Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.7.1
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.7.1
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3.7.1.1
atha gṛhāneṣyannupakalpayate vāraṇaṃ srucaṃ ca sruvaṃ ca vāraṇān paridhīn kuśamayaṃ barhiḥ parṇamayamidhmaṃ rohitaṃ carmānaḍuhaṃ navaṃ ca sarpirāñjanaṃ cāśmānaṃ cānaḍvāhaṃ ca śamīśākhāṃ ca kuśataruṇakāni ca darbhastambhaṃ cājaṃ ca yavāṃśca iti \
Now, about to return home, he prepares: an offering spoon and a dipping spoon made of vāraṇa wood, enclosing sticks of vāraṇa wood, sacred grass made of kuśa, a firewood bundle of parṇa wood, a red ox-hide, fresh clarified butter, collyrium, a millstone, an ox, a branch of the śamī tree, young kuśa blades, a clump of darbha grass, a goat, and barley grains.
3.7.1.2
athāntareṇa grāmaṃ ca śmaśānaṃ ca tadvṛdhāgnimupasamādhāya kṛśamayaṃ barhistīrtvā vāraṇān paridhīn paridhāya parṇamayamidhmamabhyajya svāhākāreṇābhyādhāyāthaitadrohitaṃ carmānaḍuhaṃ jaghanenāgniṃ prācīnagrīvamuttaralomopastṛṇāti \
Then, between the village and the cremation ground, having set up the Tadvṛdh fire, having strewn sacred grass made of kuśa, having placed enclosing sticks of vāraṇa wood, having anointed the firewood bundle of parṇa wood, having placed it on [the fire] with the utterance of svāhā, he then spreads out this red ox-hide behind the fire with the neck to the east and the hairy side up.
3.7.1.3
tadārohanti yāvanto 'sya jñātayo bhavanti ārohatāyurjarasaṃ gṛṇānā anupūrvaṃ yatamānāya tiṣṭa \
As many of his kinsmen as there are step upon it, [saying]: “Mount [this] life, singing praises to old age, stepping up in regular order, strive!
3.7.1.4
iha tvaṣṭā sujanimā suratno dirghamāyuḥ karatu jīvase va iti \
Here may Tvaṣṭṛ of noble birth, rich in treasures, grant long life for you to live!”
3.7.1.5
athainānanupūrvaṃ kalpayanti yathāhānyanupūrvaṃ bhavanti yathartava ṛtubhiryanti klṛptāḥ \
Then they arrange them in regular order, [saying]: “As the days are in regular order, as the seasons go arranged with the seasons,
3.7.1.6
yathā na pūrvamaparo jahātyevā dhātarāyūm̐ṣi kalpayaiṣām iti \
as the later does not abandon the earlier, so, O Creator, arrange the lifespans of these!”
3.7.1.7
atha vāraṇena sruveṇa vāraṇyāṃ sruci caturgṛhītvā juhoti na hi te agne tanuvai krūraṃ cakāra martyaḥ \
Then, having taken four ladlings with the vāraṇa dipping spoon into the vāraṇa offering spoon, he offers: “For indeed no mortal has done cruelty to your body, O Agni;
3.7.1.8
kapirbabhasti te janaṃ punarjarāyugauriva \
the monkey devours your folk like a cow devours the afterbirth again.
3.7.1.9
apa naḥ śośucadaghamagne śuśudhyā rayim \
Burning away our sin, O Agni, purify wealth for us!
3.7.1.10
apa naḥ śośucadaghaṃ mṛtyave svāhā iti \
Burning away our sin—to Death, svāhā!”
3.7.1.11
atha vāraṇena sruveṇopaghātaṃ juhoti apa naḥ śośucadagham iti dvādaśa sruvāhutīḥ \
Then he offers twelve spoon-oblations by scooping with the vāraṇa dipping spoon, [reciting]: “Burning away our sin...”
3.7.1.12
athopotthāya anuḍvāhamanvārabhante anaḍvāhamanvārabhāmahe svastaye \
Then, having risen up, they take hold of the ox from behind, [saying]: “We take hold of the ox from behind for our well-being.
3.7.1.13
sa na indra iva devebhyo vahniḥ saṃpāraṇo bhava iti \
Like Indra for the gods, may he be a draught animal leading us through to safety!”
3.7.1.14
prāñco yānti ime jīvā vimṛtairāvavartinnabhūd bhadraā devahūtiṃ no adya \
They go eastward, [saying]: “These living ones have turned away from the dead; auspicious has been our invocation of the gods today.
3.7.1.15
prāñco gāmānṛtaye hasāya drāghīya āyuḥ pratarāṃ dadhānāḥ \
We have gone eastwards for dancing, for laughter, securing for ourselves a further, longer life.
3.7.1.16
mṛtyoḥ padaṃ yopayanto yadaima drāghīya āyuḥ pratarāṃ dadhānāḥ \
Effacing the footstep of Death as we go, securing for ourselves a further, longer life,
3.7.1.17
āpyāyamānāḥ prajayā dhanena śuddhāḥ pūtā bhavatha yajñiyāsaḥ iti \\1\\
swelling with offspring and with wealth, pure and cleansed, be worthy of sacrifice!” || 1
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