Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.11.2
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.11.2
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3.11.2.1
ekādaśyāmekoddiṣṭaṃ kurvanti \
On the eleventh [day], they perform the rite dedicated to a single deceased person (ekoddiṣṭa).
3.11.2.2
avyuṣṭe kāle brāhmaiṇamāhūya kiñciddattvā nivedyānumantrayate śvobhūte 'nnaṃ saṃskṛtya luptaśmaśrulomanakhāya brāhmaṇāya dantakāṣṭhaṃ dattvā dhanadhānyapātraṃ saṃspṛṣṭvā deśe pātrāṇītyādi dattvā brāhmaṇamudaṅmukhamupaveśayet \
At daybreak, having summoned a Brahmin and given him something, having announced [the rite], he addresses him with a formula: having prepared food for the next day, having given a tooth-stick to the Brahmin whose beard, body hair, and nails have been shaved, having touched the vessel of wealth and grain, having given vessels, etc. in [the proper] place, he should seat the Brahmin facing north.
3.11.2.3
tilamiśreṇodakārthaṃ dadyādanyatra prācamanāt \
He should give [water] mixed with sesame for the purpose of water, except for the sipping of water before the rite.
3.11.2.4
ekapaivatrāntarhite pātre 'pa ānīya pavitreṇotpūya tilānopya darbheṣu sādayitvā darbhairapidadhāti \
Having brought water into a vessel covered with a single strainer, having purified it with the strainer, having scattered sesame seeds into it, and having placed it down upon darbha grass, he covers it with darbha grass.
3.11.2.5
brāhmaṇāya gandhādi dattvā piṇḍaṃ nivapāmi ityāha \
Having given perfume and the like to the Brahmin, he says: "I deposit the ancestral ball of rice."
3.11.2.6
piṇḍaṃ nivapa iti prativacanam \
"Deposit the ancestral ball of rice" is the response.
3.11.2.7
atha darbheṣu piṇḍaṃ nidadhyāt ayamodanaḥ kāmadaugho 'stvananto 'kṣīyamāṇaḥ surabhiḥ sarvakāmaiḥ \
Then he should place the ancestral ball of rice on the darbha grass, [reciting:] "May this boiled rice yield all desires, unending, inexhaustible, fragrant with all desires;
3.11.2.8
sa tvopatiṣṭhatvajaro nityabhūtaḥ svadhāṃ duhānāmamṛtāṃstarpayantvasau iti \
may it attend upon you, unaging, everlasting; yielding svadhā, let them satisfy the immortals, O so-and-so."
3.11.2.9
ekaṃ piṇḍaṃ dattvā tilodakaiḥ prasavyaṃ pariṣiñcati ūrjasvatīḥ svadhayā vandamānāstāste śrayantīḥ syonā ūrjaṃ vahantīḥ svadhāmakṣitodakāḥ kṣīramudakaṃ ghṛtaṃ madhu payaḥ kīlālaṃ parisrutam iti \
Having offered one ancestral ball of rice, he circum-pours water counter-clockwise with sesame-water, [reciting:] "Possessing vigor, praising with svadhā, resting on you, gentle, bearing vigor, svadhā, having inexhaustible waters, milk, water, ghee, honey, fluid, sweet drink, foaming wine."
3.11.2.10
añjanādinā piṇḍamalaṅkṛtya brāhmaṇaṃ sampūjyāṅguṣṭhamūlamupasaṃgṛhya bhuṅkṣva ityāha bhujyata ityuktvā atha bhuñjāne sarveṣāmucchiṣṭaṃ nidhāyācānte barhīṣyavakīrya nyubjapātraṃ svaditam iti brāhmaṇo brūyāt \
Having decorated the ancestral ball of rice with collyrium and the like, having honored the Brahmin, and having seized the root of [his] thumb, he says: "Eat!" Saying "It is being eaten", then while he is eating, having set aside the leavings of all [food], after he has sipped water, having scattered [food] upon the sacred grass, the Brahmin should say: "The overturned vessel is savored."
3.11.2.11
atha pavitraṃ nidhāyānyubjetanapramāṇa svadhāstvityuñcaiḥ ityuktvā astu svadhā iti prativacanam \
Then, having placed the strainer, […] loudly reciting: "May there be svadhā!" "Let there be svadhā" is the response.
3.11.2.12
yajñopavītyavokṣya dakṣiṇāṃ dattvotthāpya annaśeṣaiḥ kiṃ kriyatām ityāha \
Wearing the sacred thread, having sprinkled water, having given the sacrificial fee, and having caused [him] to rise, he says: "What should be done with the remnants of the food?"
3.11.2.13
iṣṭaiḥ sahopabhujyatām iti prativacanam \
"Let it be eaten together with dear ones" is the response.
3.11.2.14
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya pratyetya piṇḍaṃ tyājyāpsu snātvā devāgāraṃ praviśya adakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvāñjaliṃ kṛtvālaṅkṛtya gṛhānetya puṇyāhādīni vācayitvā annaśeṣaṃ sagaṇaḥ prāśnāti \
Having circumambulated clockwise, having returned, having disposed of the ancestral ball of rice, having bathed in water, having entered the temple of the deities, having made a circumambulation, having made an añjali gesture, having adorned himself, having returned home, and having caused [Brahmins] to pronounce auspicious day blessings and the like, he eats the remnant of the food along with his retinue.
3.11.2.15
paśyati putraṃ paśyati pautraṃ na ca śūdrocchiṣṭaṃ jāyata iti kuśahārītaḥ \\2\\
"He sees a son, he sees a grandson, and no leavings of a Śūdra are produced"—thus says Kuśahārīta. ||2
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