Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.7.2
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.7.2
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3.7.2.1
athāntarenāgniṃ ca grāmaṃ cāśmānamavadadhāti imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi mā no 'nugādaparo ardhametam \
Then between the fire and the village he sets down a stone: "I place this enclosing barrier for the living, lest any other of ours go to this side;
3.7.2.2
śataṃ jīvantu śaradaḥ purūcīstiro mṛtyuṃ dadmahe parvatena iti \
may they live a hundred full autumns; we hide death away with a mountain."
3.7.2.3
athaitāḥ patnayo navena sarpiṣā saṃmṛśante imā nārīravidhavāḥ supatnīrāñjanena sarpiṣā saṃmṛśantām iti \
Then these wives smear themselves with fresh clarified butter: "Let these non-widowed women, good wives, smear themselves with collyrium and clarified butter."
3.7.2.4
kuśataruṇakaiḥ traikakudenāñjanenāṅkte yadāñjanaṃ traikakudaṃ jātaṃ himavataspari \
With young shoots of kuśa grass, [each] anoints herself with salve from Mount Trikakud, [with the mantra]: 'The salve from Trikakud that was produced upon the Himavat,
3.7.2.5
tenāmṛtasya mūlenārātīrjambhayāmasi iti \
with that, the root of immortality, do we destroy the adversaries.'
3.7.2.6
athaitāni kuśataruṇakāni samuccitya darbhastambe nidadhāti \
Then, having gathered these young shoots of kuśa grass, he places them in a clump of darbha grass, [with the mantra]:
3.7.2.7
yathā tvamudbhinatsyoṣadhe pṛthivyā adhi \
'Just as thou didst break through, O plant, upon the earth,
3.7.2.8
evamima udbhindantu kīrttyā yaśasā brahmavarcasena iti \
even so let these [men] break through with fame, renown, and spiritual luster.'
3.7.2.9
pratyetya gṛhānāsandīṃ preṣṭhanītyārohanti anaśravo anamīvāḥ suśevā ārohantu janayo yonimagre iti \
Having returned to the house, they mount the easy chair, the dearest [seat], [with the mantra]: 'Tearless, disease-free, well-favored, let the women mount first to their home.'
3.7.2.10
ajaṃ caitadahaḥ pacante \
And on this day they cook a goat,
3.7.2.11
yavaudanaṃ ca \
and barley-mash.
3.7.2.12
ajaṃ cāśnāti \
And he eats of the goat, [with the mantra]:
3.7.2.13
ajo 'syajāsmadadhād dveṣām̐si iti \
'Thou art a goat (aja); drive away (aja) from us the enmities born of sin.'
3.7.2.14
yavaudanasya prāśnāti \
He eats of the barley-mash, [with the mantra]:
3.7.2.15
yavo 'si yavayāsmadaghād dveṣām̐si iti \
'Thou art barley (yava); ward off (yavaya) from us the enmities born of sin.'
3.7.2.16
athāsya śrāddhaṃ kurvanti \
Then they perform a śrāddha for him.
3.7.2.17
ekasyāṃ vā vyuṣṭāyāṃ tisṛṣu vā pañcasu vā saptasu vā navasu vaikādaśasu vāyugmeṣvahassu ardhamāseṣu vā dadyāt \
He should give [offerings] either on the dawn of the first day, or on the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, or eleventh [day]—on uneven days or half-months.
3.7.2.18
kāmamaharaharekādaśamāsān dadyāt \
At will, he may give day after day for eleven months.
3.7.2.19
na dvādaśamāsamabhyaārohayet \
He should not let it pass into the twelfth month.
3.7.2.20
saṃvatsare saṃvatsare vā etasminnahani dadyāt \
Or he should give [offerings] year after year on this [same] day.
3.7.2.21
sa eṣa evaṃ vihitaḥ \
This rite is thus prescribed.
3.7.2.22
evamanāhitāgneḥ striyāḥ pulliṅgāḥ pātracayeṣṭakāḥ keśavapanavarjaṃ piturmāturācāryasya vā kriyeta \
In the same manner, [the rite] should be performed for an anāhitāgni, for a woman, with masculine forms [substituted in mantras], with vessels arranged and bricks [laid], except for the shaving of the hair, [or] for a father, a mother, or a teacher.
3.7.2.23
sahasradakṣiṇo vāpyanyatra \
Or elsewhere [the sacrificial gift may be] a thousandfold fee.
3.7.2.24
santiṣṭhate pitṛmedhaḥ santiṣṭhate pitṛmedhaḥ \\2\\
The ancestral sacrifice is concluded; the ancestral sacrifice is concluded.
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