Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.6.1
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.6.1
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3.6.1.1
athainamādīpayate \
Then he kindles him.
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.
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."
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."
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."
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;
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."
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];
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."
3.6.1.10
sa yadyaho dravati nainamāvartayati \
If it runs into the day, he does not bring it back.
3.6.1.11
prāgu haika upoṣaṇāt \
Some, indeed, [do this] before the burning.
3.6.1.12
udakumbhena trirapasalaiḥ pariyanti vāruṇībhiḥ \
They walk around counter-clockwise three times with a water jar, with [verses] addressed to Varuṇa.
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.
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;
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!"
3.6.1.16
atraiva sruvamanu praharati \
Here itself he throws the wooden spoon into [the fire].
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!"
3.6.1.18
atraiva darvīmanupraharati jaghanena citām \
Here itself he throws the ladle into [the fire] to the west of the pyre.
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..."
3.6.1.20
āsīnaḥ parācānuśaṃsati \
Seated, turning away, he recites.
3.6.1.21
jaghanena dahanaṃ tisro dakṣiṇāḥ karṣūḥ kurvanti \
To the west of the cremation [fire], they make three furrows towards the south.
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.
3.6.1.23
aśmanvatī revatīḥ saṃrabhadhvamuttiṣṭhata prataratā sakhāyaḥ \
"Take hold of the stony, wealthy [waters]; stand up, cross over, O friends!
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."
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,
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."
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—
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!"
3.6.1.29
yatrāpastadyantyanavekṣamāṇāḥ \
Without looking back, they go to where there is water.
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]!"
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..."
3.6.1.32
atha gṛhānāyānti \
Then they come to their homes.
3.6.1.33
yaccātra striya āhustat kurvanti \\1\\
And whatever the women say here, that they do.
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