Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.2.5
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.2.5
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- Sanskrit
1.2.5.1
āgantrā samaganmahi pra sa mṛtyuṃ yuyotana \ ariṣṭāḥ saṃcaremahi svasti caratādiha \ svastyā gṛhebhyaḥ \ iti pradakṣiṇamagniṃ parikrāmantamabhimantrayate \1\
'To him who comes (to us), we have come. Drive ye away death! May we walk with him safely; may he walk here in bliss; (may he) walk in bliss until (he returns) to his house'—this (verse the teacher repeats) while (the boy) walks round the fire so as to keep his right side turned towards it.
1.2.5.2
athainamabhivyāhārayati \ brahmacaryamāgāmupa mā nayasva brahmacārī bhavāni devena savitrā prasūtaḥ \ iti \2\
(The teacher) then causes him to say, 'I have come hither to be a student. Initiate me! I will be a student, impelled by the god Sâvitrî.'
1.2.5.3
taṃ pṛcchati \3\
(The teacher then) asks him:
1.2.5.4
ko nāmāsi \ iti \4\
'What is thy name?'
1.2.5.5
asau \ ityācaṣṭe yathānāmā bhavati \5\
He says, 'N.N!'—what his name is.
1.2.5.6
svasti deva savitarahamanenāmunodṛcamaśīya \ iti nāmanī gṛhṇāti \6\
(The teacher says), 'Happily, god Savitri, may I attain the goal with this N.N.'—here he pronounces (the student's) two names.
1.2.5.7
śaṃ no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye \ śaṃ yorabhisravantu naḥ \ iti mārjayete \7\
With (the verse), 'For bliss may the goddesses afford us their protection; may the waters afford drink to us. With bliss and happiness may they overflow us'—both wipe themselves off.
1.2.5.8
athāsya dakṣiṇena hastena dakṣiṇamaṃsamanvārabhya savyena savyaṃ vyāhṛtibhiḥ sāvitryeti dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumabhyātmannupanayate \ devasya tvā savituḥ prasaveśvinorbāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāmupanayesau \ iti ca \8\
Then (the teacher) touches with his right hand (the boy's) right shoulder, and with his left (hand) his left (shoulder), and draws (the boy's) right arm towards himself with the Vyâhritis, the Sâvitrî verse, and with (the formula), 'By the impulse of the god Savitri, with the arms of the two Asvins, with Pûshan's hands I initiate thee, N.N.!'
1.2.5.9
athāsya dakṣiṇena hastena dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ sāṅguṣṭhaṃ gṛhṇāti \ agniṣṭe hastamagrabhītsomaste hastamagrabhītsavitā te hastamagramītsarasvatī te hastamagrabhītpūṣā te hastamagrabhīdbṛhaspatiste hastamagrabhīnmitraste hastamagrabhīdvaruṇaste hastamagrabhīttvaṣṭā te hastamagrabhīddhātā te hastamagrabhīdviṣṇuste hastamagrabhītprajāpatiste hastamagrabhīt \ iti \9\
He then seizes with his right hand (the boy's) right hand together with the thumb, with (the words), 'Agni has seized thy hand; Soma has seized thy hand; Savitri has seized thy hand; Sarasvatî has seized thy hand; Pûshan has seized thy hand; Brihaspati has seized thy hand; Mitra has seized thy hand; Varuna has seized thy hand; Tvashtri has seized thy hand; Dhâtri has seized thy hand; Vishnu has seized thy hand; Pragâpati has seized thy hand.'
1.2.5.10
savitā tvābhirakṣatu mitrastvamasi dharmaṇā \ agnirācāryastava \ devena savitrā prasūto bṛhaspaterbrahmacārī bhavāsāvapośānaḥ samidha ādhehi karma kuru mā divā svāpsīḥ \ ityenaṃ saṃśāsti \10\
'May Savitri protect thee. Mitra art thou by rights; Agni is thy teacher.
'By the impulse of the god Savitri become Brihaspati's pupil. Eat water. Put on fuel. Do the service. Do not sleep in the day-time'—thus (the teacher) instructs him.
1.2.5.11
athāsya daikṣaṇena hastena dakṣiṇamaṃsamuparyuparyanvavamṛśya hṛdayadeśamabhimṛśati \ mama hṛdaye hṛdayaṃ te astu mama cittaṃ cittenānvehi \ mama vācamekamanā juṣasva bṛhaspatistvā niyunaktu mahyam \ māmevānusaṃrabhasva mayi cittāni santu te \ mayi sāmīcyamastu te mahyaṃ vācaṃ niyacchatāt \ iti \11\
Then (the teacher) gradually moves his right hand down over (the boy's) right shoulder and touches the place of his heart with (the formulas), 'Thy heart shall dwell in my heart; my mind thou shalt follow with thy mind; in my word thou shalt rejoice with all thy heart; may Brihaspati join thee to me!
'To me alone thou shalt adhere. In me thy thoughts shall dwell. Upon me thy veneration shall be bent. When I speak, thou shalt be silent.'
1.2.5.12
prāṇānāṃ granthirasi sa mā visrasaḥ \ iti nābhideśam \12\
With (the words), 'Thou art the knot of all breath; do not loosen thyself'—(he touches) the place of his navel.
1.2.5.13
bhūrbhuvaḥ suvaḥ suprajāḥ prajayā bhūyāsaṃ suvīro vīraiḥ suvarcā varcasā supoṣaḥ poṣaiḥ sumedhā medhayā subrahmā brahmacāribhiḥ \ ityenamabhimantrya \ bhūrṛkṣu tvāgnau pṛthivyāṃ vāci brahmaṇi dadesau \ bhuvo yajuḥṣu tvā vāyāvantarikṣe prāṇe brahmaṇi dadesau \ suvaḥ sāmasu tvā sūrye divi cakṣuṣi brahmaṇi dadesau \ iṣṭaste priyosānyasāvanalasya te priyosānyasau \ idaṃ vatsyāvaḥ prāṇa āyuṣi vatsyāvaḥ prāṇa āyuṣi vasāsau \ iti ca \13\
After (the teacher) has recited over him (the formula),
'Bhûh! Bhuvah! Suvah! By offspring may I become rich in offspring! By valiant sons, rich in valiant sons! By splendour, rich in splendour! By wealth, rich in wealth! By wisdom, rich in wisdom! By pupils, rich in holy lustre!'
And (again the formulas),
'Bhûh! I place thee in the Rikas, in Agni, on the earth, in voice, in the Brahman, N.N.!
'Bhuvah! I place thee in the Yagus, in Vâyu, in the air, in breath, in the Brahman, N.N.!
'Suvah! I place thee in the Sâmans, in Sûrya, in heaven, in the eye, in the Brahman, N.N.!
'May I be beloved (?) and dear to thee, N.N.! May I be dear to thee, the fire (?), N.N.! Let us dwell here! Let us dwell in breath and life! Dwell in breath and life, N.N.!'—
1.2.5.14
athāsya dakṣiṇena hastena dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ sāṅguṣṭhaṃ gṛhṇāti \ agnirāyuṣmān \ iti pañcabhiḥ paryāyaiḥ \14\
He then seizes with his right hand (the boy's) right hand together with the thumb, with the five sections, 'Agni is long-lived.'
1.2.5.15
āyuṣṭe viśvato dadhat \ iti \15\ \\5\\
'May (Agni) bestow on thee long life everywhere' (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 14, 4)—
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (4)
- Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra — Agniveśa, Sanskrit
- Ekāgnikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit