Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.5.8
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.5.8
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3.5.8.1
atha yadyanustaraṇīṃ nānustariṣyanto bhavantyutsṛjedvainām \
Now, if they are not going to spread out the accompanying cow, he should set her free,
3.5.8.2
brāhmaṇebhyo vā dadyāt \
or he should give her to Brahmins.
3.5.8.3
dattvātraiva śreyase bhavanti iti vijñāyate \
It is known [from tradition]: "Having given [her] right here, they become [destined] for superior welfare."
3.5.8.4
atha yadyutsrakṣyan bhavati tāmapasalaiḥ paryāṇayati apaśyāma yuvatimācarantīm iti tisṛbhistriḥ paryāṇīyottarataḥ pratiṣṭhitāmanumantrayate ye jīvā ye ca mṛtā ityetayā \
Now, if he is going to release her, he leads her around counter-clockwise with the three verses: "We saw the young woman approaching…"; having led her around three times, he recites over her as she stands to the north with this [verse]: "Those who are living and those who are dead…"
3.5.8.5
athāsyāḥ karṇalomānyutpāṭya pāṇyorevādadhyāt śyāmaśavaḷābhyāṃ tvā iti \
Then, having plucked hairs from her ears, he should place them in the two hands only, with: "For Śyāma and Śabala, thee!"
3.5.8.6
dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇaṃ savye savyam \
The right on the right, the left on the left.
3.5.8.7
athaināmutsṛjati mātā rudrāṇāṃ duhitā vasūnāṃ svasātityānām amṛtasya nābhiḥ \
Then he releases her: "The mother of the Rudras, the daughter of the Vasus, the sister of the Ādityas, the navel of immortality;
3.5.8.8
praṇuvocaṃ cikituṣe janāya māgāmanāgāmaditiṃ vadhiṣṭa \
I declare to the discerning person: do not slay the sinless cow Aditi!
3.5.8.9
pibatūdakaṃ tṛṇānyattu \
Let her drink water! Let her eat grasses!
3.5.8.10
omutsṛjata iti \
Om, set her free!"
3.5.8.11
athainamupoṣayati purastādāhavanīyena dakṣiṇato 'nvāhāryapacanena paścād gārhapatyenottarataḥ sabhyāvasakthyābhyām \
Then he sets fire to him: from the east with the Āhavanīya fire, from the south with the Anvāhāryapacana fire, from the west with the Gārhapatya fire, from the north with the Sabhya and Āvasathya fires.
3.5.8.12
atrāpyutprekṣā bhavanti \
Here too there are portents:
3.5.8.13
taṃ yadyāhavanīyaḥ prathamamabhyujjvaled devalokamabhyajaiṣīdityenaṃ jānīyāt \
If the Āhavanīya fire should blaze up against him first, one should know of him: "He has won the world of the gods."
3.5.8.14
atha yadyanvāhāryapacanaḥ pitṛlokam \
Now if the Anvāhāryapacana fire [blazes first, he has won] the world of the ancestors.
3.5.8.15
atha yadi gārhapatyaḥ svargalokam \
Now if the Gārhapatya fire [blazes first, he has won] the heavenly world.
3.5.8.16
atha yadi sabhyāvasakthau saptarṣīṇāṃ lokam \
Now if the Sabhya and Āvasathya fires [blaze first, he has won] the world of the Seven Seers.
3.5.8.17
atha yadi sarva eva sahābhyujjvaled brahmalokamabhyajaiṣīd ityenaṃ jānīyāt \
Now if all of them blaze up together, one should know of him: "He has won the world of Brahman."
3.5.8.18
yaccātra striya āhustatkurvanti \\8\\
And whatever the women say here, they do that.
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