Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.3
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.3
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- Sanskrit
2.3.1
prāgudīcyāṃ diśi yad brāhmaṇakulam abhirūpam.
To a convenient house of a Brâhmana, which is situated in a north-easterly direction.
2.3.2
tatrā 'gnir upasamāhito bhavati.
There wood has been put on the (nuptial) fire.
2.3.3
apareṇā 'gnim ānaḍuhaṃ rohitaṃ carma prāggrīvam uttaralomāstīrṇaṃ bhavati;
To the west of the fire a red bull's hide has been spread out, with the neck to the east and with the hair outside.
2.3.4
tasminn enāṃ vāgyatām upaveśayanti;
On that they make the woman, who has to keep silence, sit down.
2.3.5
sā khalv āsta evā ''nakṣatradarśanāt.
And (there) she remains sitting until the stars appear.
2.3.6
prokte nakṣatre ṣaḍ ājyāhutīr juhoti lekhāsandhiṣv ity etatprabhṛtibhiḥ;
When (somebody) has said that a star has appeared, (the husband) sacrifices six oblations of Âgya with the (six verses) commencing with (the verse), 'In the junctions of the lines' (l.l. I, 3, 1-6).
2.3.7
āhuter āhutes tu sampātaṃ mūrdhani vadhvā avanayet.
The remnants of each oblation he should pour out over the bride's head.
2.3.8
hutvo 'potthāyo 'paniṣkramya dhruvaṃ darśayati:
After the sacrifice they arise, go out (of the house), and he shows her the 'firm star' (i.e. the polar-star).
2.3.9
dhruvam asi dhruvā 'haṃ patikule bhūyāsam amuṣyā 'sāv iti patināma gṛhṇīyād ātmanaś ca,
(Repeating the formula): 'Firm art thou. May I, N.N., become firm in the house of N.N., my husband'—she should pronounce her husband's and her own name.
2.3.10
arundhatīṃ ca:
And (he shows her besides the star) Arundhatî.
2.3.11
ruddhā 'ham asmī 'ty evam eva.
(She says): 'I (N.N.) am held fast,' &c., as above (Sûtra 9).
2.3.12
athai 'nām anumantrayate dhruvā dyaur ity etaya rcā.
He then addresses her with the verse, 'Firm is the sky' (MB. I, 3, 7).
2.3.13
anumantritā guruṃ gotreṇā 'bhivādayate;
After she has been addressed (thus), she respectfully calls her Guru by his Gotra name.
2.3.14
so 'syā vāgvisargaḥ.
Thus she breaks her silence.
2.3.15
- tāv ubhau tatprabhṛti trirātram akṣārālavaṇāśinau brahmacāriṇau bhūmau saha śayīyātām.
From that time through a period of three nights they should both avoid eating saline or pungent food, and should sleep together on the ground without having conjugal intercourse.
2.3.16
atrā 'rghyam ity āhuḥ,
Here, they say, an Argha reception (should be offered to the young husband).
2.3.17
āgateṣv ity eke.
Some say (that this reception should be offered) when (the bridegroom and his companions) have arrived (at the house of the bride's father).
2.3.18
- haviṣyam annaṃ prathamaṃ parijapitaṃ bhuñjīta,
The first food which he eats, should be food fit for sacrifice, over which he has murmured (the verses quoted in Sûtra 21).
2.3.19
śvo bhūte vā samaśanīyaṃ sthālīpākaṃ kurvīta;
Or he should prepare on the following day a mess of cooked food, of which they eat together.
2.3.20
tasya devatā agniḥ prajāpatir viśve devā anumatir iti.
The deities to whom it belongs, are, Agni, Pragâpati, the Visve devâs, and Anumati.
2.3.21
uddhṛtya sthālīpākaṃ, vyuhyai 'kadeśaṃ pāṇinā 'bhimṛśed annapāśena maṇine 'ti.
Having taken that food out (of the vessel in which it is), and having spread it out, he should touch one part of it with his hand, with (the verses), 'With the tie of food, with the jewel' (MB. I, 3, 8-10).
2.3.22
bhuktvo 'cchiṣṭaṃ vadhvai pradāya, yathārtham.
After he has eaten, and has given the rest to the wife, (they may do) what they like.
2.3.23
- gaur dakṣiṇā.
A cow is the sacrificial fee.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit