Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.5.5
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.5.5
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3.5.5.1
athāsyāvakāśaṃ joṣayate \
Then he selects a space for him.
3.5.5.2
paścādudakamanūṣaramanupahatamasrutahāryamaniriṇamabhaṅguramavalmīkamajāgartibahulauṣadhi yatra kṣīriṇo vṛkṣā oṣadhayo vyatiṣaktāḥ syuḥ yasmād dakṣiṇāpratīcya āpaḥ śanaiḥ pratiṣṭheran tāḥ pradakṣiṇamabhiparyāvṛtya mahānadīmabhyupetya prācyaḥ saṃpadyeran \
[A place] with water to the west, not saline, not damaged [by traffic], not washed away by streams, not barren, not cracked, without anthills, free from marsh plants and rich in herbs, where milk-bearing trees and plants are entwined, from where waters flowing south-westward would gently settle, and having turned clockwise toward a great river, would become east-flowing.
3.5.5.3
dakṣiṇāpratyakpravaṇamityekeṣām \
"Sloping toward the south-west," according to some.
3.5.5.4
apivā yā samā subhūmiḥ \
Or whatever is level, good ground.
3.5.5.5
tasmādvīrudha uddhārayanti \
They root out plants from it:
3.5.5.6
kāḷāṃ ca pṛśnopaṇīṃ ca tilvakāṃ cāpāghāṃ cāpāmārgaṃ ca śuṇṭhīṃ ca bahuputrīṃ ca visraṃsinīkāṃ ca rājakṣapaṇīṃ ca yāścānyā kṣīriṇya oṣadhayo bhavanti \
kāḷā, pṛśniparṇī, tilvaka, apāghā, apāmārga, ginger, bahuputrī, visraṃsinīkā, rājakṣapaṇī, and whatever other milky plants there are.
3.5.5.7
athainamuddhatyāvokṣya hiraṇyena parikrīya parṇaśākhayāpohati apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāta iti \
Then, having raised [the ground], sprinkled it with water, purchased it with gold, he sweeps it with a parṇa branch, [saying]: "Depart, disperse, crawl away hence!"
3.5.5.8
dārucitāṃ kurvanti dakṣiṇāprācīm eṣā hi pitṛṇāṃ prācī dig iti vijñāyate \
They make a pyre of wood pointing south-east; for "this is the eastern direction of the Fathers," so it is known [from sacred tradition].
3.5.5.9
jaghanena citāṃ dakṣiṇāprācīṃ vihāraṃ kalpayitvā darbhairagniṃ pretaṃ citāṃ ca paristīrya dakṣiṇena vihāraṃ dakṣiṇāgnān darbhān saṃstīrya teṣvekaikaśo nyañci pātrāṇi sādayati \
Having arranged the sacrificial ground behind the pyre, pointing south-east, having strewn darbha grass around the fire, the deceased, and the pyre, and having strewn darbha grass with tips pointing south to the south of the sacrificial ground, he places down the vessels on them one by one, upside down.
3.5.5.10
ekapavitreṇa prokṣaṇīḥ saṃskṛtya pātrāṇi prokṣya pretaṃ citāṃ cājyaṃ nirupyādhiśritya paryagnikṛtvodvāsyotpūya tūṣṇīṃ darbhaiḥ pātrāṇi saṃmṛjya tūṣṇīṃ tūṣṇīṃ dārśapūrṇamāsikājyāni gṛhītvā \\5\\
Having prepared the sprinkling water with a single strainer, sprinkled the vessels, the deceased, and the pyre, poured out clarified butter, placed it on the fire, carried fire around it, taken it off, purified it by straining, wiped the vessels silently with darbha grass, and silently taken the clarified butter portions used for the New and Full Moon sacrifices: || 5
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