Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.2.6
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.2.6
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- Sanskrit
3.2.6.1
ekāṣṭakāṃ paśyata dohamānāmannaṃ māṃsavad ghṛtavat svadhāvat \
“Behold the Ekāṣṭakā milking food, endowed with meat, endowed with ghee, endowed with svadhā.
3.2.6.2
tad brāhmaṇairatipūtamanantamakṣayyaṃ sphītiṃ gacchatu kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā iti \
May that, exceedingly purified by Brahmins, endless, imperishable, go to prosperity with desired objects; svadhā, reverence, svāhā!”
3.2.6.3
dvitīyāṃ juhoti ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā saṃvatsarasya patnī duduhe prapīnā \
He offers the second: “Ekāṣṭakā, performing austerity, the wife of the year, swelled with milk, has milked.
3.2.6.4
tāṃ dohamupajīvātha pitaraḥ sahasradhā mucyamānāṃ kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā iti \
Living upon that milking, O ancestors, being released in a thousand ways, with desired objects; svadhā, reverence, svāhā!”
3.2.6.5
tṛtīyāṃ juhoti ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā jajāna garbhaṃ mahimānamindram \
He offers the third: “Ekāṣṭakā, performing austerity, brought forth an embryo, Indra the great.
3.2.6.6
tena dasyūn vyasahanta devā hantāsurāṇāmabhavacchacībhiḥ kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā iti \
Through him the gods overcame the Dasyus; through his powers he became the slayer of the Asuras, with desired objects; svadhā, reverence, svāhā!”
3.2.6.7
caturthīṃ juhoti aulūkhalā grāvāṇa iti \
He offers the fourth: “The mortar-like pressing stones….”
3.2.6.8
pañcamīṃ juhoti yāṃ janāḥ pratinandanti iti \
He offers the fifth: “Whom people rejoice at….”
3.2.6.9
ṣaṣṭhīṃ juhoti prajāpate iti \
He offers the sixth: “O Prajāpati….”
3.2.6.10
saptamīṃ juhoti yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricam iti \
He offers the seventh: “Whatever of this rite I have made redundant….”
3.2.6.11
darvīṃ prakṣāḷya nidhāya tathaiva pariṣicya piṇḍāvṛtaitān piṇḍān dattvā śraddhābhimarśanenābhimṛśati pṛthivī te pātram ityetena \
Having washed and put down the ladle, having circum-poured water in the same way, having given these ancestral balls of rice according to the procedure of ancestral balls of rice, he touches them with the touching formula of faith: with this verse, “The earth is your vessel….”
3.2.6.12
brāhmaṇān vidyāvataḥ pariviśati \
He serves the Brahmins endowed with learning.
3.2.6.13
pariviśyodakāya gatvodakāñjalidānenodakāñjaliṃ dadāti eṣa te tata pituḥ iti \
Having served, having gone to the water, he gives a handful of water by the offering of a handful of water: “This is for you, father, of the father…”
3.2.6.14
etāvadevaitadahaḥkarma bhavati \
This much alone is the rite of that day.
3.2.6.15
etaddhasma vaitadvidvāṃsaḥ pūrva ācāryā evamaṣṭakyāṃ gāmevamakalpayaṃstayā vaite pitṝnatarpayaṃsta enāṃstṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhiratarpayan tato ha pitṛbhirmitramakurvata mitraṃ hyeṣāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyāsan \
Knowing this indeed, the ancient teachers thus prepared the cow for the Aṣṭakā; by it 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.
3.2.6.16
sa yo ha vā evaṃ vidvānetāmaṣṭakyāṃ gāmevaṃ kalpayati \
Whoever, knowing thus, prepares this cow for the Aṣṭakā in this way,
3.2.6.17
tena vai sa pitṝṃstarpayati \
by that he gratifies the ancestors.
3.2.6.18
te yena tṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhistarpayanti \
Whereby they, being gratified, gratify him with offspring and cattle.
3.2.6.19
ato ha pitṛbhirmitraṃ kurute mitraṃ hyasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavanti \
Hence he makes friends with the ancestors, for all beings become his friends,
3.2.6.20
ya evaṃ vidvānetāmaṣṭakyāṃ gāmevaṃ kalpayati \\6\\
whoever, knowing thus, prepares this cow for the Aṣṭakā in this way. ||6
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