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# Apastambagrihyasutra 4.11: ekādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 4.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### ekādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

### [4.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.1)

brahmacaryamāgāmiti kumāra āha \ 1 \

> The boy says, 'I am come to be a student' (II, 3, 26).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.2)

praṣṭaṃ parasya prativacanaṃ kumārasya \ 2 \

> The other (i.e. the teacher) has to ask; the boy has to answer (II, 3, 27-30).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.3)

śeṣaṃ paro japati \ 3 \

> The other murmurs the rest (of the Anuvâka),  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.4)

pratyagāśiṣaṃ cainaṃ vācayati \ 4 \

> And causes the boy to repeat (the Mantra) which contains wishes for himself (II, 3, 32).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.5)

uktamājyabhāgāntam \ 5 \

> (The rites) down to the Âgyabhâgas have been prescribed.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.6)

atrainamuttarā āhutīrhāvayitvā jayādi pratipadyate \ 6 \

> Having then caused him to sacrifice the oblations (indicated in the) next (Mantras; M. II, 4, 1-11), he enters upon (the performance) of the Gaya and following oblations.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.7)

pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvāpareṇāgnimudagagraṃ kūrcaṃ nidhāya tasminnuttareṇa yajuṣopanetopaviśati \ 7 \

> Having performed (the rites) down to the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire), he puts down, to the west of the fire, a bunch of northward-pointed grass; on that (the teacher) who performs the initiation, sits down with the next Yagus (M. II, 4, 12).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.8)

purastāt pratyaṅṅāsīnaḥ kumāro dakṣiṇena pāṇinā dakṣiṇaṃ pādamanvārabhyāha sāvitrīṃ bho anubrūhi iti \ 8 \

> The boy, sitting to the east (of him), facing the west, seizes with his right hand (the teacher's) right foot and says, 'Recite the Sâvitrî, Sir!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.9)

tasmā anvāha tatsavituriti \ 9 \

> He recites (the Sâvitrî) to him, 'That (glorious splendour) of Savitri' (Taitt. Samh. I, 5, 6, 4; M. 4, 13);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.10)

paccho 'rdharcaśastatassarvām \10\

> Pâda by Pâda, hemistich by hemistich, and the whole (verse).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.11)

vyāhṛtīrvihṛtāḥ pādādiṣvanteṣu vā tathārdharcayoruttamāṃ kṛṣsnāyām \11\

> (When repeating the Sâvitrî Pâda by Pâda, he pronounces) the Vyâhritis singly at the beginning or at the end of the Pâdas;  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.12)

kumāra uttareṇa mantreṇottaramoṣṭamupaspṛśate \12\

> In the same way (the first and the second Vyâhriti at the beginning or at the end) of the hemistichs; the last (Vyâhriti, when he repeats) the whole verse.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.13)

karṇāvuttareṇa \13\

> With the next Mantra (M. II, 4, 14) the boy touches his upper lip;  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.14)

daṇḍamuttareṇā ' 'datte \14\

> With the next (II, 4, 15) both his ears;  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.15)

pālāśo daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya naiyyagrodhasskandhajo 'vāṅgro rājanyasya bādara audumbaro vā vaiśyasya \15\

> With the next (II, 5, 1) he takes up the staff.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.16)

vārkṣo daṇḍa ityavarṇasaṃyogenaika upadiśanti \16\

> The staff of a Brâhmana is made of Palâsa wood, that of a Râganya of a branch of the Nyagrodha tree, so that the downward-turned end (of the branch) forms the tip (of the staff), that of a Vaisya of Bâdara or Udumbara wood.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.17)

smṛtaṃ ca ma ityetadvācayitvā gurave varaṃ dattvodāyuṣetyutthāpyottarairādityamupatiṣṭhate \17\

> Some state (only), without any reference to caste, that the staff should be made of the wood of a tree:  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.18)

yaṃ kāmayeta nāyamācchidyeteti tamuttarayā dakṣiṇe haste gṛhṇīyāt \18\

> After (the teacher) has made him repeat (the formula), 'My memory' (M. II, 5, 2), and he has bestowed an optional gift on his teacher, and (the teacher) has made him arise with (the formula, M. II, 5, 3), 'Up, with life!' (the student) worships the sun with the next (Mantras; II, 5, 4).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.19)

tryahametamagniṃ dhārayanti \19\

> If (the teacher) wishes, 'May this (student) not be estranged from me,' let him take (the student) by the right hand with the next (verse; II, 5, 6).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.20)

kṣāralavaṇavarjanaṃ ca \20\

> They keep that fire (used at the Upanayana) three days,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.21)

pari tveti parimṛjya tasminnuttarairmantraissamidha ādadhyāt \21\

> And (during that time) salted and pungent food should be avoided.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.22)

evamanyasminnapi sadāraṇyādedhānāhṛtya \22\

> Having wiped (with his hand wet) around (the fire) with (the formula), 'Around thee' (M. II, 6, 1), he should put (twelve) pieces of wood on that (fire) with the next Mantras (II, 6, 2-13).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.23)

uttarayā sam̐śāsti \23\

> In the same way also on another (fire, when the Upanayana fire is kept no longer),  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.24)

vāsaścaturthīmuttarayādatte 'nyatparidhāpya \24\

> Fetching fuel regularly from the forest.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.2_2)

śravaṇāpakṣa oṣadhīṣu jātāsu hastena paurṇamāsyāṃ vā 'dhyāyopākarma \ 2 \

### [4.11.3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.3_2)

agnerupasamādhānādyājyabhāgānte 'nvārabdheṣu kāṇḍaṛṣibhyo juhoti sadasaspataye sāvitryā ṛgvedāya yajurvedāya sāmavedāyātharvaṇavedāyeti hutvā upahomo vedāhutīnāmupariṣṭātsadasaspatimityeke \ 3 \

### [4.11.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.4_2)

pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvā trīnanuvākānādito 'dhīyīran \ 4 \

### [4.11.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.5_2)

prathamottamāvanuvākau vā \ 5 \

### [4.11.6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.6_2)

tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamyādhīyīran \ 6 \

### [4.11.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.7_2)

athopākaraṇamadhyāyaḥ \ 7 \

### [4.11.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.8_2)

taiṣīpakṣasya rohiṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ votsargaḥ \ 8 \

### [4.11.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.9_2)

prācīmudīcīṃ vā sagaṇo diśamupaniṣkramya yatrāpaḥ purastātsukhāḥ sukhāvagāhā avakinyaḥ śaṅkhinyaḥ tāsāmantaṃ gatvā 'bhiṣekānkṛtvā surabhimatyābliṅgābhirvāruṇībhirhiraṇyavarṇābhiḥ pāvamanībhiriti mārjayitvāntarjalagato 'ghamarṣaṇena trīnprāṇāyāmān dhārayitvottīryācamyopotthāya darbhānanyonyasmai sampradāya śucau deśe prākkūlairdarbhairāsanāni kalpayanti \ 9 \

### [4.11.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.10_2)

brahmaṇe prajāpataye vṛhaspataye 'gnaye vāyave sūryāya candramase nakṣatrebhyaḥ ṛtubhyassaṃvatsarāya indrāya rājñe somāya rājñe yamāya rājñe varuṇāya rājñe vaiśravaṇāya rājñe vasubhyo rudrebhya ādityebhyo viśvebhyo devebhyassādhyebhyo marudbhya ṛbhubhyo bhṛgubhyo 'ṅgirobhya iti devagaṇānām \10\

### [4.11.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.11_2)

atharṣayaḥviśvāmitro jamadagnirbharadvājo gautamo 'trirvasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapa ityete saptarṣayaḥ saptarṣibhyaḥ kalpayitvā dakṣiṇato 'gastyāya kalpayanti \11\

### [4.11.12\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.12_2)

tato yāvadekavaidyantaiḥ kalpayanti \12\

### [4.11.13\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.13_2)

prācīnāvītāni kṛtvā dakṣiṇato vaiśampāyanāya paiṅgaye tittiraye ukhāyātreyāya padākārāya kauṇḍinyāya vṛttikārāya baudhāyanāya pravacanakārāya āpastambāya sūtrakārāya bharadvājāya sūtrakārāya satyāṣāḍhāya hiraṇyakeśāya ācāryebhya ūrdhvaretobhya ekapatnībhyo vānaprasthebhyaḥ kalpayāmīti \13\

### [4.11.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.14_2)

atha yathāsvaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayanti mātāmahebhyaśca pṛthak \14\

### [4.11.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.15_2)

yajñopavītāni kṛtvā teṣveva deśeṣu tathaivānupūrvyā taireva nāmabhirdevānṛṣīṃśca tarpayanti vaiśampāyanaprabhṛtīṃstu mātuḥ prapitāmahaparyantānprācīnāvītinastarpayanti amuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmīti \15\

### [4.11.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.16_2)

abhipyante vānyonyam \16\

### [4.11.17\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.17_2)

yajñopavītāni kṛtvā trīnādito 'nuvākānadhīyīran \17\

### [4.11.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.18_2)

kāṇḍādīnprathamottamau vā \18\

### [4.11.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.19_2)

kāṇḍātkāṇḍātprarohantītidvābhyāmupodake dūrvā ropayanti \19\

### [4.11.20\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.20_2)

apaḥ pragāhyodadhiṃ kurvanti \20\

### [4.11.21\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.21_2)

sarvataḥ parivāryormimantaḥ kurvanti \21\

### [4.11.22\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.22_2)

udgāhyātamitorājiṃ dhāvanti \22\

### [4.11.23\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.23_2)

pratyetyābhidānāni saktubhirodaneneti brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā vācayati \23\

### [4.11.24\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.24_2)

evaṃ pārāyaṇasamāptau ca kāṇḍādi dūrvāropaṇodadhidhāvanavarjam \24\

### [4.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.25)

pratyetya brāhmaṇabhojanādi karma pratipadyate \25\

> With the next (formula—M. II, 6, 14—the teacher) instructs (the student in his duties).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.26)

evamevādbhiraharahardevānṛṣīnpitṝṃśca tarpayet \26\

> On the fourth day (after the Upanayana the teacher) takes the garment (of the student) for himself with the next (verse; M. II, 6, 15), having made him put on another (garment).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [4.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.11.27)

ityupākarmotsarjanapaṭalaḥ

## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.4.11.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.163.8) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.35.2) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit

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