[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) › 3.9 # Apastambagrihyasutra 3.9: navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [3.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.1) caturthīprabhṛtyāṣoḍaśīmuttarāmuttarāṃ yugmāṃ prajāniḥśreyasamṛtugamana ityupadiśanti \ 1 \ > Each following night with an even number, from the fourth (after the beginning of her monthly illness) till the sixteenth, brings more excellent offspring to them, if chosen for the (first) cohabiting after her illness; thus it is said. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.2) arthaprādhvasya parikṣave parikāsane cāpa uspṛśyottare yathāliṅgaṃ japet \ 2 \ > If he sneezes or coughs while going about on business, he should touch water and should murmur the two following (verses; M. I, 13, 5. 6) according to the characteristics (which they contain). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.3) evamuttarairyathāliṅgaṃ citriyaṃ vanaspatiṃ śakṛdrīti sigvātaṃ śakunimiti \ 3 \ > In the same way with the next (Mantras—M. I, 13, 7-10—he should address the following objects), according to the characteristics (which those Mantras contain): a conspicuous tree, a heap of excrements, the skirt (of his garment) which is blown against him by the wind, and a shrieking bird. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.4) ubhayorhṛdayasaṃsarge 'psustrirātrāvaraṃ brahmacaryaṃ caritvā sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvāgnerupasamādhānādyājyabhāgānte 'nvārabdhāyām̐ sthālīpākāduttarā āhutīrhutvā jayādi pratipadyate pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvā tena sarpiṣmatā yugmāndvyavarān brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā siddhiṃ vācayīta \ 4 \ > One (for instance, the wife's father) who wishes that the hearts of both (husband and wife) may be in accord should observe chastity through at least three nights and should prepare a Sthâlîpâka. Then (the ceremonies) from the putting (of wood) on (the fire) down to the Âgyabhâga oblations (are performed), and while the wife takes hold of him, he sacrifices of the Sthâlîpâka the oblations (indicated by the) next (Mantras; M. I, 14, 1-7); 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). (The remains of) the (sacrificial food) with butter, he should give to eat to an even number of Brâhmanas, at least to two, and should cause them to pronounce wishes for his success. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.5) śvastiṣyeṇeti trissaptairyavaiḥ pāṭhāṃ parikirati yadi vāruṇyasi varuṇāttvā niṣkrīṇāmi yadi saumyasi somāttvā niṣkrīṇāmi iti \ 5 \ > When the moon, on the following day, will be in conjunction with Tishya, she strews three times seven barley-grains around (the plant) Clypea Hernandifolia with (the formula), 'If thou belongest to Varuna, I redeem thee from Varuna. If thou belongest to Soma, I redeem thee from Soma.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.6) śvobhūte uttarayotthāpyottarābhistisṛbhirabhimantryottarayā praticchannāṃ hastayorābadhya śayyākāle bāhubhyāṃ bhartāraṃ parigṛhṇīyādupadhānaliṅgayā \ 6 \ > On the following day she should set upright (the plant) with the next (verse; M. I, 15, 1), should recite the next three (verses; M. I, 15, 2-4) over it, should tie (its root) with the next (verse; M. I, 15, 5) to her hands so that (her husband) does not see it, and should, when they have gone to bed, embrace her husband with her arms, with the verse alluding to the word upadhâna ('putting on;' M. I, 15, 6). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.7) vaśyo bhavati \ 7 \ > Thus he will be subject to her. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.8) sapatnībādhanañca \ 8 \ > By this (rite) also (a wife) overcomes her co-wives. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.9) etenaiva kāmenottareṇānuvākena sadādityamupatiṣṭhate \ 9 \ > For this same purpose she worships the sun daily with the next Anuvâka (M. I, 16). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.10) yakṣmagṛhītāmanyāṃ vā brahmacaryayuktaḥ puṣkarasaṃvartamūlairuttarairyathāliṅgamaṅgāni saṃmṛśya pratīcīnaṃ nirasyet \10\ > If a wife is affected with consumption or is otherwise sick, one who has to observe chastity, should rub her limbs with young lotus leaves which are still rolled up, and with lotus roots, with the next (formulas, limb by limb) according to the characteristics (contained in those formulas; M. I, 17, 1-6), and should throw away (the leaves and roots) towards the west. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.11) vadhūvāsa uttarābhiretadvide dadyāt \11\ > With the next (verses; M. I, 17, 7-10) he should give the wife's garment (which she has worn at the wedding \[?\]) to (a Brâhmana) who knows this (ceremony). > — 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.3.9.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.142.5) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit - [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.33.1) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9) · Pramāṇa