Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.6.4
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.6.4
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3.6.4.1
atha yadi punardhakṣyanto bhavanti purastādevāvaśeṣayeyurjuhūṃ cāraṇīṃ ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ dṛṣadupale śamyāmiti \
Now, if they are about to burn [the bones] again, they should leave behind in advance the juhū ladle, the churning stick, the black antelope skin, the upper and lower millstones, and the wooden peg.
3.6.4.2
atha yadyanuhṛtāḥ syuryasyakasyacidaśvatthasyāraṇī gṛhītvā mathitvāgnimupasamādhāya paristīrya kṛṣṇājine śamyāyāṃ dṛṣadupale yuktvāsthīnyevāñjanaṃ piṣṭvā purāṇena sarpiṣā samudāyutya juhvā prasekaṃ juhoti asmāttvamadhijāto 'smayaṃ tvadadhijāyatām \
Now, if they have been carried along, having taken churning sticks of any aśvattha tree whatsoever, having churned, having set up the fire, having strewn [darbha grass] around, having joined the upper and lower millstones upon the black antelope skin [and] upon the wooden peg, having ground the bones like collyrium, having stirred them with old clarified butter, he offers a continuous stream with the juhū ladle: “From this you were born; from you may this one be born!
3.6.4.3
agnaye vaiśvānarāya svargāya lokāya svāhā iti \
To Agni Vaiśvānara, to the heavenly world, svāhā!”
3.6.4.4
atraivānupraharati juhūṃ cāraṇīṃ ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ dṛṣadupale śamyāmiti \
Right here he throws in after: the juhū ladle, the churning stick, the black antelope skin, the upper and lower millstones, and the wooden peg.
3.6.4.5
atrāpyutprekṣā bhavanti \
Here there are also omens:
3.6.4.6
taṃ yadi jvālordhvamabhyujjvaled devalokamabhyajaiṣīdityenaṃ jānīyād atha yadi muhūrtamudetya vā bhramedantarikṣamabhyajaiṣīdityenaṃ jānīyād atha yadīmāmanuvinamedihaivetyenaṃ jānīyāt \
If the flame should blaze upward from it, one should know of him: “He has won the world of the gods.” Now, if having risen for a moment it should swirl, one should know of him: “He has won the intermediate space.” Now, if it should bend down toward this [earth], one should know of him: “He remains right here.”
3.6.4.7
yaccātra striya āhustat kurvanti \
And whatever the women say on this occasion, that they do.
3.6.4.8
na cāsyāta ūrdhvaṃ śmaśānaṃ kartumādriyeta \
And henceforth he should not take care to build a burial mound for him.
3.6.4.9
kṛtīrvāsya dahane vapedapasyābhirvā paricinuyāt \
Or he may sow kṛtī plants on his cremation site, or pile it around with water-bearing [stones].
3.6.4.10
tamabhyevādityastapati abhi vā vātaḥ pavate sa nādityasya sakāśānna vāyornāpāṃ sparśācchidyate \
The sun shines directly upon him, the wind blows towards him; he is not separated from the presence of the sun, nor from the wind, nor from the touch of the waters.
3.6.4.11
yamevaṃ nidadhyurya u cainamevaṃ vidurevamu hāhīnā hāyanā vāśvatthaṃ nidadhyustaṃ ho evaṃ cakre tasyo heme 'hīnā hāyanā śreyasī śreyasī hyasmai vasyasī vasyasī prajā bhavati \
Whomever they bury thus, and whoever know him thus—just so indeed the Ahīnas or the Hāyanas placed [the bones in] an aśvattha; thus indeed he did; and to him these Ahīnas and Hāyanas—better and better, more and more prosperous indeed becomes his offspring.
3.6.4.12
yamevaṃ nidadhyurya u cainamevaṃ viduretāṃ ha kauṣītakirvidāṃcakāra \
Whomever they bury thus, and whoever know him thus—this indeed Kauṣītaki knew.
3.6.4.13
tasyo heme kauṣītakinaḥ śreyasī śreyasī hyasmai vyucchantī vyucchantyasmai vasyasī vasyasī prajā bhavati yamevaṃ nidadhyurya u cainamevaṃ vidurya u cainamevaṃ viduḥ \\4\\
And to him these descendants of Kauṣītaki—better and better indeed, dawning and dawning for him, more and more prosperous becomes his offspring, whomever they bury thus, and whoever know him thus, and whoever know him thus. || 4
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- Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit