[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) › 3.4 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.4 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.1) brahmacārī vedam adhītya, > A student, after he has studied the Veda, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.2) - upanyāhṛtya gurave > And has offered a present to his Guru (i.e. to his) teacher, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.3) anujñāto dārān kurvīta, > Should, with the permission (of his parents), take a wife, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.4) asagotrān, > One who does not belong to the same Gotra, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.5) mātur asapiṇḍān; > And who is not a Sapinda relation of his mother. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.6) nagnikā tu śreṣṭhā > The best, however, is a 'naked' girl. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.7) -, athā ''plavanam. > Now the bath (which is taken at the end of studentship, will be described). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.8) uttarataḥ purastād vā ''cāryakulasya parivṛtaṃ bhavati; > To the north or the east of the teacher's house there is an enclosure. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.9) tatra prāgagreṣu darbheṣū 'daṅṅ ācārya upaviśati, > There the teacher sits down, facing the north, on eastward-pointed Darbha grass; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.10) prāg brahmacāry udagagreṣu darbheṣu. > Facing the east the student on northward-pointed Darbha grass. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.11) sarvauṣadhiviphāṇṭābhir adbhir gandhavatībhiḥ śītoṣṇābhir ācāryo 'bhiṣiñcet, > The teacher should besprinkle (him) with lukewarm, scented water, which has been boiled with all kinds of herbs. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.12) svayam iva tu > But as if he (i.e. the student, should do so) himself— > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.13) mantravarṇo bhavati: > (In such a way) he is alluded to in the Mantras; (therefore the besprinkling should be done rather by the student, and not by the teacher \[?\]). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.14) ye apsv antar agnayaḥ praviṣṭā ity apām añjalim avasiñcati, > With (the verse), 'The fires which dwell in the waters' (MB. I, 7, 1)—(the student\[?\]) pours his joined hands full of water (on the ground), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.15) yad apāṃ ghoraṃ yad apāṃ krūraṃ yad apām aśāntam iti ca; > And again with (the formula), 'What is dreadful in the waters, what is cruel in the waters, what is turbulent in the waters' (ibid. 2). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.16) yo rocanas tam iha gṛhṇāmī 'ty ātmānam abhiṣiñcati, > With (the formula), 'The shining one I take here' (ibid. 3)—he besprinkles himself. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.17) yaśase tejasa iti ca, > And again with (the formula), 'For the sake of glory, of splendour' (ibid. 4). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.18) yena striyam akṛṇutam iti ca, > And again with (the verse), 'By which you made the wife (pregnant?') (ibid. 5). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.19) tūṣṇīṃ caturtham. > A fourth time silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.20) upotthāya ''dityam upatiṣṭheto 'dyan bhrājabhṛṣṭibhir ity etatprabhṛtinā mantreṇa, > He then should rise and should worship the sun with the Mantra, 'Rising with (the Maruts) who bear shining spears' (ibid. 6-9), &c. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.21) yathāliṅgaṃ vā viharan, > Optionally he may use the single sections of the Mantra separately (in the morning, at noon, and in the evening) as indicated in the text. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.22) cakṣur asī 'ty anubadhnīyāt. > He should add (the formula), 'The eye art thou' (ibid. 9) after (each of the three sections of the Mantra, 6-8). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.23) mekhalām avamuñcata ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam iti. > With the verse, 'Loosen the highest fetter, O Varuna' (ibid. 10), he takes off the girdle. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.24) brāhmanān bhojayitvā, svayaṃ bhuktvā keśa-śmaśru-roma-nakhāni vāpayīta śikhāvarjam. > After he has entertained the Brâhmanas with food and has eaten himself, he should have his hair, his beard, the hair of his body, and his nails cut, so as to leave the lock of hair (as required by the custom of his family). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.25) snātvā 'laṅkṛtyā, 'hate vāsasī paridhāya srajam ābadhnīta śrīr asi mayi ramasve 'ti. > Having bathed and adorned himself, and having put on two garments (an under-garment and an upper-garment) which have not yet been washed, he should put a garland (on his head) with (the formula), 'Luck art thou; take delight in me' (ibid. 11). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.26) netryau stho nayataṃ mām ity upānahau. > The two shoes (he puts on) with (the formula), 'Leaders are you; lead me' (ibid. 12). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.27) gandharvo 'sī 'ti vaiṇavaṃ daṇḍaṃ gṛhṇāti. > With (the formula), 'The Gandharva art thou' (ibid. 13), he takes a bamboo staff. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.28) ācāryaṃ sapariṣatkam abhyetyā ''cāryapariṣadam īkṣate yakṣam iva cakṣuṣaḥ priyo vo bhūyāsam iti. > He approaches the teacher together with the assembly (of his pupils) and looks at the assembly of his teacher's (pupils) with (the words), 'Like an eye-ball may I be dear to you' (ibid. 14). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.29) upopaviśya mukhyān prāṇān saṃmṛśann oṣṭhāpidhānā nakulī 'ti: > Sitting down near (the teacher) he touches the sense-organs at his head with (the verse), 'The she-ichneumon, covered by the lips' (ibid. 15). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.30) atrai 'nam ācāryo 'rhayet. > Here the teacher should honour him with the Argha ceremony. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.31) goyuktaṃ ratham upasaṃkramya pakṣasī kūbarabāhū vā 'bhimṛśed vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā iti. > (The student then) should approach a chariot yoked with oxen, and should touch its two side-pieces or the two arms of the chariot-pole with (the verse), 'O tree, may thy limbs be strong' (ibid. 16). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.32) āsthātā te jayatu jetvānī 'ty ātiṣṭhati. > With (the last words of that verse), 'May he who stands on thee, win what can be won'—he mounts it. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.33) prāṅ vo 'daṅ vā 'bhiprayāya pradakṣiṇam āvṛtyo 'payāti: > Having driven (some distance) in an easterly or northerly direction, he turns round from left to right and comes back (to his teacher). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4.34) upayātāyā 'rghyam iti kauhalīyāḥ. > When he has come back, the Argha ceremony should be performed (for him by his teacher), say the Kauhalîyas. > — 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.3.4.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila!bhattanarayana.29.37) — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.441.8-2.1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.4) · Pramāṇa