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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.7.23

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.7.23

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Sanskrit

1.7.23.1

dhruvaṃ tvā brahma veda dhruvohamasmim̐llokesmiṃśca janapade bhūyāsama \ acyutaṃ tvā brahma veda māhamasmāllokādasmācca janapadāccyoṣi dviṣanme bhrātṛvyosmāllokādasmācca janapadāccyavatām \ aceṣṭaṃ tvā brahma veda māhamasmāllokādasmācca janapadācceṣṭiṣi dviṣanme bhrātṛvyosmāllokādasmācca janapadācceṣṭatām \ avyathamānaṃ tvā brahma veda māhamasmāllokādasmācca janapadādvyathiṣi dviṣanme bhrātṛvyosmāllokādasmācca janapadādvyathatām \ nabhyaṃ tvā sarvasya veda nabhyamahamasya janapadasya bhūyāsam \ madhyaṃ tvā sarvasya veda madhyamahamasya janapadasya bhūyāsam \ tantiṃ tvā sarvasya veda tantirahamasya janapadasya bhūyāsam \ methīṃ tvā sarvasya veda methyahamasya janapadasya bhūyāsam \ nābhiṃ tvā sarvasya veda nābhirahamasya janapadasya bhūyāsam \ yathā nābhiḥ prāṇānāṃ viṣūvānevamahaṃ viṣūvān \ ekaśataṃ taṃ pāpmānamṛcchatu yosmāndveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmo bhūyāṃsi māmekaśatātpuṇyānyāgacchantu \ iti \1\

(Then follow the Mantras), 'I know thee as the firm Brahman. May I become firm in this world and in this country.
'I know thee as the immovable Brahman. May I not be moved away from this world and from this country. May he who hates me, my rival, be moved away from this world and from this country.
'I know thee as the unshaken Brahman. May I not be shaken off from this world and from this country. May he who hates me, my rival, be shaken off from this world and from this country.
'I know thee as the unfailing Brahman. May I not fall from this world and from this country. May he who hates me, my rival, fall from this world and from this country.
'I know thee as the nave of the universe. May I become the nave of this country. I know thee as the centre of the universe. May I become the centre of this country. I know thee as the string that holds the universe. May I become the string that holds this country. I know thee as the pillar of the universe. May I become the pillar of this country. I know thee as the navel of the universe. May I become the navel of this country.
'As the navel is the centre of the Prânas, thus I am the navel. May hundred-and-onefold evil befall him who hates us and whom we hate; may more than hundred-and-onefold merit fall to my lot!'

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

1.7.23.2

atra manojñena saṃbhāṣyāgāraṃ prāpyāthaināmāgneyena sthālīpākena yājayati \2\

Having spoken there with a person that he likes, and having returned to the house, he causes her to sacrifice a mess of cooked food.

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

1.7.23.3

patnyavahanti \3\

The wife husks (the rice grains of which that Sthâlîpâka is prepared).

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

1.7.23.4

śrapayitvābhighāryodvāsyāgnaye hutvāgnaye sviṣṭakṛte juhoti \4\

She cooks (that Sthâlîpâka), sprinkles (Âgya) on it, takes it from the fire, sacrifices to Agni, and then sacrifices to Agni Svishtakrit.

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

1.7.23.5

tena brāhmaṇaṃ vidyāvantaṃ pariveveṣṭi \5\

With (the remains of) that (Sthâlîpâka) he entertains a learned Brâhmana whom he reveres.

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

1.7.23.6

yosyāpacito bhavati tasmā ṛṣabhaṃ dadāti \6\

To that (Brâhmana) he makes a present of a bull.

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

1.7.23.7

nityamata ūrdhvaṃ parvasvāgneyena sthālīpākena yajate \7\

From that time he constantly sacrifices (yagate) on the days of the full and of the new moon a mess of cooked food sacred to Agni.

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

1.7.23.8

nityaṃ sāyaṃ prātarvrīhibhiryavairvā hastenaite āhutī juhoti \ agnaye svāhā \ prajāpataye svāhā \ iti \8\

In the evening and in the morning he constantly sacrifices (guhoti) with his hand (and not with the Darvî) the two following oblations of rice or of barley: 'To Agni Svâhâ! To Pragâpati Svâhâ!'

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

1.7.23.9

saurīṃ pūrvāṃ prātareke samāmananti \9\

Some (teachers) state that in the morning the former (of these oblations) should be directed to Sûrya.

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

1.7.23.10

trirātramakṣārālavaṇāśināvadhaḥśāyināvalaṃkurvāṇau brahmacāriṇau vasataḥ \10\

Through a period of three nights they should eat no saline food, should sleep on the ground, wear ornaments, and should be chaste.

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

1.7.23.11

caturthyāmapararātregnimupasamādhāya prāyaścittiparyantaṃ kṛtvā nava prāyaścittīrjuhoti \11\ \\23\\

In the fourth night, towards morning, he puts wood on the fire, performs the (regular) ceremonies down to the (regular) expiatory oblations, and sacrifices nine expiatory oblations (with the following Mantras):

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

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