Apastambagrihyasutra 8.22: dvāviṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 8.22
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dvāviṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
8.22.1
pārvaṇavadājyabhāgānte 'ñjalinottarayā 'pūpājjuhoti \ 1 \
After the ceremonies down to the Âgyabhâga oblations have been performed in the same way as at the fortnightly sacrifices, he makes with his joined hands oblations of the cake with the next (verse, II, 20, 27).
8.22.2
siddhaśśeṣastamaṣṭadhā kṛtvā brāhmaṇebhya upaharati \ 2 \
The rest (of the cake) he makes ready, divides (it) into eight parts and offers it to the Brâhmanas.
8.22.3
śvobhūte darbheṇa gāmupākaroti pitṛbhyastvā juṣṭāmupākaromīti \ 3 \
On the following day he touches a cow with a Darbha blade, with the words, 'I touch thee agreeable to the Fathers.'
8.22.4
tūṣṇīṃ pañcājyāhutīrhutvā tasyai vapāṃ śrapayitvopastīrṇābhighāritāṃ madhyamenāntamena vā palāśaparṇenottarayā juhoti \ 4 \
Having silently offered five Âgya oblations, and having cooked, the omentum of the (cow), and performed the 'spreading under' and the sprinkling over (of Âgya), he sacrifices (the omentum) with the next (verse, II, 20, 28) with a Palâsa leaf from the middle or the end (of the stalk).
8.22.5
mām̐sodanamuttarābhiḥ \ 5 \
(He sacrifices) boiled rice together with the meat (of the cow) with the next (verses, II, 20, 29-35),
8.22.6
piṣṭānnamuttarayā \ 6 \
Food prepared of meal with the next (verse, II, 21, 1),
8.22.7
ājyāhutīruttarāḥ \ 7 \
Then the Âgya oblations (indicated by the) next (Mantras, II, 21, 2-9).
8.22.8
sviṣṭakṛtprabhṛti samānamāpiṇḍanidhānāt \ 8 \
(The rites) from the Svishtakrit down to the offering of the Pindas are the same (as at the Srâddha).
8.22.9
anvaṣṭakāyāmevaike piṇḍanidhānamupadiśanti \ 9 \
Some (teachers) prescribe the Pinda offering for the day after the Ashtakâ.
8.22.10
athaitadaparaṃ dadhna evāñjalinā juhoti yayā 'pūpam \10\
Here (follows) another (way for celebrating the Ashtakâ sacrifice). He sacrifices curds with his joined hands in the same way as the cake.
8.22.11
ata eva yathārthaṃ māsaṃ śiṣṭvā śvobhūte 'nvaṣṭakām \11\
Having left over from the meat of the (cow, see above, 3. 4) as much as is required, on the day after (the Ashtakâ) (he performs) the rite of the Anvashtakâ.
8.22.12
tasyā māsiśrāddhena kalpo vyākhyātaḥ \12\
This rite has been explained in the description of the monthly Srâddha.
8.22.13
sanimitvottarān japitvā 'rthaṃ brūyāt \13\
If he goes out in order to beg for something, let him murmur the next (Mantras, II, 21, 10-16) and then state his desire.
8.22.14
rathaṃ labdhvā yojayitvā prāñcamavasthāpyottarayā rathacakre abhimṛśati pakṣasī vā \14\
If he has obtained a chariot, he has the horses put to it, lets it face the east, and touches with the next (verse, II, 21, 17) the two wheels of the chariot or the two side-pieces.
8.22.15
uttareṇa yajuṣā 'dhiruhyottarayā prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamabhiprayāya yathārthaṃ yāyāt \15\
With the next Yagus (II, 21, 18) he should mount, and drive with the next (verse, II, 21, 19) towards the east or north, and should then drive off on his business.
8.22.16
aśvamuttarairārohet \16\
Let him mount a horse with the next (formulas, II, 21, 20-30),
8.22.17
hastinamuttarayā \17\
An elephant with the next (formula, II, 21, 31).
8.22.18
tābhyām̐ reṣaṇe pūrvavatpṛthivīmabhimṛśet \18\
If any harm is done him by these two (beasts), let him touch the earth as indicated above.
8.22.19
saṃvādameṣyansavyena pāṇinā chatraṃ daṇḍañcādatte \19\
If he is going to a dispute, he takes the parasol and the staff in his left hand.
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 (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English