[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Apastambagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba) › 1.2 # Apastambagrihyasutra 1.2: dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.1) yena juhoti tadagnau pratitapya darbhaiḥ saṃmṛjya punaḥ pratitapya prokṣya nidhāya darbhānadbhissaṃspṛśyāgnau praharati \ 1 \ > He warms at the fire the implement with which he sacrifices, wipes it off with Darbha blades, warms it again, sprinkles it (with water), puts it down, touches the Darbha blades with water, and throws them into the fire. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.2) śamyāḥ paridhyarthe vivāhopanayanasamāvartanasīmantacaulagodānaprāyaścitteṣu \ 2 \ > As paridhis (or pieces of wood laid round the fire) yoke-pins are used at the marriage, the Upanayana, the Samâvartana, the parting of the (wife's) hair, the tonsure of the child's hair, the cutting of the beard, and at expiatory ceremonies. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.3) agniṃ pariṣiñcatyadite 'numanyasveti dakṣiṇataḥ prācīnamanumate 'mumanyasveti paścādudīcīnaṃ sarasvate 'numanyasvetyuttarataḥ prācīnaṃ deva savitaḥ prasuveti samantam \ 3 \ > He sprinkles water round the fire, on the south side from west to east with (the words), 'Aditi, give thy consent!' on the west side from south to north with 'Anumati, give thy consent!' on the north side from west to east with 'Sarasvatî \[sic\], give thy consent!' all around with 'God Sâvitrî, give thy impulse!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.4) paitṛkeṣu samantameva tūṣṇīm \ 4 \ > At ceremonies belonging to the Fathers (water is sprinkled) only all round (the fire), silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.5) idhmamādhāyāghārāvāghārayati darśapūrṇamāsavattṛṣṇīm \ 5 \ > Having put a piece of wood on the fire, he offers the two Âghâra oblations as at the sacrifices of the new and full moon, silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.6) athājyabhāgau juhotyagnaye svāhetyuttarārdhapūrvārdhe somāya svāheti dakṣiṇārdhapūrvārdhe samaṃ pūrveṇa \ 6 \ > Then he offers the two Âgyabhâga oblations, over the easterly part of the northerly part (of the fire) with (the words), 'To Agni Svâhâ!' over the easterly part of the southerly part (another oblation) exactly like the preceding one, with (the words), 'To Soma Svâhâ!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.7) yathopadeśaṃ pradhānāhutīrhutvā jayābhyātānānrāṣṭrabhṛtaḥ prājāpatyāṃ vyāhṛtīrvihṛtāḥ sauviṣṭakṛtīmityupajuhoti yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricaṃ yadvā nyūnamihākaram \ agniṣṭakṛtsviṣṭakṛdvidvāntsarva m̐ sviṣṭaṃ suhutaṃ karotu svāheti \ 7 \ > Having offered the chief oblations (belonging to each sacrifice) according to prescription, he adds the following oblations, viz. the Gaya, Abhyâtâna, Râshtrabhrit oblations, the oblation to Pragâpati, the Vyâhritis one by one, the oblation to (Agni) Svishtakrit with (the following formula), 'What I have done too much in this ceremony, or what I have done here too little, all that may Agni Svishtakrit, he who knows, make well sacrificed and well offered. Svâhâ!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.8) pūrvavatpariṣecanamanvamam̐ sthāḥ prāsāvīriti mantrasannāmaḥ \ 8 \ > The sprinkling (of water) round (the fire is repeated) as above; the Mantras are altered so as to say, 'Thou hast given thy consent,' 'Thou hast given thy impulse.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.9) laukikānāṃ pākayajñaśabdaḥ \ 9 \ > The designation 'Pâkayagña' is used of ceremonies connected with worldly life. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.10) tatra brāhmaṇāvekṣo vidhiḥ \10\ > There the ritual based on the Brâhmana (holds good), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.11) dvirjuhoti dvirnimārṣṭi dviḥ prāśnātyutsṛtyācāmati nirleḍhīti \11\ > (To which the words allude), 'He sacrifices twice; he wipes off (his hand) twice; he partakes twice (of the sacrificial food); having gone away he sips (out of the Sruk) and licks off (the Sruk).' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.12) sarvaṛtavo vivāhasya śaiśirau māsau parihāpyottamaṃ ca naidāgham \12\ > All seasons are fit for marriage with the exception of the two months of the sisira season, and of the last summer month. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.13) sarvāṇi puṇyoktāni nakṣatrāṇi \13\ > All Nakshatras which are stated to be pure, (are fit for marriage); > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.14) tathā maṅgalāni \14\ > And all auspicious performances. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.15) āvṛtaścāstrībhyaḥ pratīyeran \15\ > And one should learn from women what ceremonies (are required by custom). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2.16) invakābhiḥ prasṛjyante te varāḥ pratinanditāḥ \16\ > Under the Invakâs (Nakshatra), (the wooers who go to the girl's father) are sent out: such wooers are welcome. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.1.2.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.18.6) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit - [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.26.1) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.bharadvaja.1.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.19.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.2) · Pramāṇa