Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.2.7
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.2.7
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3.2.7.1
tṛtīye 'hni bhūyo 'tha śrāddhamannaṃ ca dhanaṃ ca kalpayitvāgnimupasamādhāya paristīrya tathaiva pariṣicyāghārāvāghāryājyabhāgau hutvājyena prāyaścittīyāṃ hutvāthaitasyānnasyopastīrṇābhighāritaudumbaryā darvyā juhoti vahānnaṃ jātavedaḥ pitṛbhyo yatraitānvettha nihitān parāke \
On the third day, again having prepared the śrāddha, both food and wealth, having set up the fire, having strewn [darbha grass] around, having circum-poured water in the same way, having poured the two clarified butter libations, having offered the two clarified butter portions, having offered the expiatory [libation] with clarified butter, he then offers portions of this food with the ladle of udumbara wood, with [clarified butter] under-spread and over-poured: “Convey the food, Jātavedas, to the ancestors where you know them placed in the distance.
3.2.7.2
annasya kūlyā upa tān kṣarantu satyā eṣāmāśiṣaḥ santu kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā iti \
May streams of food flow to them; may their wishes come true with desired objects; svadhā, reverence, svāhā!”
3.2.7.3
dvitīyāṃ juhoti saṃvatsarasya pratimāṃ yāṃ tvā rātryupāsate \
He offers the second: “The image of the year, which night they worship,
3.2.7.4
prajāṃ suvīrāṃ kṛtvā viśvamāyurvyaśnuvat kāmaiḥ svadhā namaḥ svāhā iti \
having made offspring endowed with good heroes, may they attain the full life span, with desired objects; svadhā, reverence, svāhā!”
3.2.7.5
tṛtīyāṃ juhoti yāṃ janāḥ pratinandanti iti \
He offers the third: “Whom people rejoice at….”
3.2.7.6
caturthīṃ juhoti prajāpate iti \
He offers the fourth: “O Prajāpati….”
3.2.7.7
pañcamīṃ juhoti yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricam iti anuprahṛtya darvīṃ tathaiva pariṣicya piṇḍāvṛtaitān piṇḍāna dattvā śraddhābhimarśanenābhimṛśati pṛthivī te pātram ityetena \
He offers the fifth: “Whatever of this rite I have made redundant….” Having thrown the ladle into the fire after [the offerings], 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….”
3.2.7.8
brāhmaṇān vidyāvataḥ pariviśati \
He serves the Brahmins endowed with learning.
3.2.7.9
pariviśyodakāya gatvodakāñjalidānenodakāñjaliṃ dadāti \
Having served, having gone to the water, he gives a handful of water by the offering of a handful of water:
3.2.7.10
eṣa te tata iti \
“This is for you, father….”
3.2.7.11
etāvadevaitadahaḥkarma bhavati \
This much alone is the rite of that day.
3.2.7.12
etaddhasma vaitadvidvāṃsaḥ pūrve śrotriyā evamaṣṭakyamannamevamakalpayaṃstena vaite pitṝnatarpayaṃsta enāṃstṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhiratarpayan tato ha pitṛbhirmitramakurvata mitraṃ hyeṣāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyāsan sa yo ha vā evaṃ vidvānetamaṣṭakyamannamevaṃ kalpayati \
Knowing this indeed, the ancient learned Brahmins thus prepared the food for the Aṣṭakā; 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. Whoever, knowing thus, prepares this food for the Aṣṭakā in this way,
3.2.7.13
tena vai sa pitṝṃstarpayati \
by that he gratifies the ancestors.
3.2.7.14
te yena tṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhistarpayanti \
Whereby they, being gratified, gratify him with offspring and cattle.
3.2.7.15
ato ha pitṛbhirmitraṃ kurute mitraṃ hyasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavanti \
Hence he makes friends with the ancestors, for all beings become his friends.
3.2.7.16
ya evaṃ vidvān tṛtīye 'hni yathāśraddhamannaṃ ca dhanaṃ ca dadāti tato vai tasyāparimitānnadhanāḥ paśavo bhavanti \
Whoever, knowing thus, gives food and wealth according to faith on the third day, from that his cattle become possessed of boundless food and wealth.
3.2.7.17
ya evaṃ vidvān tṛtīye 'hni yathāśraddhamannaṃ dhanaṃ ca na dadāti tasyāparimitānnadhanā na vai paśavo bhavanti \\7\\
Whoever, knowing thus, does not give food and wealth according to faith on the third day, his cattle do not become possessed of boundless food and wealth. ||7
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