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# Apastambagrihyasutra 5.13: trayodaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 5.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### trayodaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

### [5.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.1)

athaitadaparaṃ tūṣṇīmeva tīrthe snātvā tūṣṇīṃ samidhamādadhāti \ 1 \

> Now this (is) another (way for performing the Samâvartana). He bathes silently at a bathing-place and puts silently a piece of wood on (the fire).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.2)

yatrāsmā apacitiṃ kurvanti tatkūrca upaviśati yathāpurastāt \ 2 \

> He sits down on a bunch of grass, as stated above (comp. M. II, 9, 7), at a place where they are going to honour him (with the Argha reception).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.3)

evamuttarābhyāṃ yathāliṅgaṃ rājā sthapatiśca \ 3 \

> A king and a chieftain (sit down) in the same way (as a Brâhmana), with the next two (formulas, M. II, 9, 8. 9), according to the characteristics (contained in them).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.4)

āpaḥ pādyā iti prāha \ 4 \

> (The host) announces (to the guest), 'The water for washing the feet!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.5)

uttarayā 'bhimantrya dakṣiṇaṃ pādaṃ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇāya prayacchetsavyam̐ śūdrāya \ 5 \

> (The guest) should recite the next (verse, II, 9, 10) over (that water) and should stretch out the right foot first to a Brâhmana, the left to a Sûdra.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.6)

prakṣālayitāramupaspṛśyottareṇa yajuṣātmānaṃ pratyabhimṛśet \ 6 \

> Having touched the person who washes him, he should touch himself (i.e. his own heart) with the next (formula, M. II, 9, II).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.7)

kūrcābhyāṃ parigṛhya mṛnmayenārhaṇīyā āpa iti prāha \ 7 \

> (The host, taking the Argha water) in an earthen vessel which he holds with two bunches of grass, announces (to the guest), 'The Argha water!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.8)

uttarayā 'bhimantryāñjalāvekadeśa ānīyamāna uttaraṃ yajurjapet \ 8 \

> (The guest) should recite the next (formula, II, 9, 12) over (that water) and should murmur the next Yagus (II, 9, 13), while a part (of the water) is poured over his joined hands.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.9)

śeṣaṃ purastānninīyamānamuttarayā 'numantrayate \ 9 \

> Over the rest (of the water) which is poured out towards the east, he recites the next (verse, M. II, 9, 14).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.10)

dadhi madhviti saṃsṛjya kāṃsyena varṣīyasā pidhāya kūrcābhyāṃ parigṛhya madhuparka iti prāha \10\

> (The host) pours together curds and honey in a brass vessel, covers it with a larger (brass cover), takes hold of it with two bunches of grass, and announces (to the guest), 'The honey-mixture!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.11)

trivṛtameke ghṛtaṃ ca \11\

> Some take three substances, (those stated before) and ghee.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.12)

pāṅktameke dhānāssaktūṃśca \12\

> Some take five, (the three stated before), and grains, and flour.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.13)

uttarābhyāmabhimantrya yajurbhyāmapa ācāmati purastādupariṣṭāccottarayā triḥ prāśyānukampyāya prayacchet \13\

> The guest recites the next two (formulas, M. II, 10, 1. 2) over (the honey-mixture) and sips water with the two Yagus (II, 10, 3. 4) before (eating) and afterwards; with the next (verse, II, 10, 5) he should partake three times (of the food) and should give the remainder to a person towards whom he is kindly disposed.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.14)

pratigṛhyaiva rājā sthapatirvā purohitāya \14\

> A king or a chieftain should only accept it and (give it) to his Purohita.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.15)

gauriti gāṃ prāha \15\

> (The host) announces the cow with (the word), 'The cow!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.16)

uttarayābhimantrya tasyai vapām̐ śrapayitvopastīrṇābhighāritāṃ madhyamenāntamena vā palāśaparṇenottarayā juhoti \16\

> After the guest has recited the next (formula, M. II, 10, 6) over (the cow, the host) cools its omentum, and having performed the 'spreading under' and the sprinkling over (of Âgya), he sacrifices it with the next (verse, M. II, 10, 7) with a Palâsa leaf from the middle or the end (of the stalk).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.17)

yadyutsṛjedupāṃśūttarāṃ japitvomutsṛjatetyuccaiḥ \17\

> If the guest chooses to let (the cow) loose, he murmurs the next (formulas, II, 10, 8-11) in a low voice (and says) loudly, 'Om! Let it loose!' (II, 10, 12).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.18)

annaṃ proktamupāṃśūttarairabhimantrya ? kalpayate tyuccaiḥ \18\

> (In this case) he recites the next (formulas, M. II, 10, 13-17) in a low voice over the food which is announced to him (instead of the cow), (and says) loudly, 'Om! Make it ready!' (II, 10, 18).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.19)

ācāryāyartvije śvaśurāya rājña iti parisaṃvatsarādupatiṣṭhadbhya etatkāryam \19\

> For his teacher, for a Ritvig, for his father-in-law, for a king he ought to perform this (Arghya ceremony) as often as they visit his house, if at least one year has elapsed (since they came last).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

### [5.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.5.13.20)

sakṛtpravaktre citrāya \20\

> For a renowned teacher (of the Veda the ceremony should be performed) once.  
> — 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.5.13.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.197.7) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.39.1) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba.8.17.12.a) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.20.10.1) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit

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