Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.6.19.7
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.6.19.7
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1.6.19.7
vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā juhoti \ agniraitu prathamo devatānāṃ sau'syai prajāṃ muñcatu mṛtyupāśāt \ tadayaṃ rājā varuṇonumanyatāṃ patheyaṃ strī pautramaghaṃ na rodāt \ svāhā \ imāmagnistrāyatāṃ gārhapatyaḥ prajāmasyai nayatu dīrghamāyuḥ \ aśūnyopasthā jīvatāmastu mātā pautramānandamabhiprabudhyatāmiyam \ svāhā \ mā te gṛhe niśi ghoṣa unthādanyatra tvadrudatyaḥ saṃviśantu \ mā tvaṃ vikeśyura āvidhiṣṭhā jīvapatnī patiloke virāja prajāṃ paśyantī sumanasyamānām \ svāhā \ dyauste pṛṣṭhaṃ rakṣatu vāyurūrū aśvinau ca stanaṃ dhayataste putrānsavitābhirakṣatu \ ā vāsasaḥ paridhānādbṛhaspatirviśve devā abhirakṣantu paścāt \ svāhā \ aprajastāṃ pautramṛtyuṃ pāpmānamuta vāgham \ śīrṣṇaḥ srajamivonmucya dviṣadbhyaḥ pratimuñcāmi pāpam \ svāhā \ devakṛtaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kalpamānaṃ tena hanmi yoniṣadaḥ piśācān \ kravyādo mṛtyūnadharānpādayāmi dīrghamāyustava jīvantu putrāḥ \ svāhā \ iti \7\
After he has performed the rites down to the oblations made with the Vyâhritis, he sacrifices with (the following Mantras),
'May Agni come hither, the first of gods. May he release the offspring of this wife from the fetter of death. That may this king Varuna grant, that this wife may not weep over distress (falling to her lot) through her sons. Svâhâ!
'May Agni Gârhapatya protect this woman. May he lead her offspring to old age. With fertile womb may she be the mother of living children. May she experience delight in her sons. Svâhâ!
'May no noise that comes from thee, arise in the house by night. May the (she-goblins called) the weeping ones take their abode in another (woman) than thee. Mayst thou not be beaten at thy breast by (the she-goblin) Vikesî ("the rough-haired one"). May thy husband live, and mayst thou shine in thy husband's world, beholding thy genial offspring! Svâhâ!
'May Heaven protect thy back, Vâyu thy thighs, and the two Asvins thy breast. May Savitri protect thy suckling sons. Until the garment is put on (thy sons?), may Brihaspati guard (them?), and the Visve devâs afterwards. Svâhâ!
'Childlessness, the death of sons, evil, and distress, I take (from thee), as a wreath (is taken) from the head, and (like a wreath) I put all evil on (the head of) our foes. Svâhâ!
'With this well-disposed prayer which the gods have created, I kill the Pisâkas that dwell in thy womb. The flesh-devouring death-bringers I cast down. May thy sons live to old age. Svâhâ!'
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (4)
- Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra — Agniveśa, Sanskrit
- Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Subodhinīpaddhati — Śivarāma 1615, Sanskrit