Apastambagrihyasutra 7.19: ekonaviṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 7.19
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ekonaviṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
7.19.1
dhānāḥ kumārān prāśayanti \ 1 \
The unground grain (which is left over, see above, VII, 18, 11) they give to the boys to eat.
7.19.2
evamata ūrdhvaṃ yadaśanīyasya saktūnāṃ vaitaṃ baliṃ haredāmārgaśīrṣyāḥ \ 2 \
Let him repeat in the same way this Bali-offering of whatever food he has got or of flour, from that day to full moon of (the month) Mârgasîrsha.
7.19.3
mārgaśīrṣyāṃ paurṇamāsyāmastamite sthālīpākaḥ \ 3 \
On the day of the full moon of Mârgasîrsha after sunset a Sthâlîpâka (is offered as above, VII, 18, 5).
7.19.4
ahārṣamiti balimantrasya sannāmaḥ \ 4 \
In the Mantra for the Bali-offering he changes (the word 'I shall offer' into) 'I have offered.'
7.19.5
atrainamutsṛjati \ 5 \
Then he does not offer (the Bali) any longer.
7.19.6
anāhitāgnerāgrayaṇam \ 6 \
(Now follows) the Âgrayana sacrifice (or partaking of the first-fruits) of one who has not set up the (Srauta) fires.
7.19.7
navānāṃ sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvāgrayaṇadevatābhyaḥ sviṣṭakṛccaturthābhyo hutvā taṇḍulānāṃ mukhaṃ pūrayitvā gīrtvācamyaudanapiṇḍaṃ saṃvṛttyottareṇa yajuṣāgārastūpa udviddhet \ 7 \
He prepares a Sthâlîpâka of the fresh fruits, sacrifices to the deities of the (Srauta) Âgrayana sacrifice with (Agni) Svishtakrit as the fourth, fills his mouth with grains, swallows them, sips water, forms a lump of the boiled (sacrificial) food, and throws it up with the next Yagus (II, 18, 1) to the summit of the house.
7.19.8
hemantapratyavarohaṇam \ 8 \
(Now follows) the 'redescent' in the winter.
7.19.9
uttareṇa yajuṣā pratyavaruhyottarairdakṣiṇaiḥ pārśvaiḥ navasvastare saṃviśanti \ 9 \
With the next Yagus (II, 18, 2) they 'redescend' (or take as their sleeping-place a layer of straw instead of the high bedsteads which they have used before). With the next Yagus formulas (II, 18, 3-7) they lie down on a new layer (of straw) on their right sides,
7.19.10
dakṣiṇataḥ pitottarā mautavamavaśiṣṭānāṃ jyeṣṭhojyeṣṭho 'nantaraḥ \10\
The father to the south, the mother to the north (of him), and so the others, one after the other from the eldest to the youngest.
7.19.11
saṃhāyottarābhyāṃ pṛthivīmabhimṛśanti \11\
After he has arisen, he touches the earth with the next two (verses, II, 18, 8. 9).
7.19.12
evaṃ saṃveśanādi triḥ \12\
In the same way the lying down, &c., is repeated thrice.
7.19.13
īśānāya sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā kṣaitrapatyaṃ ca prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamupatiṣkramya sthaṇḍilaṃ kalpayitvā 'gnerupasamādhānādi \13\
Having prepared a Sthâlîpâka for Lana and one for Kshetrapati, he goes out in an easterly or northerly direction, prepares a raised surface, (and then follow the ceremonies) beginning with the putting of wood on the fire.
7.19.14
apareṇāgniṃ dve kuṭī kṛtvā \14\
To the west of the fire he builds two huts.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (2)
- Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit
- Gṛhyatātparyadarśana — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — E. J. Rapson, English
- The Development of Hindu Iconography — Jitendra Nath Banerjea, English