Gobhilagrihyasutra 4.1
Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 4.1
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4.1.1
anupraharati vapāśrapaṇyau:
He throws the two spits into the fire;
4.1.2
prācīm ekaśūlāṃ, pratīcīm itarām.
That which consists of one (simple) branch, towards the east, the other one towards the west.
4.1.3
- avadyanty avadānāni sarvāṅgebhyaḥ,
They cut off the Avadâna portions from all its limbs,
4.1.4
anyatra vāmāc ca sakthnaḥ klomnaś ca;
With the exception of the left thigh and the lungs.
4.1.5
vāmaṃ sakthy anvaṣṭakyāya nidadhyāt.
The left thigh he should keep for the Anvashtakya ceremony.
4.1.6
- tasminn evā 'gnau śrapayaty odanacaruṃ ca mām̐sacaruṃ ca pṛthaṅ, mekṣaṇābhyāṃ pradakṣiṇam udāyuvan.
On the same fire he cooks one mess of rice-grains and one of meat, stirring up the one and the other separately, from left to right, with two pot-ladles.
4.1.7
śṛtāv abhighāryo, 'dag udvāsya pratyabhighārayet.
After he has cooked them, he should pour (Âgya) on them, should take them from the fire towards the north, and should pour (Âgya) on them again.
4.1.8
kam̐se rasam avāsicya,
Having poured the juice (of the Avadânas) into a brazen vessel,
4.1.9
plakṣaśākhāvati prastare 'vadānāni kṛtvā,
And having placed the Avadânas on a layer (of grass) on which branches of the Plaksha (tree) have been spread,
4.1.10
sthālīpākāvṛtā 'vadānānāṃ kam̐se 'vadyati
He cuts off (the prescribed portions) from the Avadânas in the way prescribed for Sthâlîpâkas, (and puts those portions) into (another) brazen vessel;
4.1.11
sviṣṭakṛtaś ca pṛthak;
And (the portion) for the Svishtakrit oblation separately.
4.1.12
caror uddhṛtya bilvamātram, avadānaiḥ saha yūṣeṇa sannayet.
Taking of the mess of boiled rice-grains (Sûtra 6) a portion of the size of a Bilva fruit, he should mix that, together with the Avadânas (Sûtra 10), with the juice (Sûtra 8).
4.1.13
caturgṛhītaṃ ājyaṃ gṛhītvā 'ṣṭarcaprathamayā juhuyād agnāv agnir iti.
Taking a fourfold portion of Âgya he should sacrifice it with the first of the eight Rikas, 'Entering into fire, the fire' (MB. II, 2, 9-16).
4.1.14
sannītāt tṛtīyamātram avadāya, dvitīyātṛtīyābhyāṃ juhoti;
Of the mixture (Sûtra 12) he cuts off the third part and sacrifices it with the second and third (verse).
4.1.15
uttarasyāṃ svāhākāraṃ dadhāti;
He places the word Svâhâ after the second (of those verses, i.e. after the third verse of the whole Mantra).
4.1.16
evam evā 'vare caturthīpañcamībhyāṃ ṣaṣṭhīsaptamībhyāṃ ca;
In the same way he sacrifices the other two-thirds (of that mixture, the one) with the fourth and fifth (verse), and (the other) with the sixth and seventh (verse).
4.1.17
śeṣam avadāya sauviṣṭakṛtam aṣṭamyā juhuyāt.
Having cut off the rest, he should sacrifice the oblation to (Agni) Svishtakrit with the eighth (verse).
4.1.18
- yady u vā alpasambhāratamaḥ syād, api paśunai 'va kurvīta,
Even if he be very deficient in wealth, he should celebrate (the Ashtakâ) with (the sacrifice of) an animal.
4.1.19
api vā sthālīpākaṃ kurvīta,
Or he should sacrifice a Sthâlîpâka.
4.1.20
api vā gor grāsam āharet,
Or he should offer food to a cow.
4.1.21
api vā 'raṇye kakṣam upadhāya brūyād eṣā me 'ṣṭake 'ti;
Or he should burn down brushwood in the forest and should say, 'This is my Ashtakâ.'
4.1.22
na tv eva na kurvīta na tv eva na kurvīta. -
But let him not neglect to do (one of these things). But let him not neglect to do (one of these things).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit