[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) › 3.9 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 3.9 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.1) āgrahāyaṇyāṃ baliharaṇam: > On the Âgrahâyanî day (or the full-moon day of the month Mârgasîrsha) Bali-offerings (are made). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.2) tat śrāvaṇenai 'va vyākhyātam; > They have been explained by the Srâvana sacrifice. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.3) namaḥ pṛthivyā ity etaṃ mantraṃ na japati. > He does not murmur (here) the Mantra, 'Adoration to the Earth’s.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.4) - atha pūrvāhṇa eva, prātarāhutiṃ hutvā, darbhān śamīṃ vīraṇāṃ phalavatīm apāmārgaṃ śirīṣam ity etāny āhārayitvā, tūṣṇīm akṣatasaktūnām agnau kṛtvā, brāhmaṇān svastivācyai, 'taiḥ sambhāraiḥ pradakṣiṇam agnyāgārāt prabhṛti dhūmaṃ śātayan gṛhān anuparīyāt; > In the morning, after he has sacrificed the (regular) morning oblation, he should have the following (plants and branches of trees) fetched, viz. Darbha grass, a Sami (branch), Vîrina grass, a (Badarî branch) with fruits, Apâmârga, and Sirîsha. He then should silently throw (a portion) of flour of fried barley into the fire, should cause the Brâhmanas to pronounce auspicious wishes, and should circumambulate the house, turning his right side towards it, starting from the room for the (sacred) fire, striking the smoke (of the sacred fire) with those objects (i.e. with the plants and branches mentioned above). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.5) utsṛjet kṛtārthān sambhārān. > He should throw away those objects, after he has made use of them. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.6) - jātaśilāsu maṇikaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati vāstoṣ pata ity etena dvikena sarcena; > On solid stones he places a water-barrel with the two (Sâmans belonging to the verse), 'Vâstoshpati' (Sâma-veda I, 275) and with (that) Rik (itself). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.7) dvāv udakumbhau maṇika āsiñcet sam anyā yantī 'ti etaya rcā. > Let him pour two pots of water into that barrel with this verse, 'Some assemble' (Sâma-veda-Âranyaka, vol. ii, p. 292, ed. Bibl. Indica). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.8) - pradoṣe pāyasaś caruḥ: > In the evening boiled rice-grains with milk (are prepared). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.9) tasya juhuyāt prathamā ha vy uvāsa se 'ti; > Of that (milk-rice) he should make an oblation with (the Mantra), 'She shone forth as the first' (MB. II, 2, 1). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.10) sthālīpākāvṛtā 'nyat. > The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.11) paścād agner barhiṣi nyañcau pāṇī pratiṣṭhāpya prati kṣatra ity etā vyāhṛtīr japati. > To the west of the fire he touches the Barhis with his two hands turned downwards, and murmurs the Vyâhritis (i.e. the solemn utterances), 'In the Kshatra I establish myself' (ibid. 2. 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.12) paścād agneḥ svastaram āstārayet, > To the west of the fire he should have a layer spread out, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.13) udagagrais tṛṇaiḥ, > Of northward-pointed grass, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.14) udakpravaṇam; > Inclined towards the north. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.15) tasminn ahatāny āstaraṇāny āstīrya dakṣiṇato gṛhapatir upaviśati, > After they have spread out on that (grass) new rugs, the householder sits down (thereon) on the southern side. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.16) anantarā avare yathājyeṣṭham > Then without an interval the others according to their age, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.17) anantarāś ca bhāryāḥ sajātāḥ. > And without an interval their wives, each with her children. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.18) samupaviṣṭeṣu gṛhapatiḥ svastare nyañcau pāṇī pratiṣṭhāpya syonā pṛthivi no bhave 'ty etām ṛcaṃ japati. > When they are seated, the householder touches the layer (of grass) with his two hands turned downwards, and murmurs the verse, 'Be soft to us, O Earth' (ibid. 4). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.19) samāptāyāṃ saṃviśanti dakṣiṇaiḥ pārśvaiḥ; > When he has finished that (verse), they lie down on their right sides. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.20) evaṃ trir abhyātmam āvṛtya, > In the same way (they lie down on their right sides) three times, turning themselves towards themselves (i.e. turning round forwards, not backwards, and thus returning to their former position?). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.21) svastyayanāni prayujya yathājñānam > They repeat the auspicious hymns as far as they know them; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.22) - ariṣṭaṃ sāmasaṃyogam eke, > The complex of Sâmans called Arishta, according to some (teachers). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [3.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.23) apa upaspṛśya, yathārtham. > Having touched water, they may do whatever they like. > — 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.3.9.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila!bhattanarayana) — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Khādiragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.18) — Khādira, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4218) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9) · Pramāṇa