[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) › 3.6.3 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.6.3 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.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). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 3.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.6.2) - [Next: 3.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.6.4) - [Up: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila~en-oldenberg.3.6.3) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila!bhattanarayana) — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.6.3) · Pramāṇa