathers...'.
3.1.2.9
evamannasya juhoti \
In this manner he offers the food.
3.1.2.10
vahānnam iti mantraṃ sannamati \
He adapts the formula: 'Convey the food...'.
3.1.2.11
atha sauviṣṭakṛtīṃ juhoti agnaye kavyavāhanāya sviṣṭakṛte svadhā nama iti \
Then he offers the Sviṣṭakṛt offering: 'To Agni the bearer of funeral offerings, Sviṣṭakṛt, svadhā, reverence.'
3.1.2.12
dakṣiṇārdhapūrvārdhe hutvānuprahṛtya darvīmathānnamabhimṛśati pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā vidyāvatāṃ prāṇāpānayorjuhomyakṣitamasi mā pitṝṇāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmin loke pṛthivīṃ samantassame 'gnirupadraṣṭā dattasyāpramādāya ṛcaste mahimā \
Having offered in the southeastern half and having thrown in the ladle, he then touches the food: 'The earth is your dish, heaven is your lid; I offer you into the mouth of the Brahman; I offer you into the inhalation and exhalation of the Brahmins endowed with learning. You are imperishable; do not perish for the ancestors in yonder world. The earth is all around me; Agni is the overseer so that what is given is not neglected. The Ṛgveda verses are your greatness.
3.1.2.13
pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā vidyāvatāṃ prāṇāpānayorjuhomyakṣitamasi mā pitāmahānāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmin loke 'ntarikṣaṃ samantassame vāyurupaśrotā dattasyāpramādāya yajūm̐ṣi te mahimā \
The earth is your dish, heaven is your lid; I offer you into the mouth of the Brahman; I offer you into the inhalation and exhalation of the Brahmins endowed with learning. You are imperishable; do not perish for the grandfathers in yonder world. The intermediate space is all around me; Vāyu is the listener so that what is given is not neglected. The Yajurveda formulas are your greatness.
3.1.2.14
pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā vidyāvatāṃ prāṇāpānayorjuhomyakṣitamasi mā prapitāmahānāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmin loke dyauḥ samantassame ādityo 'nukhyātā dattasyāpramādāya sāmāni te mahimā iti \
The earth is your dish, heaven is your lid; I offer you into the mouth of the Brahman; I offer you into the inhalation and exhalation of the Brahmins endowed with learning. You are imperishable; do not perish for the great-grandfathers in yonder world. Heaven is all around me; Āditya is the proclaimer so that what is given is not neglected. The Sāmaveda chants are your greatness.'
3.1.2.15
brāhmaṇānupasparśayati \
He has the Brahmins touch [the food].
3.1.2.16
bhuktavato 'nuvṛttyā śeṣam anujñāpya \\2\\
Following them as they eat, having received permission regarding the remainder,
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- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Ācārabhūṣaṇa — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit