Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.4.4
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.4.4
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3.4.4.1
athāsmā adhvaryurdakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ diśyāhavanīyamādīpayati nairṛtyāmanvāhāryapacanaṃ vāyavyāṃ gārhapatyamuttarataḥ sabhyāvasakthyau \
Then for him the Adhvaryu kindles the Āhavanīya fire in the south-east direction, the Anvāhāryapacana in the south-west, the Gārhapatya in the north-west, and the Sabhya and Āvasathya in the north.
3.4.4.2
saṃbhāraiḥ agniryajurbhiḥ patnībhiḥ senendrasya ityetaiḥ upoṣayet \
He should burn [the pyre] with the collections [of formulas]: "Agni with the Yajus formulas," "With the wives," and "The army of Indra."
3.4.4.3
grahaiḥ vācaspate vidhe nāman vācaspate vāco vīryeṇa somaḥ somasya vācaspate 'cchidrayā vācā vācaspate hṛdidhe nāman ityetaiḥ ṛtumukhīyena vāgghotā ityetena brāhmaṇa ekahotā iti copasthānam \
The attendance [is performed] with the Graha formulas: "O lord of speech, arrange the name," "O lord of speech, through the vigor of speech," "Soma of Soma," "O lord of speech, with uninjured speech," and "O lord of speech, the name placed in the heart," with the seasonal formula "vāgghotā", and with "The Brahmin is the single Hotṛ."
3.4.4.4
āhavanīya ekeṣāṃ kapālaḥ \
According to some, the potsherd is in the Āhavanīya fire.
3.4.4.5
santapanāgninā vājasaneyinaḥ samāmananti \
The Vājasaneyins prescribe [burning] with the Santapana fire.
3.4.4.6
tamabhinivartate yaṃ gharmo 'gnirabhijihartti yāṃ gatiṃ yānti yudhi yuddhaśūrā vidhṛtapāpā virajā viśokāstāṃ gatiṃ yāhi surabhirnākapṛṣṭhaḥ svadhā nama iti \
He faces it, [saying]: "Whom the hot fire carries away, to which destination the valiant in battle go, free of sins, free of dust, free of grief, to that destination go, fragrant on the back of the firmament; svadhā, homage!"
3.4.4.7
yadyanāhitāgnirbhavati yāṃ gatiṃ yānti yudhi yuddhaśurāstanutyajo mokṣavido manīṣinaḥ sukṛtino 'gnihotrahaviṣṭhāstāṃ gatiṃ yāhi surabhirnākapṛṣṭhaḥ svadhā nama iti \
If he has not maintained the sacred fires, [he follows the corpse with the formula]: 'The course which heroic warriors reach in battle, yielding their bodies, wise ones knowing liberation, virtuous doers fixed upon the sacrificial oblation of the Agnihotra—unto that course go, fragrant one, to the vault of heaven, svadhā, namaḥ!'
3.4.4.8
tato yajñopavītī saṃ tvā siñcāmi yajuṣā iti śāntiṃ kṛtvā jyotiṣmatyā ādityamupatiṣṭhate udvayaṃ tamasaspari udutyaṃ citram iti \
Then, wearing the sacred thread, having performed the pacification rite with [the formula], 'I sprinkle you with the yajus verse,' he waits upon the sun with the Jyotiṣmatī verse: 'Looking up beyond the darkness,' 'The radiant front of the gods has arisen' [and] 'Auspicious.'
3.4.4.9
putrabhrātṛsapiṇḍāḥ saṃviśanti \
The sons, brothers, and sapiṇḍa kinsmen assemble together.
3.4.4.10
anavekṣamāṇāstīrthamāyānti \
Without looking back, they come to a sacred spot [at the water].
3.4.4.11
rājapuruṣo vā tānasagotro vā parṇaśākhayā śamīśākhayaudumbaraśākhayā vārayati mā tarata iti \
A royal officer or a person not of the same gotra stops them with a palāśa branch, a śamī branch, or an udumbara branch, saying, 'Do not cross!'
3.4.4.12
na punarāgamiṣyāmaha ityuktvāturavyañjanāni kṛtvā keśāna saṃprakīrya pāṃsūnopyaikavāsaso 'hatavāsaso vā dakṣiṇāmukhāḥ sakṛdunmajjyottīrya savyaṃ jānuṃ bhūmau nidhāya vāsaḥ pīḍayitvotthāyāñjalinodakamādāya tilamiśrā apastaṃ prati asāvetatta udakam iti evaṃ dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca kṛtvā athāpratīkṣā grāmamāyānti \
Saying, 'We will not return [to this state],' having made signs of distress, having dishevelled their hair, having cast dust [upon themselves], wearing a single garment or wearing unwashed garments, facing the south, plunging once into the water, emerging, placing the left knee upon the ground, wringing out the garment, standing up, taking water with cupped hands, [they offer] the water mixed with sesame seeds toward him, [saying], 'O so-and-so, this is your water.' Having done so a second and a third time, then without looking back they come to the village.
3.4.4.13
kaniṣṭhaprathamāḥ pipīlikā yānti \
The youngest going first, they proceed like ants.
3.4.4.14
niveśanadvāre nimbapatraṃ prāśyāpa ācamya gomayaṃ hiraṇyamapo 'gniṃ sarṣapāṃstairlāmatyupaspṛśya śiraḥ prāṇān saṃmṛśyāśmānamākramya gṛhaṃ praviśya yat striya āhustat kurvanti \
At the entrance of the dwelling, having chewed a neem leaf, having sipped water, having touched cow dung, gold, water, fire, mustard seeds, and sesame oil, having touched the head and the vital breaths, having stepped upon a millstone, having entered the house, they do whatever the women say.
3.4.4.15
yatra prāṇā utkrāntā bhavanti tasmin gomayenopalipya vatsaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tilataṇḍulānyudakamiśrāṇi saṃprakīrya svastyastu gṛhāṇāṃ śeṣe śivamāstām iti pavanaṃ kṛtvāpakvāśī striyā ata ūrdhvaṃ brahmacaryamā daśarātrāt \
Where the vital breaths departed, having smeared that place with cow dung, having set down a calf, having scattered sesame and rice grains mixed with water, having performed purification [with the formula], 'May there be welfare; let auspiciousness abide in what remains of the households,' eating uncooked food, [abstaining] from women, from that time onward [there is] chastity for ten nights.
3.4.4.16
sāyaṃprātaḥ sakṛdudakamutsicya daśame 'hani trirudakamutsicya daśamyāṃ vikṛtāhāram \\4\\
In the evening and in the morning, having poured out water once, on the tenth day having poured out water thrice, on the tenth [day] he eats altered food. ||4
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- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
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