Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.5.3
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.5.3
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3.5.3.1
athāto 'nustaraṇīkalpaḥ \
Now begins the procedure for the covering cow.
3.5.3.2
ānayantyetāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ kūṭāṃ jaratīṃ mūrkhāṃ tajjaghanyāmanustaraṇīṃ pratibaddhām \
They lead up this black, hornless, old, foolish cow, tied up, as the covering cow, behind him.
3.5.3.3
savyapratibaddhā bhavati iti vijñāyate \
"She is tied on the left," so it is known [from sacred tradition].
3.5.3.4
etasmin kāle 'syāmātyāḥ prakīrṇakeśāstisṛbhiraṅgulībhiḥ upahatya pāṃsūnaṃseṣvāvapante khalvaghaṃ nāsya khalvo evāgham iti \
At this time, his kinsmen, with dishevelled hair, scooping up dust with three fingers, cast it over their shoulders, [saying]: "Indeed there is evil, not his indeed, but our evil alone."
3.5.3.5
athāsya bhāryāḥ kaniṣṭhaprathamāḥ prakīrṇakeśyo vrajeyuḥ pāṃsūnaṃseṣvāvapamānāḥ khalvaghaṃ nāsya khalvo evāgham iti \
Then his wives, the youngest first, should go with dishevelled hair, casting dust over their shoulders, [saying]: "Indeed there is evil, not his indeed, but our evil alone."
3.5.3.6
etasmin kāle gārhapatye pālāśaṃ kāṣṭhamātapyātholmukaprathamāḥ pratipadyante \
At this time, having heated a stick of palāśa wood in the gārhapatya fire, they proceed with the firebrand first.
3.5.3.7
svadhitirathāgnayo 'tha pātrāṇi dadhyājyaṃ darbhā rājagavīti \
The sacrificial knife, then the fires, then the vessels, yogurt and clarified butter, darbha grass, and the royal cow.
3.5.3.8
athainametayāsandyā talpena vā kaṭena vā saṃveṣṭya dāsāḥ pravayaso vā vaheyuḥ \
Then, having wrapped him upon this chair, or upon a couch, or with a mat, male servants or aged men should carry him.
3.5.3.9
athainamanasā vahanti ityekeṣām \
"Then they carry him on a cart," according to some.
3.5.3.10
anaśced yuñjyād imau yunajmi te vahnī asunīthāya voḍhave \
If he hitches a cart, [he recites]: "I yoke these two draught-oxen for you to carry you to the spirit-world,
3.5.3.11
yābhyāṃ yamasya sādanaṃ saukṛtāṃ cāpi gacchatāt iti samāropyāgnīn haranti \
by which you may go to the abode of Yama and to those who have done good deeds." Having mounted the fires [on it], they convey [them].
3.5.3.12
samāropya vāntareṇa vā kṛtvāgnīn haranti \\3\\
Having mounted them, or having placed [him] between [them], they convey the fires. || 3
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