Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.6
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.6
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3.6.1
gāḥ prakālyamānā anumantrayete 'mā me viśvatovīrya iti;
When his cows are driven out, he should repeat (the verse), 'May (Bhava), the all-valiant one, (and Indra protect) these (cows) for me' (MB. I, 8, 1).
3.6.2
pratyāgatā imā madhumatīr mahyam iti.
When they have come back, (he should repeat the verse), 'These which are rich in sweet' (ibid. 2).
3.6.3
- puṣṭikāmaḥ prathamajātasya vatsasya prāṅ mātuḥ pralehanāj jihvayā lalāṭam ullihya nigired gavāṃ śleṣmā 'sī 'ti.
If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should lick with his tongue the forehead of the firstborn calf, before it is licked by its mother, and should gulp with (the formula), 'Thou art the phlegm of the cows' (ibid. 3).
3.6.4
puṣṭikāma eva saṃprajātāsu niśāyāṃ goṣṭhe 'gnim upasamādhāya vilayanaṃ juhuyāt saṃgrahaṇa saṃgṛhāṇe 'ti.
If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should, when the cows have calved, at night put wood on the fire in the cow-stable and should sacrifice churned curds with drops of ghee, with (the verse), 'Seizer, seize' (ibid. 4).
3.6.5
puṣṭikāma eva saṃprajātāsv audumbareṇā 'sinā vatsamithunayor lakṣaṇaṃ karoti, pum̐sa evā 'gre 'tha striyā, bhuvanam asi sāhasram iti;
If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he makes, when the cows have calved, with a sword of Udumbara wood, marks on a male and on a female calf, first on the male, then on the female, with (the Mantra), 'The world art thou, thousandfold' (ibid. 5. 6),
3.6.6
kṛtvā cā 'numantrayeta lohitena svadhitine 'ti.
And after he has done so, he should recite (over the two calves the Mantra), 'With metal, with the butcher's knife' (ibid. 7).
3.6.7
- tantīṃ prasāryamāṇāṃ baddhavatsāṃ cā 'numantrayete 'yaṃ tantī gavāṃ māte 'ti.
When the rope (to which the calves are bound) is spread out, and (again) when the calves have been bound to it, he should recite over it (the verse), 'This rope, the mother of the cows' (ibid. 8).
3.6.8
- tatrai 'tāny aharahaḥ kṛtyāni bhavanti:
Here now the following (rites) have to be performed day by day, (viz.)
3.6.9
niṣkālanapraveśane tantīviharaṇam iti.
(The rites at) the driving out (of the cows), at the coming back (of the cows), and at the setting into motion of the rope (with the calves).
3.6.10
- goyajñe pāyasaś caruḥ:
At the cow-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which a thriving condition for the cows is obtained), boiled rice-grains with milk (are offered).
3.6.11
agniṃ yajeta pūṣaṇam indram īśvaram.
Let him sacrifice to Agni, Pûshan, Indra, and Îsvara.
3.6.12
ṛṣabhapūjā.
To the bull honour is done (by adorning it, by lavish food, &c.).
3.6.13
- goyajñenai 'vā śvayajño vyākhyātaḥ:
By the cow-sacrifice also the horse-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which thriving horses are obtained) has been explained.
3.6.14
yamavaruṇau devatānām atrā 'dhikau;
Of deities Yama and Varuna are added here (to the deities stated above) (Sûtra II).
3.6.15
gandhair abhyukṣaṇaṃ gavāṃ gandhair abhyukṣaṇaṃ gavām.
(After the cow-sacrifice) the cows are besprinkled with scented water; the cows are besprinkled with scented water.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (1)
- Subodhinīpaddhati — Śivarāma 1615, Sanskrit