Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.5.4
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.5.4
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3.5.4.1
athainamādadate \
Then they take him up.
3.5.4.2
ādīyamānamanumantrayate pūṣā tvetaścyāvayatu pravidvānanaṣṭapaśurbhuvanasya gopāḥ \
While he is being taken up, he consecrates him [with the verse]: "May Pūṣan move you hence, the wise one who loses no cattle, the guardian of the world.
3.5.4.3
sa tvaitebhyaḥ paridadāt pitṛbhyo 'gnirdevebhyaḥ suvidatrebhyaḥ iti \
May he deliver you to these Fathers; may Agni [deliver you] to the benevolent gods."
3.5.4.4
tṛtīyametasyādhvano gatvā nidadhati \
Having gone a third of this distance, they set him down.
3.5.4.5
athaiteṣāṃ śakalānāmekamaśastreṇa plakṣṇoti \
Then he smooths one of these splinters without an iron blade.
3.5.4.6
atha yadi na śakalā bhavanti caruṃ mekṣaṇena prayauti \
Then, if there are no splinters, he stirs the mess of boiled rice with the stirring-stick.
3.5.4.7
athavā eka eva sa bhavati carostṛtīyaṃ mekṣaṇena prayauti \
Or if there is only one [splinter], he stirs a third of the boiled rice with the stirring-stick.
3.5.4.8
loṣṭānupasaṃhṛtya teṣūpamṛjya kaniṣṭhaprathamāḥ prakīrṇakeśāstrirapasalaiḥ pariyanti sigbhirupavātayantaḥ \
Having gathered clods of earth and wiped their hands on them, [the kinsmen], the youngest first, with dishevelled hair, walk around counter-clockwise three times, fanning [him] with the borders of their garments.
3.5.4.9
evamamātyā evaṃ striyaḥ saṃyamya keśān yathetaṃ triḥ punaḥ pariyanti \
Thus the kinsmen [do]; thus the women, having tied up their hair, walk around three times again in the natural direction.
3.5.4.10
athainamādadate \
Then they take him up.
3.5.4.11
ādīyamānamanumantrayate pūṣemā āśā anuveda sarvāḥ so asmām̐ abhayatamena neṣat \
While he is being taken up, he consecrates him [with the verse]: "Pūṣan knows all these quarters; may he lead us by the safest [way].
3.5.4.12
svastidā aghṛṇiḥ sarvavīro 'prayṛcchan pura etu pravidvān iti \
May the giver of welfare, radiant, possessing all heroes, unflagging, wise, go before [us]."
3.5.4.13
ardhametasyādhvano gatvā nidadhati \
Having gone half of this distance, they set him down.
3.5.4.14
athaiteṣāṃ śakalānāmekamaśastreṇa plakṣṇoti \
Then he smooths one of these splinters without an iron blade.
3.5.4.15
atha yadi na śakalā bhavanti caruṃ mekṣaṇena prayauti \
Then, if there are no splinters, he stirs the mess of boiled rice with the stirring-stick.
3.5.4.16
loṣṭānupasaṃhṛtya teṣūpamṛjya kaniṣṭhaprathamāḥ prakīrṇakeśāstrirapasalaiḥ pariyanti sigbhirupavātayantaḥ \
Having gathered clods of earth and wiped their hands on them, [the kinsmen], the youngest first, with dishevelled hair, walk around counter-clockwise three times, fanning [him] with the borders of their garments.
3.5.4.17
evamamātyā evaṃ striyaḥ saṃyamya keśān yathetaṃ triḥ punaḥ pariyanti \
Thus the kinsmen [do]; thus the women, having tied up their hair, walk around three times again in the natural direction.
3.5.4.18
athainamādadate \
Then they take him up.
3.5.4.19
ādīyamānamanumantrayate āyurviśvāyuḥ paripāsati tvā pūṣā tvā pātu prapathe purastāt \
While he is being taken up, he consecrates him [with the verse]: "May life full of all vital span protect you on all sides; may Pūṣan protect you in front upon the far path.
3.5.4.20
yatrāsate sukṛto yatra te yayustatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātu iti \
Where the doers of good deeds dwell, where they have gone, there may god Savitṛ place you."
3.5.4.21
samastametasyādhvano gatvā nidadhati \
Having traversed the entire distance, they set him down.
3.5.4.22
athaiteṣāṃ śakalānāmekamaśastreṇa plakṣṇoti \
Then he smooths one of these splinters without an iron blade.
3.5.4.23
atha yadi śakalā na bhavanti caruṃ mekṣaṇena prayauti \
Then, if there are no splinters, he stirs the mess of boiled rice with the stirring-stick.
3.5.4.24
yadyu vā eka eva bhavati caroravaśiṣṭaṃ mekṣaṇena prayauti \
And if there is only one, he stirs the remainder of the boiled rice with the stirring-stick.
3.5.4.25
loṣṭānupasaṃhṛtya teṣūpamṛjya kaniṣṭhaprathamāḥ prakīrṇakeśāḥ trirapasalaiḥ pariyanti sigbhirupavātayantaḥ \
Having gathered clods of earth and wiped their hands on them, [the kinsmen], the youngest first, with dishevelled hair, walk around counter-clockwise three times, fanning [him] with the borders of their garments.
3.5.4.26
evamamātyā evaṃ striyaḥ saṃyamya keśān yathetaṃ triḥ punaḥ pariyanti \
Thus the kinsmen [do]; thus the women, having tied up their hair, walk around three times again in the natural direction.
3.5.4.27
athaitāṃ carusthālīṃ subhinnāṃ bhinatti yathāsyai kapāleṣūdakaṃ na tiṣṭhediti \
Then he breaks this pot of boiled rice thoroughly into pieces, so that water does not stand in its potsherds.
3.5.4.28
yaccātra striya āhustatkurvanti \\4\\
And whatever the women say here, they do that. || 4
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