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Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.6.1

Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.6.1

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3.6.1.1

athainamādīpayate \

Then he kindles him.

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3.6.1.2

ādīpyamānamanumantrayate mainamagne vidaho mābhiśoco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram \

While [the pyre] is catching fire, he consecrates [it] with: "O Agni, do not scorch him thoroughly; do not consume him; do not rend his skin or his body.

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3.6.1.3

yadā śṛtaṃ karavo jātavedo 'themenaṃ prahiṇutāt pitṛbhyaḥ iti \

When you have prepared him, O Jātavedas, then send him forth to the Fathers."

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3.6.1.4

prajvalitamanumantrayate śṛtaṃ yadā karasi jātavedo 'themenaṃ paridattāt pitṛbhyaḥ \

While it is blazing up, he consecrates [it] with: "When you have prepared him, O Jātavedas, then deliver him to the Fathers."

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3.6.1.5

yadā gacchātyasunītimetāmathā devānāṃ vaśanīrbhavāti iti \

"When he goes on this journey of the breath of life, then let him become subject to the gods' will."

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3.6.1.6

atra ṣaḍḍhotāraṃ vyācaṣṭe sūryaṃ te cakṣurgacchatu vātamātmā dyāṃ ca gaccha pṛthivīṃ ca dharmaṇā \

Then he recites the six-Hotṛ formula: "May your eye go to the sun, your breath of life to the wind; and go to heaven and earth according to righteousness;

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3.6.1.7

apo vā gaccha yadi tatra te hitamoṣadhīṣu pratitiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ iti \

or go to the waters, if it is beneficial for you there; stand firmly among the plants with your limbs."

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3.6.1.8

atrainamajaṃ cityante 'balena śulbena badhnāti ajo bhāgastapasā taṃ tapasva taṃ te śocistapatu taṃ te arciḥ \

Then, at the edge of the pyre, he ties this goat with a weak cord: "The goat is your share; scorch it with heat; let your heat scorch it, let your flame [scorch it];

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3.6.1.9

yāste śivāstanuvo jātavedastābhirvahemaṃ sukṛtāṃ yatra lokāḥ iti \

with your benevolent bodies, O Jātavedas, carry this [man] to where the worlds of the virtuous are."

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3.6.1.10

sa yadyaho dravati nainamāvartayati \

If it runs into the day, he does not bring it back.

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3.6.1.11

prāgu haika upoṣaṇāt \

Some, indeed, [do this] before the burning.

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3.6.1.12

udakumbhena trirapasalaiḥ pariyanti vāruṇībhiḥ \

They walk around counter-clockwise three times with a water jar, with [verses] addressed to Varuṇa.

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3.6.1.13

tatpracchādyena parṇamayena sruveṇopaghātaṃ juhoti ya etasya patho goptārastebhyaḥ svāhā iti nava sruvāhutīḥ \

Having covered that, he offers dipping oblations with a wooden spoon made of palāśa wood: "To those who are guardians of this path, svāhā!"—these are nine spoon oblations.

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3.6.1.14

athānyāṃ juhoti ayaṃ vai tvamasmādadhi tvametadayaṃ vai tadasya yonirasi \

Then he offers another: "You are indeed this from him; you are this, you are indeed this source of his;

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3.6.1.15

vaiśvānaraḥ putraḥ pitre lokakujjātavedo vahemaṃ sukṛtāṃ yatra lokāḥ svāhā iti \

Vaiśvānara, a son making a world for his father, O Jātavedas, carry this [man] to where the worlds of the virtuous are, svāhā!"

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3.6.1.16

atraiva sruvamanu praharati \

Here itself he throws the wooden spoon into [the fire].

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3.6.1.17

atraitānyavadānānīḍamūne pracchādyaudumbaryā darvyopaghātaṃ juhoti agnaye rayimate svāhā iti \

Then, having covered these portions on the iḍā-vessel, he offers a dipping oblation with an udumbara ladle: "To Agni the wealthy, svāhā!"

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3.6.1.18

atraiva darvīmanupraharati jaghanena citām \

Here itself he throws the ladle into [the fire] to the west of the pyre.

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3.6.1.19

athainaṃ navarcena yāmyena sūktenopatiṣṭhate praketaunā bṛhatā bhātyagniḥ iti \

Then he reveres him with the nine-verse hymn addressed to Yama: "With great foresight Agni shines forth..."

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3.6.1.20

āsīnaḥ parācānuśaṃsati \

Seated, turning away, he recites.

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3.6.1.21

jaghanena dahanaṃ tisro dakṣiṇāḥ karṣūḥ kurvanti \

To the west of the cremation [fire], they make three furrows towards the south.

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3.6.1.22

athainā adbhiranuplāvya sikatābhiravakīrya saṃgāhante yavīyān yavīyān pūrvaḥ saṃgāhante \

Then, having flooded these with water and scattered them with sand, they plunge in; the younger, successively younger [plunge in] first.

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3.6.1.23

aśmanvatī revatīḥ saṃrabhadhvamuttiṣṭhata prataratā sakhāyaḥ \

"Take hold of the stony, wealthy [waters]; stand up, cross over, O friends!

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3.6.1.24

atrā jahāma ye asannaśevāḥ śivān vayamabhi vājānuttarema iti \

Here let us leave behind those who are not kind; may we cross over to auspicious strengths."

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3.6.1.25

jaghanena karṣūḥ parṇaśākhe nihatyābalena śulbena baddhvā vinisarpanti yadvai devasya savituḥ pavitraṃ sahasradhāraṃ vitatamantarikṣe \

To the west of the furrows, having driven in two palāśa branches and tied them with a weak cord, they creep out: "That which is the thousand-streamed filter of the divine Savitṛ stretched across the midspace,

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3.6.1.26

yenāpunādindramanārtamārtyai tenāhaṃ māṃ sarvatanuṃ punāmi iti \

with which he purified Indra unharmed from distress, with that do I purify myself, complete in all limbs."

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3.6.1.27

jaghanyo vyudasyati yā rāṣṭrāt pannādapayanti śākhā abhimṛtā nṛpatimicchamānāḥ \

The last [person] casts it away: "The branches that fall away from a fallen realm, being touched, seeking a ruler—

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3.6.1.28

dhātustāḥ sarvāḥ pavanena pūtāḥ prajayāsmān rayyā varcasā saṃsṛjātha iti \

all these, purified by the cleanser of the creator, unite us with offspring, with wealth, and with splendour!"

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3.6.1.29

yatrāpastadyantyanavekṣamāṇāḥ \

Without looking back, they go to where there is water.

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3.6.1.30

apaḥ sacelā dakṣiṇāmukhāḥ samṛttikāḥ plavante dhātā punātu savitā punātu iti \

Clothed in their garments, facing south, with earth, they bathe in the water: "May the creator purify [me], may Savitṛ purify [me]!"

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3.6.1.31

nāmagrāhaṃ trirudakamutsicyottīryācamyādityamupatiṣṭhate udvayaṃ tamasaspari iti \

Having poured out water three times, uttering the name, having come out and sipped water, he reveres the sun with: "Looking upon the higher light beyond darkness..."

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3.6.1.32

atha gṛhānāyānti \

Then they come to their homes.

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3.6.1.33

yaccātra striya āhustat kurvanti \\1\\

And whatever the women say here, that they do.

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