Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.2.4
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.2.4
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- Sanskrit
3.2.4.1
eṣa te pitāmaha piturmadhumām̐ ūrmissarasvān yāvān vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ ca tāvatyasya mātrā tāvānasya mahimā tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ dadāmi yayā vāyurakṣito 'nupadasta evaṃ me pitāmahāya pitre 'kṣito 'nupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ tvam̐ svadhāmakṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopajīvāsau yajūm̐ṣi te mahimā \
“This is your sweet, flowing wave, O grandfather, father! As great as are the wind and the intermediate space, so great is its measure, so great is its greatness. As vast as it has become, so vast do I give it. Just as the wind is unexhausted and unfailing, so may this be unexhausted and unfailing svadhā for my grandfather, the father! O so-and-so, live upon that unexhausted svadhā together with them! The Yajus-formulas are your greatness!”
3.2.4.2
eṣa te prapitāmaha piturmadhumām̐ ūrmissarasvān yāvānādityaśca dyauśca tāvatyasya mātrā tāvānasya mahimā tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ dadāmi yathādityo 'kṣito 'nupadasta evaṃ me prapitāmahāya pitre 'kṣito 'nupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ tvam̐ svadhāmakṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopajīvāsau sāmāni te mahimā iti \
“This is your sweet, flowing wave, O great-grandfather, father! As great as are the sun and heaven, so great is its measure, so great is its greatness. As vast as it has become, so vast do I give it. Just as the sun is unexhausted and unfailing, so may this be unexhausted and unfailing svadhā for my great-grandfather, the father! O so-and-so, live upon that unexhausted svadhā together with them! The Sāman chants are your greatness!”—thus.
3.2.4.3
etāvadetat tadahaḥkarma bhavati \
So much is the rite for that day.
3.2.4.4
etaddhasma vai tadvidvāṃsaḥ pūrva ṛṣaya evamaṣṭakyamapūpaṃ catuśśarāvamevamakalpayaṃstena vaite pitṝnatarpayaṃsta enāṃstṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhiratarpayaṃstato ha pitṛbhirmitramakurvata mitraṃ hyeṣāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyāsan \
Knowing this indeed, the ancient seers thus prepared the cake for the Aṣṭakā in four dishes; thereby they gratified the ancestors; being gratified, they gratified them with offspring and cattle; from that, they made friends with the ancestors, for all beings were their friends.
3.2.4.5
sa yo ha vā evaṃ vidvān etamaṣṭakyamapūpaṃ catuśśarāvamevaṃ kalpayati \
Whoever, knowing thus, prepares this cake for the Aṣṭakā in four dishes in this way,
3.2.4.6
tena vai sa pitṝṃstarpayati yena tṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhistarpayanti \
by that he gratifies the ancestors, whereby they, being gratified, gratify him with offspring and cattle.
3.2.4.7
ato ha pitṛbhirmitraṃ kurute \
Hence he makes friends with the ancestors,
3.2.4.8
mitraṃ hyasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavanti \
for all beings become his friends,
3.2.4.9
ya evaṃ vidvān etamaṣṭakyamapūpaṃ catuśśarāvamevaṃ kalpayati \\4\\
[the one] who, knowing thus, prepares this cake for the Aṣṭakā in four dishes in this way. ||4
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