Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.5
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.5.1
athā 'taś caturthīkarma.
Now (follow) the ceremonies of the fourth day.
2.5.2
agnim upasamādhāya prāyaścittājyāhutīr juhoty agne prāyaścitta iti catuḥ,
Having put wood on the fire, he four times sacrifices expiatory Âgya oblations with (the formula), 'Agni! Thou art expiation' (MB. I, 4, 1)—
2.5.3
agneḥ sthāne vāyucandrasūryāḥ;
(And with the same formula), putting instead of Agni, Vâyu, Kandra, and Sûrya;
2.5.4
samasya pañcamīṃ bahuvadūhya;
A fifth oblation (with the names of the four gods) together, changing (in the Mantra the singular) into the plural.
2.5.5
āhuter āhutes tu sampātam udapātre 'vanayet.
The remnants of each oblation he should pour into a water-pot.
2.5.6
tenai 'nāṃ sakeśanakhām abhyajya hrāsayitvā ''plāvayanti.
With that (Âgya) they besmear her body, including her hair and nails, remove (that water and Âgya by rubbing her), and wash her.
2.5.7
ūrdhvaṃ trirātrāt sambhava ity eke;
After three nights have passed, they should cohabit, according to some (teachers).
2.5.8
yada rtumatī bhavaty uparataśoṇitā, tadā sambhavakālaḥ.
When she has had her monthly illness and the blood has ceased to flow, that is the time for cohabiting.
2.5.9
dakṣiṇena pāṇino 'pastham abhimṛśed viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatv ity etaya rcā, garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvālī 'ti ca;
With his right hand he should touch her secret parts with the verse, 'May Vishnu make thy womb ready' (MB. I, 4, 6), and with that, 'Give conception, Sinîvâlî' (l.l. 7).
2.5.10
samāpya rcau sambhavataḥ.
When those two verses are finished, they cohabit.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Śabdakalpadruma — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit