Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.9.1
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.9.1
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3.9.1.1
atha yadi naṣṭāgnirapahṛtāgnirvā yajamānaḥ preyād yadyasya putro vāntevāsī bālaṃkarmaṇyaḥ syāt \
Now, if the sacrificer should pass away when his fires are lost or taken away, if his son or resident pupil is capable of performing the rite,
3.9.1.2
prācīnāvītaṃ kṛtvoddhatyāvokṣya yajamānāyatane pretaṃ nidhāya gārhapatyasyāyatane araṇīṃ nidhāya pretasya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumanvārabhya manthati ye 'syāgnayo juhvato māṃsakāmāḥ saṃkalpayante yajamānaṃ jāyantu te haviṣe svāditāya svargaṃ lokamimaṃ pretaṃ nayantu iti \
having placed the sacred thread over the right shoulder, having raised [the ground] and sprinkled it, having placed the deceased in the sacrificer's place, and having placed the churning stick in the fireplace of the Gārhapatya, takes hold from behind the right arm of the deceased and churns [the fire]: 'Whatever fires of his, offering oblations, desiring flesh, prepare the sacrificer, may they arise for the sweet-tasting oblation; may they lead this deceased to the heavenly world'.
3.9.1.3
tūṣṇīṃ vihṛtya dvādaśagṛhītena srucaṃ pūrayitvā puruṣasūktena manasānudrutyāhavanīye juhoti \
Having distributed [the fires] silently, having filled the ladle with twelve ladlings [of ghee], and having mentally run through the Puruṣasūkta, he sacrifices in the Āhavanīya.
3.9.1.4
etenaiva gārhapatye juhoti \
With this very [procedure] he sacrifices in the Gārhapatya.
3.9.1.5
tūṣṇīmanvāhāryapacane hutvā ūrdhvaṃ paitṛmedhikaṃ karma pratipadyeta \
Having sacrificed silently in the Anvāhāryapacana, he should proceed thereafter with the ancestral funerary rite.
3.9.1.6
yatho etatparokṣaṃ pretasya yajamānasyāsthīnyāhṛtya saṃskuryāt \
As to when it is absent: having fetched the bones of the deceased sacrificer, one should consecrate them.
3.9.1.7
kathamatrāharaṇaṃ vidyata iti \
How is the gathering [of bones] found here?
3.9.1.8
śirastaḥ prathamaṃ gṛhītvāthorasto 'tha jaṭharato 'thorubāhubhyāmatha patta iti trayastriṃśatamasthīni gṛhṇātīti vijñāyate trayastriṃśat puruṣaḥ iti \
Having gathered first from the head, then from the chest, then from the belly, then from the two thighs and two arms, then from the feet, he gathers thirty-three bones; for it is known [from scripture]: 'Man is thirty-threefold'.
3.9.1.9
athaitānyasthīnyadbhiḥ prakṣāḷya kaṇyājinaṃ dakṣiṇāgrīvamuttaralomāstīrya tasminnasthīni saṃbharati indro dadhīco asthabhiḥ ityetenānuvākena \
Then, having washed these bones with water, having spread out a black antelope skin with the neck to the south and the hairy side turned up, he collects the bones upon it with this section: 'Indra with the bones of Dadhīca'.
3.9.1.10
tayā devataṃ karoti tayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvā sīda iti \
He consecrates them with the formula: 'With that deity, like the Aṅgirases, sit firm'.
3.9.1.11
atha sūdadohasaṃ karoti tā asya sūdadohasaḥ somaṃ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ \
Then he recites the Sūdadohas formula: 'These dappled ones of his, yielding milk, prepare the soma
3.9.1.12
janmandevānāṃ viśastriṣvārocane divaḥ iti \
at the birth of the gods, the clans, in the three luminous spheres of heaven'.
3.9.1.13
dīrghavaṃśe vigrathyākṣāralavaṇāśino mṛṇmayabhājane āharanti \
Having tied [them] onto a long bamboo staff, eating non-pungent and unsalted food, they carry them in an earthen vessel.
3.9.1.14
tāni grāmamaryādāyāṃ nidhāyāgnīnāhareyuḥ \
Having placed them at the village boundary, they should bring out the fires.
3.9.1.15
yadyatihareyuragnayo laukikāḥ sampadyeran \
If they should carry them beyond, the fires would become profane.
3.9.1.16
vijñāyatae ca pravasan yajamāno 'gnibhyaḥ paridāya gṛhāneti \
And it is known [from scripture]: 'The sacrificer, going on a journey, entrusts his house to the fires'.
3.9.1.17
yato grāmamaryādāṃ nātivrajanti \
Since they do not cross beyond the village boundary,
3.9.1.18
tasmād grāmamaryādāṃ nātiharet iti \\1\\
therefore one should not carry [the fires] beyond the village boundary. || 1
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Linked texts (3)
- Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī) — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit