Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.5.6
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.5.6
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3.5.6.1
athāsya rājagavīmupākaroti bhuvanasya pate iti \
Then he brings near his royal cow, [reciting]: "O Lord of the world..."
3.5.6.2
tasyāṃ nipadyamānāyāṃ savyāni jānūnyupanighnate puruṣasya sayāvaryapedaghāni mṛjmahe \
While she is being laid down, they bend their left knees, [saying]: "Fellow-traveller of the man, we wipe away evils!"
3.5.6.3
yathā no atra nāparaḥ purā jarasa āyati iti \
"so that no other one among us comes here before old age."
3.5.6.4
tāmatraiva śastrād ghnanti \
Right there they slaughter her with an instrument.
3.5.6.5
athaitasyai prāṇān visrasyamānānanumantrayate puruṣasya sayāvari vi te prāṇamasisrasam \
Then he recites over her vital breaths as they are being released: "O companion of the man, I have released your vital breath;
3.5.6.6
śarīreṇa mahīmihi svadha ehi pitṝnupa prajayāsmānihāvaha iti \
go to the earth with your body! O Svadhā, go to the ancestors! Bring [prosperity] to us here with offspring!"
3.5.6.7
upotthāya pāṃsūnamavamṛśante maivaṃ māṃstā priye 'haṃ devī satī pitṛlokaṃ yadaiṣi \
Having stood up, they touch the dust [with the verse]: "Do not think thus, O dear one, when you, being divine, go to the world of the ancestors!
3.5.6.8
viśvavārā nabhasā saṃ vyayantyubhau no lokau payasābhyāvavṛtsva iti \
Endowed with all choice gifts, enveloping with the sky, turn both our worlds toward us with milk!"
3.5.6.9
athainaṃ saṃśāsti aṅgādaṅgādanasthikāni piśitāni pracchidyāsaṃśrāvayanto 'pracyāvayanta ekolmukena śrapayantaḥ prajñātāṃ vapāṃ nidhatta prajñātaṃ hṛdayaṃ prajñātāṃ jihvāṃ prajñātaṃ carma saśīrṣavālapādaṃ prajñāte ca matasre prajñātaṃ meda iti \
Then he directs him: "Cutting off pieces of boneless flesh from each limb, making no sound, not letting [them] drop, cooking [them] with a single firebrand, set down the known omentum, the known heart, the known tongue, the known hide together with head, tail, and feet, the two known kidneys, and the known fat!"
3.5.6.10
athāsya bhāryāmupasaṃveśayati iyaṃ nārī patilokaṃ vṛṇānā nipadyata upa tvā martyapretam \
Then he makes his wife lie down beside [him]: "This woman, choosing the world of her husband, lies down beside you who are a departed mortal,
3.5.6.11
viśvaṃ purāṇamanu pālayantī tasyai prajāṃ draviṇaṃ ceha dhehi iti \
maintaining the ancient custom of all; bestow offspring and wealth upon her here!"
3.5.6.12
tāṃ patihitaḥ savye pāṇau gṛhītvotthāpayati udīrṣva nāryabhi jīvalokamitāsumetamupaśeṣa ehi \
The husband's representative, taking her by the left hand, raises her up: "Arise, O woman, toward the world of the living; you lie beside this one whose life has departed; come!
3.5.6.13
hastagrābhasya didhiṣostvametat patyurjanitvamabhi saṃbabhūva iti \
You have attained this wifehood of a husband who takes the hand and seeks to marry [you]."
3.5.6.14
athāsya svarṇena hastau nimṛjate svarṇe hastādādadānā mṛtasya śriyai brahmaṇe tejase balāya \
Then he wipes his two hands with gold: "Taking gold from the hand of the deceased, for prosperity, for holy power, for fiery energy, for strength;
3.5.6.15
atraiva tvamiha vayaṃ suśevā viśvā spṛdho abhimātīrjayema iti brāhmaṇasya dhanurhastādādadānā mṛtasya śriyai kṣatrāyaujase balāya \
you right there, we here, very gracious, may we conquer all rivalries and foes!"—[this] for a Brahmin. "Taking the bow from the hand of the deceased, for prosperity, for ruling power, for vigor, for strength;
3.5.6.16
atraiva tvamiha vayaṃ suśevā viśvā spṛdho abhimātīrjayema iti rājanyasya maṇiṃ hastādādadānā mṛtasya śriyai viśe puṣṭyai balāya \
you right there, we here, very gracious, may we conquer all rivalries and foes!"—[this] for a Kṣatriya. "Taking the jewel from the hand of the deceased, for prosperity, for the common people, for nourishment, for strength;
3.5.6.17
atraiva tvamiha vayaṃ suśevā viśvā spṛdho abhimātīrjayema iti vaiśyasya \
you right there, we here, very gracious, may we conquer all rivalries and foes!"—[this] for a Vaiśya.
3.5.6.18
yaccātra striya āhustatkurvanti \
And whatever the women say here, they do that.
3.5.6.19
athainametayāsandyā saha citāvādadhāti \
Then he places him onto the pyre together with this chair.
3.5.6.20
apakṛṣya rajjūrāsandīmapavidhyanti \
Having pulled away the cords, they cast the chair aside.
3.5.6.21
kṛṣṇājine caiva rajjuṣu cottānaḥ śete \
He lies face upwards on the black antelope skin and on the cords.
3.5.6.22
tasya prāṇeṣu hiraṇyaśakalān pratyasyati \
He throws pieces of gold into his sense openings.
3.5.6.23
nānā caturgṛhītābhyāmakṣṇorjuhoti citraṃ devānāmudagādanīkam ityardharcābhyāṃ juhotīti vijñāyate \\6\\
He makes offerings into his two eyes with two separately drawn fourfold portions [of ghee]; it is known [from tradition]: he offers with the two half-verses of "The brilliant face of the gods has arisen…"
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- Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Taittirīyāraṇyaka (complete text) — Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī) — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit