[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) › 3.7 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.7 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.1) athā 'taḥ śravaṇākarma; > Now (follows) the Sravanâ ceremony. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.2) paurṇamāsyāṃ kṛtyam. > It has to be performed on the full-moon day (of the month Srâvana). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.3) purastāc chālāyā upalipya śālāgner agniṃ praṇayanti; > Having besmeared (a surface) to the east of the house (with cow-dung), they carry forward (to that place) fire taken from the (sacred) domestic fire. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.4) abhitaś catvāry upalimpati, > He besmears four spots to the four sides (of the fire), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.5) pratidiśam, > Towards the (four) directions, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.6) sādhike prakrame. > (To the extent) of more than one prakrama (i.e. step). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.7) agnau kapālam ādhāya sakṛtsaṃgṛhītam yavamuṣṭiṃ bhṛjjaty anupadahan. > He puts a dish on the fire and fries (in that dish) one handful of barley-grains, without burning them. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.8) paścād agner ulūkhalaṃ dṛm̐hayitvā 'vahanty udvecam. > To the west of the fire he places a mortar so that it stands firmly, and husks (the grains), separating (the husked and the unhusked grains?). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.9) sukṛtān saktūn kṛtvā, camasa opya, śūrpenā 'pidhāya nidadhāti. > After he has carefully ground them to flour, and has thrown (that) into a wooden cup (kamasa), and covered it with a winnowing-basket, he puts it up (in the house). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.10) dakṣiṇapaścime antareṇa saṃcaraḥ. > Between (the besmeared surface) towards the south, and that towards the east (there should be) a passage. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.11) - astamite camasadarvyāv ādāya śūrpaṃ cā, 'tipraṇītasyā 'rdhaṃ vrajati: > After sunset he takes the wooden cup, (the spoon called) Darvi, and the winnowing-basket, and goes to (the fire) which has been carried forward (Sûtra 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.12) śūrpe saktūn āvapati, camase co 'dakam ādatte; > He throws the flour into the winnowing-basket and fills the wooden cup with water. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.13) sakṛtsaṃgṛhītān darvyā saktūn kṛtvā, pūrva upalipta udakaṃ ninīya baliṃ nivapati yaḥ prācyāṃ diśi sarparāja eṣa te balir iti; > He takes once a quantity of flour with the Darvi spoon, pours out water on the besmeared place to the east (of the fire), and offers (there) a Bali with (the words), 'O king of Serpents, dwelling towards the east, this is thy Bali!' (MB. II, 1, 1). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.14) upaninayaty apāṃ śesaṃ, yathā baliṃ na pravakṣyatī 'ti. > He pours the rest of the water over (that Bali, taking care) that it does not carry away the Bali. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.15) savyaṃ bāhum anvāvṛtya, camasadarvyāv abhyukṣya, pratāpyai 'vaṃ dakṣiṇai 'vaṃ pratīcy evam udīcī, yathāliṅgam, avyāvartamānaḥ. > Turning round from right to left, he besprinkles the wooden cup and the Darvi spoon, warms them, and (repeats the offering of a Bali) in the same way towards the south, towards the west, and towards the north, as the Mantra (MB. II, I, 1. 2) runs, without turning away (between the single Bali-offerings). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.16) śūrpeṇa śeṣam agnāv opyā 'natipraṇītasyā 'rdhaṃ vrajati: > After he has thrown the remnants (of flour) out of the basket into the fire, he goes to that fire which has not been carried forward. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.17) paścād agner bhūmau nyañcau pāṇī pratiṣṭhāpya namaḥ pṛthivyā ity etaṃ mantraṃ japati. > To the west of that fire he touches the earth with his two hands turned downwards, and murmurs the Mantra, 'Adoration to the Earth’s'—(MB. II, 1, 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.18) - pradoṣe pāyasaś caruḥ; > In the evening boiled rice-grains with milk (are prepared). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.19) tasya juhuyāt: śravaṇāya, viṣṇave, 'gnaye, prajāpataye, viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ svāhe 'ti; > Of that (milk-rice) he should make oblations with (the formulas), 'To Sravana, to Vishnu, to Agni, to Pragâpati, to the Visve devâs Svâhâ!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.20) sthālīpākāvṛtā 'nyat. > The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.21) uttarato 'gner darbhastambaṃ samūlaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya somo rāje 'ty etaṃ mantraṃ japati, yāṃ sandhāṃ sam adhatte 'ti ca. > To the north of the fire he places a bunch of Darbha grass with roots, and murmurs the Mantra, 'Soma the king' (ibid. 4), and, 'The agreement which you have made' (ibid. 5). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.22) - śvas tato 'kṣatasaktūn kārayitvā, nave pātre 'pidhāya nidadhāti: > On the following day he has flour of fried barley-grains prepared, and in a new pot, covering (it with another pot), he puts it up (in his house). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7.23) aharahas tūṣṇīṃ balīn haret sāyaṃ prāg ghomād ā ''grahāyaṇyāḥ. > (Of that flour) he should silently offer Balis day by day in the evening, before the sacrifice, until the Âgrahâyanî day. > — 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.3.7.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Subodhinīpaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.subodhinipaddhati.46.1-3.6) — Śivarāma 1615, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.7) · Pramāṇa