Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.8
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.8
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- Sanskrit
3.8.1
āśvayujyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ pṛṣātake pāyasaś carū raudraḥ:
On the full-moon day of (the month) Âsvayuga, at the Prishâtaka ceremony, a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Rudra, (is prepared).
3.8.2
tasya juhuyād ā no mitrāvaruṇe 'ti prathamāṃ, mā nas toka iti dvitīyām,
Of that (milk-rice) let him sacrifice, the first oblation with (the verse), 'To us, O Mitra and Varuna' (Sâma-veda I, 220), the second with (the verse), 'Not in our offspring' (Rig-veda I, 114, 8),
3.8.3
gonāmabhiś ca pṛthak kāmyā 'sī 'ty etatprabhṛtibhiḥ;
And (eight Âgya oblations) with the 'cow's names' (i.e. with the formulas), 'The lovely one art thou,' &c., with each (name) separately.
3.8.4
sthālīpākāvṛtā 'nyat.
The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite.
3.8.5
pṛṣātakaṃ pradakṣiṇam agniṃ paryāṇīya, brāhmaṇān avekṣayitvā svayam avekṣeta: tac cakṣur devahitaṃ purastāc chukram uccarat; paśyema śaradaḥ śataṃ, jīvema śaradaḥ śatam iti.
Having carried the Prishâtaka around the fire, turning his right side towards (the fire), and having caused the Brâhmanas to look at it (i.e. at the Prishâtaka), he should look at it himself with (the verse repeated by the Brâhmanas and by the-sacrificer), 'That bright eye, created by the gods, which rises on the east—may we see it a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns!'
3.8.6
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā, svayaṃ bhuktvā jātuṣān maṇīn sarvauṣadhimiśrān ābadhnīran svastyayanārtham.
After he has entertained the Brâhmanas with food and has eaten himself, (the sacrificer and his family) should tie (to their arms, necks, &c.) amulets made of lac together with all sorts of herbs, for the sake of prosperity.
3.8.7
sāyaṃ gāḥ pṛṣātakaṃ prāśayitvā sahavatsā vāsayeta;
In the evening he should feed the cows with the Prishâtaka, and should let the calves join them.
3.8.8
svasti hā ''sāṃ bhavati.
Thus (the cows) will thrive.
3.8.9
- navayajñe pāyasaś carur aindrāgnaḥ:
At the sacrifice of the first fruits a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Indra and Agni, (is prepared).
3.8.10
tasya mukhyāṃ havirāhutiṃ hutvā catasṛbhir ājyāhutibhir abhijuhoti śatāyudhāye 'ty etatprabhṛtibhiḥ;
Having sacrificed first a Havis offering of that (milk-rice), he sacrifices over that (oblation) four Âgya oblations with (the verses), 'To him who bears a hundred weapons,' &c. (MB. II, 1, 9-12).
3.8.11
sthālīpākāvṛtā 'nyat.
The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite.
3.8.12
havirucchiṣṭaśeṣaṃ prāśayed, yāvanta upetāḥ syuḥ:
The rest of the remnants of the sacrificial food he should give to eat to all (persons present) who have received the initiation (Upanayana).
3.8.13
sakṛd apām upastīrya dviś caror avadyati,
Having 'spread under' water once, he should cut off two portions of the boiled rice-grains.
3.8.14
trir bhṛgūṇām,
Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhrigu.
3.8.15
apāṃ cai 'vo 'pariṣṭāt:
And over (these portions) water (is poured).
3.8.16
asaṃsvādaṃ nigired bhadrān naḥ śreya iti,
(After the food has been prepared in this way), he should swallow it without chewing it, with (the Mantra), 'From the good to the better' (ibid. 13).
3.8.17
evaṃ triḥ,
In the same way three times.
3.8.18
tūṣṇīṃ caturtham;
Silently a fourth time.
3.8.19
bhūya evā 'vadāya,
After he has cut off a greater portion,
3.8.20
kāmaṃ tatra saṃsvādayeran.
They may, if they like, chew that.
3.8.21
ācāntodakāḥ pratyabhimṛśeran: mukhaṃ śiro 'ṅgānī 'ty anulomam, amo 'sī 'ti.
Having sipped water, they should touch their mouths, their heads, and their limbs from above downwards, with (the verse), 'This art thou' (ibid. 14).
3.8.22
- etayai 'vā ''vṛtā śyāmākayavānām;
In the same way (sacrifices of the first fruits are performed) of Syâmâka (panicum frumentaceum) and of barley.
3.8.23
agniḥ prāśnātu prathama iti śyāmākānām,
(At the sacrifice) of Syâmâka (the Mantra with which the food is partaken of [comp. Sûtra 16], is), 'May Agni eat as the first' (ibid. 15).
3.8.24
etam u tyaṃ madhunā saṃyutaṃ yavam iti yavānām.
(At the sacrifice) of barley, 'This barley, mixed with honey' (ibid. 16).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English