[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) › [Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi) › 1.1.4.4 # Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.1.4.4 Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.1.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4.4) athainaṃ mekhalayā nābhideśe triḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ parivyayati \ dvirityeke \ yā duritā paribādhamānā śarmavarūthe punatī na āgāt \ prāṇāpānābhyāṃ balamāvahantī svasā devānāṃ subhagā mekhaleyam \ iti \4\ > He then winds the girdle three times from left to right round (the boy, so that it covers) his navel. (He does so only) twice, according to some (teachers). (It is done) with (the verse), 'Here she has come to us who drives away sin, purifying our guard and our protection, bringing us strength by (the power of) inhalation and exhalation, the sister of the gods, this blessed girdle.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 1.1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4.3) - [Next: 1.1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4.5) - [Up: 1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi~en-oldenberg.1.1.4.4) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.1.1.2.37) — Agniveśa, Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.19.60) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.1.1.4.4) · Pramāṇa