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Apastambagrihyasutra 3.8: aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 3.8

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aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

3.8.1

upākaraṇe samāpane ca ṛṣiryaḥ prajñāyate \ 1 \

At the opening and concluding ceremonies of the Vedic study, the Rishi who is indicated (as the Rishi of the Kânda which they study, is the deity to whom the ceremony belongs),

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.2

sadasaspatirdvitīyaḥ \ 2 \

And in the second place Sadasaspati (cf. Mantrap. I, 9, 8).

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.3

striyā 'nupetena kṣāralavaṇāvarānnasaṃsṛṣṭasya ca homaṃ paricakṣate \ 3 \

They reject a sacrifice performed by a wife or by one who has not received the Upanayana initiation, and a sacrifice of salt or pungent food, or of such food as has an admixture of a despised sort of food.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.4

yathopadeśaṃ kāmyāni balayaśca \ 4 \

Sacrifices connected with special wishes and Bali sacrifices (should be performed) as stated (even against the clauses of the last Sûtra).

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.5

sarvatra svayaṃ prajvalite 'gnāvuttarābhyāṃ sabhidhāvādadhyāt \ 5 \

Whenever the fire flames up of itself, he should put two pieces of wood on it with the next two (verses: M. I, 9, 9-10),

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.6

āpanmāśrīḥ śrīrmāgāditi vā \ 6 \

Or with (the two formulas), 'May fortune reach me! May fortune come to me!'

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3.8.7

etadaharvijānīyādyadaharbhāryāmāvahate \ 7 \

Let him notice the day on which he brings his wife home.

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3.8.8

trirātramubhayoradhaśśayyā brahmacaryaṃ kṣāralavaṇavarjanaṃ ca \ 8 \

(From that day) through three nights they should both sleep on the ground, they should be chaste, and should avoid salt and pungent food.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.9

tayorśśayyāmantareṇa daṇḍo gandhalipto vāsasā sūtreṇa vā parivītastiṣṭhati \ 9 \

Between their sleeping-places a staff is interposed, which is anointed with perfumes and wrapped round with a garment or a thread.

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3.8.10

taṃ caturthyā 'pararātra uttarābhyāmutthāpya prakṣālya nidhāyāgnerupasamādhānādyājyabhāgānte 'nvārabdhāyāmuttarā āhutīrhutvā jayādi pratipadyate pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvā 'pareṇāgniṃ prācīmupaveśya tasyāśśirasyājyaśeṣādvyāhṛtibhiroṅkāracaturthābhirānīyottarābhyāṃ yathāliṅgaṃ mithassamīkṣyottarayājyaśeṣeṇa hṛdayadeśau saṃmṛjyottarāstisro japitvā śeṣaṃ samāveśane japet \10\

In the last part of the fourth night he takes up the (staff) with the next two (verses; M. I, 10, 1-2), washes it and put it away; then (the ceremonies) from the putting of wood on the fire down to the Âgyabhâga oblations (are performed), and while she takes hold of him, he sacrifices the oblations (indicated by the) next (Mantras; M. I, 10, 3-9); then he enters upon the performance of the Gaya and following oblations, and performs (the rites) down to the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire). Then he makes her sit down to the west of the fire, facing the east, and pours some Âgya of the remains (of those oblations) on her head with the (three) Vyâhritis and the word Om as the fourth (M. I, 10, 10-13). Then they look at each other with the next two verses (M. I, 11, 1-2), according to the characteristics (contained in those verses); with the next verse (M. I, 11, 3) he besmears the region of their hearts with remains of Âgya; then he should murmur the next three verses (I, 11, 4-6), and should murmur the rest (of the Anuvâka; I, 11, 7-11) when cohabiting with her.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.11

anyo vaināmabhimantrayeta \11\

Or another person should recite (the rest of the Anuvâka) over her, (before they cohabit).

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

3.8.12

yadā malavadvāsāḥ syādathaināṃ brāhmaṇapratiṣiddhāni karmāṇi sam̐śāsti yāṃ malavadvāsasa mityetāni \12\

During her (first) monthly illness he instructs her about the things forbidden (to menstruous women), contained in the Brâhmana, in the section, 'A menstruous woman with whom,' &c.

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3.8.13

rajasaḥ prādurbhāvātsnātāmṛtusamāveśane uttarābhirabhimantrayeta \13\

After the appearance of her monthly illness, he should, when going to cohabit with her after her illness, recite over her, after she has bathed, the next verses (M. I, 12, 1-13, 4).

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

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