[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Gobhilagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila) › 2.9 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.9 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.1) athā 'tas tṛtīye varṣe cūḍākaraṇam. > Now follows the tonsure of the child's head, in the third year. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.2) purastāc chālāyā upalipte 'gnir upasamāhito bhavati. > To the east of the house on a surface besmeared (with cow-dung) wood has been put on the fire. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.3) tatrai 'tāny upakḷptāni bhavanti: > There the following things have been placed: > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.4) ekavim̐śatir darbhapiñjūlya uṣṇodakakam̐sa audumbaraḥ kṣura ādarśo vā kṣurapāṇir nāpita iti dakṣiṇataḥ, > To the south (of the fire) twenty-one Darbha blades, a brass vessel with hot water, a razor of Udumbara wood or a mirror, and a barber with a razor in his hand; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.5) ānaḍuho gomayaḥ kṛsaraḥ sthālīpāko vṛthāpakva ity uttarataḥ; > To the north, bull's dung and a mess of boiled rice with sesamum seeds which may be more or less cooked. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.6) vrīhiyavais tilamāṣair iti pṛthak pātrāṇi pūrayitvā purastād upanidadhyuḥ. > Let them fill vessels separately with rice and barley, with sesamum seeds and beans, and let them place (those vessels) to the east (of the fire). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.7) kṛsaro nāpitāya sarvabījāni ce 'ti. > The boiled rice with sesamum seeds (Sutra 5) and all seeds (mentioned in Sûtra 6) are given to the barber. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.8) atha mātā śucinā vasanena kumāram ācchādya paścād agner udagagreṣu darbheṣu prācy upaviśati; > Then the mother, having dressed the son in a clean garment, sits down to the west of the fire on northward-pointed Darbha grass, facing the east. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.9) atha yas tat kariṣyan bhavati, paścāt prāṅ avatiṣṭhate. > To the west (of her), facing the east, the person stations himself who is going to perform that (ceremony). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.10) atha japaty ā 'yam agāt savitā kṣureṇe 'ti savitāraṃ manasā dhyāyan nāpitaṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ; > He then murmurs, fixing his thoughts on Savitri, looking at the barber, (the Mantra), 'Hither has come Savitri with his razor' (MB. I, 6. 1). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.11) uṣṇena vāya udakenai 'dhī 'ti vāyuṃ manasā dhyāyann uṣṇodakakam̐saṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ. > And fixing his thoughts on Vâyu, looking at the brass vessel with warm water, (he murmurs the Mantra), 'With warm water, O Vâyu, come hither' (ibid. 2). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.12) dakṣiṇena pāṇinā 'pa ādāya dakṣiṇāṃ kapuṣṇikām undaty āpa undantu jīvasa iti. > Drawing water (out of that vessel) with his right hand he moistens the patch of hair on the right side (of the boy's head) with (the Mantra), 'May the waters moisten thee for life' (ibid. 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.13) viṣṇor dam̐ṣṭro 'sī 'ty audumbaraṃ kṣuraṃ prekṣata, ādarśaṃ vā. > With (the Mantra), 'Vishnu's tusk art thou' (ibid. 4) he looks at the razor of Udumbara wood or at the mirror. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.14) oṣadhe trāyasvai 'nam iti sapta darbhapiñjūlīr dakṣiṇāyāṃ kapuṣṇikāyām abhiśiro'grā nidadhāti. > With (tile Mantra), 'Herb! Protect him!' (ibid. 5) he puts seven Darbha blades, with their points turned towards (the boy's) head, into the patch of hair on the right side of his head. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.15) tā vāmena pāṇinā nigṛhya, dakṣiṇena pāṇinau 'dumbaraṃ kṣuraṃ gṛhītvā ''darśaṃ vā, 'bhinidadhāti svadhite mai 'naṃ him̐sīr iti. > Pressing them down with his left hand, and seizing with his right hand the razor of Udumbara wood or the mirror, he touches with it (the Darbha blades), with the (Mantra), 'Axe! Do no harm to him!' (ibid. 6). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.16) yena pūṣā bṛhaspater iti triḥ prāñcaṃ prohaty apracchindan, sakṛd yajuṣā, dvis tūṣṇīm. > With (the Mantra), 'With which Pûshan has shaven Brihaspati's head' (ibid. 7), he moves forward (that razor or the mirror) three times towards the east without cutting (the hair); once with the Yagus, twice silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.17) athā ''yasena pracchidyā ''naḍuhe gomaye nidadhāti. > Then (the barber) with the razor of metal cuts the hair and throws (the cut off hair ends) on the bull's dung. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.18) etayai 'vā ''vṛtā kapucchalam, > In the same way (after the same rites have been performed), he cuts the patch of hair on the back-side; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.19) etayo 'ttarāṃ kapuṣṇikām; > And that on the left side. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.20) undanaprabhṛti tv evā 'bhinivartayet, > He should repeat (when going to cut the hair on the back-side, and then again on the left side, the rites stated above), beginning from the moistening of the hair (Sûtra 12). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.21) ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ mūrdhānaṃ parigṛhya japet tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagner iti > Grasping with his two hands (the boy) round his head he should murmur (the verse), 'The threefold age of Gamadagni' (MB. I, 6, 8). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.22) - etayai 'vā ''vṛtā striyāḥ, > In the same way (the rites are performed) for a girl, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.23) tūṣṇīm; > (But) silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.24) mantreṇa tu homaḥ > The sacrifice, however, (is performed) with the Mantra. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.25) - udaṅṅ agner utsṛpya kuśalīkārayanti yathāgotrakulakalpam; > Walking away from the fire in a northerly direction they have the arrangement of (the boy's) hair made according to the custom of his Gotra and of his family. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.26) ānaḍuhe gomaye keśān kṛtvā 'raṇyaṃ hṛtvā nikhananti, > They throw the hair on the bull's dung (mentioned above), take it to the forest, and bury it. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.27) stambe hai 'ke nidadhati, > Some throw them on a bunch (of grass or the like). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.28) yathārtham. > Then they may do what they like. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [2.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9.29) gaur dakṣiṇā. > A cow constitutes the sacrificial fee. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila~en-oldenberg.2.9.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila!bhattanarayana.26.1) — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Khādiragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.3.18) — Khādira, Sanskrit - [Subodhinīpaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.subodhinipaddhati.42.1-4.5) — Śivarāma 1615, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.9) · Pramāṇa