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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.2.6

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.2.6

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Sanskrit

1.2.6.1

dakṣiṇe karṇe japati \1\

(This verse the teacher) murmurs in (the boy's) right ear;

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.2

āyurdā agne \ ityuttare \2\

(The verse), 'Life-giving, Agni' (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 14, 4) in his left ear.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.3

agnau pṛthivyāṃ pratitiṣṭha vāyāvantarikṣe sūrye divi \ yāṃ svastimagnirvāyurādityaścandramā āponusaṃcaranti tāṃ svastimanusaṃcarāsau \ prāṇasya brahmacāryabhūrasau \ ityubhayatrānuṣajati \3\

Both times he adds (to the verses quoted in the last Sûtras the formula), 'Stand fast in Agni and on the earth, in Vâyu and in the air, in Sûrya and in heaven. The bliss in which Agni, Vâyu, the sun, the moon, and the waters go their way, in that bliss go thy way, N.N.! Thou hast become the pupil of breath, N.N.!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.4

medhāṃ ta indro dadātu medhāṃ devī sarasvatī \ medhāṃ te aśvināvubhāvādhattāṃ puṣkarasrajau \ iti tasya mukhena mukhaṃ saṃnidhāya japati \4\

Approaching his mouth to (the boy's) mouth he murmurs, 'Intelligence may Indra give thee, intelligence the goddess Sarasvatî. Intelligence may the two Asvins, wreathed with lotus, bestow on thee.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.5

athainaṃ paridadāti \ kaṣakāya tvā paridadāmyantakāya tvā paridadāmyaghorāya tvā paridadāmi gadāya tvā paridadāmi yamāya tvā paridadāmi makhāya tvā paridadāmi vaśinyai tvā paridadāmi pṛthivyai tvā savaiśvānarāyai paridadāmyadbhyastvā paridadāmyoṣadhībhyastvā paridadāmi vanaspatibhyastvā paridadāmi dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ tvā paridadāmi subhūtāya tvā paridadāmi brahmavarcasāya tvā paridadāmi viśvebhyastvā devebhyaḥ paridadāmi sarvebhyastvā bhūtebhyaḥ paridadāmi sarvābhyastvā devatābhyaḥ paridadāmi \ iti \5\

He then gives (the boy) in charge (to the gods and demons, with the formulas), 'To Kashaka (?) I give thee in charge. To Antaka I give thee in charge. To Aghora ("the not frightful one") I give thee in charge. To Disease... to Yama... to Makha... to Vasinî ("the ruling goddess")... to the earth together with Vaisvânara... to the waters... to the herbs... to the trees... to Heaven and Earth... to welfare... to holy lustre... to the Visve devâs... to all beings... to all deities I give thee in charge.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.6

atra sāvitrīṃ vācayati yadi purastādupeto bhavati \6\

He now teaches him the Sâvitrî, if he has (already) been initiated before.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.7

yadyanupetastryahe paryavete \7\

If he has not been initiated (before, he teaches him the Sâvitrî) after three days have elapsed.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.8

sadyaḥ puṣkarasādiḥ \8\

(He does so) immediately, says Pushkarasâdi.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.9

apareṇāgnimudagagraṃ kūrcaṃ nidhāya tasminprāṅmukha upaviśati \ rāṣṭrabhṛdasyācāryāsandī mā tvadyoṣam \ iti \9\

Having placed to the west of the fire a bunch of grass with its points directed towards the north, (the teacher) sits down thereon, facing the east, with (the formula), 'A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher's seat. May I not withdraw from thee.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.10

ādityāyāñjaliṃ kṛtvācāryāyopasaṃgṛhya dakṣiṇataḥ kumāra upaviśya \ adhīhi bho \ ityuttkāthāha \ sāvitrīṃ bho anubrūhi \ iti \10\

The boy raises his joined hands towards the sun, embraces (the feet of) his teacher, sits down to the south (of the teacher), addresses (him), 'Recite, sir!' and then says, 'Recite the Sâvitrî, sir!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

1.2.6.11

gaṇānāṃ tvā gaṇapatiṃ havāmahe \ ityenamabhimantryāthāsmai pacchogrenvāhāthārdharcaśotha saṃtatām \ bhūstatsaviturvareṇyam \ bhuvo bhargo devasya dhīmahi \ suvardhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt \ bhūrbhuvastatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi \ suvardhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt \ bhūrbhuvaḥ suvastatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt \ iti \11\ \\6\\

Having recited over (the boy the verse), 'We call thee, the lord of the hosts' (Taitt. Samh. II, 3, 14, 3), he then recites (the Sâvitrî) to him, firstly Pâda by Pâda, then hemistich by hemistich, and then the whole verse (in the following way), 'Bhûs! Tat Savitur varenyam (That adorable splendour)—
'Bhuvo! Bhargo devasya dhîmahi (of the divine Savitri may we obtain)—
'Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakodayât (who should rouse our prayers).—
'Bhûr bhuvas! Tat Savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhîmahi—
'Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakodayât.—
'Bhûr bhuvah suvas! Tat Savitur... prakodayât.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

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