Apastambagrihyasutra 7.20: viṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 7.20
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- Sanskrit
viṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
7.20.1
uttarayā dakṣiṇasyāmīśānamāvāhayati \ 1 \
With the next (verse, II, 18, 10) he has the Îsâna led to the southern (hut),
7.20.2
laukikyā vācottarasyāṃ mīḍhuṣīm \ 2 \
With worldly words the 'bountiful goddess' to the northern (hut),
7.20.3
madhye jayantam \ 3 \
To the middle (between the two huts) the 'conqueror.'
7.20.4
yathoḍhamudakāni pradāya trīnodanānkalpayitvāgnimabhyānīyottarairupasparśayitvā uttarairyathāsvamodanebhyo hutvā sarvatassamavadāyottareṇa yajuṣāgniṃ sviṣṭakṛtam \ uttareṇa yajuṣopasthāyottaraissahodanāni parṇānyekaikena dve dve dattvā devasenābhyo daśottarābhyaḥ \ 5 \
He gives them water to drink in the same order in which they have been led (to their places), takes three portions of boiled rice (from the Sthâlîpâka prepared for Îsâna), takes (these portions of rice) to the fire, makes (the three gods) touch them with the next (formulas, II, 18, II-13), sacrifices of these portions, to each god of the portion which belongs to him, with the next (formulas, II, 18, 14-30), cuts off (Avadânas) from all (portions), and sacrifices with the next Yagus (II, 18, 31) to Agni Svishtakrit.
7.20.6
pūrvavaduttaraiḥ \ 6 \
With the next (formulas, II, 18, 42-45) he does the same as before (i.e. he distributes two leaves with each Mantra).
7.20.7
onapiṇḍaṃ saṃvṛtya parṇapuṭe 'vadhāyottareṇa yajuṣā vṛkṣa āsajati \ 7 \
Having formed a lump of boiled rice, he puts it into a basket of leaves, and with the next Yagus (II, 18, 46) hangs it up on a tree.
7.20.8
atra rudrān japet \ 8 \
Here he should murmur the Rudra texts (Taitt. Samh. IV, 5),
7.20.9
prathamottamau vā \ 9 \
Or the first and last (Anuvâka).
7.20.10
abhita etamagniṃ gāssthāpayati yathaitā dhūmaḥ prāpnuyāt \10\
He places his cows around the fire so that the smoke (of the sacrifice) may reach them.
7.20.11
tā gandhairdarbhagrumuṣṭināvokṣati vṛṣāṇamevāgre \11\
With his firmly shut fist full of Darbha grass he besprinkles (them) with scents; the bull first.
7.20.12
gavāṃ marge 'nagnau kṣetrasya patiṃ jayate \12\
He should perform a sacrifice to Kshetrapati, without a fire, in the path used by his cows.
7.20.13
īśānavadāvāhanam \13\
He has (the Kshetrapati) led to his place in the same way as the Îsâna (see above, Sûtra 1).
7.20.14
caturṣu saptasu vā parṇeṣu nāmādeśaṃ dadhāti \14\
He puts (portions of boiled rice) into four or seven leaves, naming (the god).
7.20.15
kṣipraṃ yajeta pāko devaḥ \15\
Let him sacrifice quickly; the god has a strong digestion (?).
7.20.16
uttarābhyāmupatiṣṭhate \16\
With the next two (verses, II, 18, 47. 48) he does worship (to Kshetrapati).
7.20.17
sthālīpākaṃ brāhmaṇānbhojayet \17\
The Sthâlîpâka (belonging to Îsâna) he gives to the Brâhmanas to eat;
7.20.18
kṣaitrapatyaṃ prāśnanti ye sanābhayo bhavanti \18\
That belonging to Kshetrapati his uterine relations eat,
7.20.19
yathā vaiṣāṃ kuladharmassyāt \19\
Or as is the custom in their family.
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
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — E. J. Rapson, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Development of Hindu Iconography — Jitendra Nath Banerjea, English