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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.7.24

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.7.24

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Sanskrit

1.7.24.1

agne prāyaścitte tvaṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yāsyai ghorā tanūstāmito nāśaya svāhā \ vāyo prāyaścitte tvaṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yāsyai ninditā tanūstāmito nāśaya svāhā \ āditya prāyaścitte tvaṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yāsyai patighnī tanūstāmito nāśaya svāhā \ āditya prāyaścitte vāyo prāyaścittegne prāyaścittegne prāyaścitte vāyo prāyaścitta āditya prāyaścitte \ iti \1\

'Agni! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What is terrible in her, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!
'Vâyu! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What is blameful in her, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!
'Sun! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What dwells in her that is death-bringing to her husband, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!
'Sun! Expiation! &c.
'Vâyu! Expiation! &c.
'Agni! Expiation! &c.
'Agni! Expiation! &c.
'Vâyu! Expiation! &c.
'Sun! Expiation! &c.'

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

1.7.24.2

hutvāthāsyai mūrdhni saṃsrāvaṃ juhoti \ bhūrbhagaṃ tvayi juhomi svāhā \ bhuvo yaśastvayi juhomi svāhā \ suvaḥ śriyaṃ tvayi juhomi svāhā \ bhūrbhuvaḥ suvastviṣiṃ tvayi juhomi svāhā \ iti \2\

Having sacrificed (these oblations), he then pours the remainder as an oblation on her head, with (the formulas), 'Bhûh! I sacrifice fortune over thee. Svâhâ! Bhuvah! I sacrifice glory over thee. Svâhâ! Suvah! I sacrifice beauty over thee. Svâhâ! Bhûr bhuvah suvah! I sacrifice brightness over thee. Svâhâ!'

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

1.7.24.3

atraivodapātraṃ nidhāya pradakṣiṇamagniṃ parikramyāpareṇāgniṃ prācīmudīcīṃ vā saṃveśyāthāsyai yonimabhimṛśati \ abhi tvā pañcaśākhena śivenāvidviṣāvatā \ sāhasreṇa yaśasvinā hastenābhimṛśāmasi suprajāstvāya \ iti \3\

There (near the sacrificial fire) he places a water-pot, walks round the fire (and that water-pot) keeping his right side turned towards it, makes (the wife) lie down to the west of the fire, facing east or north, and touches her secret parts, with (the formula), 'We touch thee with the five-forked, auspicious, unhostile (?), thousandfoldly blessed, glorious hand that thou mayst be rich in offspring!'

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

1.7.24.4

athaināmupayacchate \ saṃ nāmnaḥ saṃ hṛdayāni saṃ nābhiḥ saṃ tvacaḥ \ saṃ tvā kāmasya yoktreṇa yuñjānyavimocanāya \ iti \4\

He then cohabits with her with (the formula), 'United is our soul, united our hearts, united our navel, united our skin. I will bind thee with the bond of love; that shall be insoluble.'

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

1.7.24.5

athaināṃ pariṣvajate \ māmanuvratā bhava sahacaryā mayā bhava \ yā te patighnī tanūrjāraghnīṃ tvetāṃ karomi \ śivā tvaṃ mahyamedhi kṣurapavirjārebhyaḥ \ iti \5\

He then embraces her with (the formula), 'Be devoted to me; be my companion. What dwells in thee that is death-bringing to thy husband, that I make death-bringing to thy paramours. Bring luck to me; be a sharp-cutting (destroyer) to thy paramours.'

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

1.7.24.6

athāsyai mukhena mukhamīpsate \ madhu he madhvidaṃ madhu jihvā me madhuvādinī \ mukhe me sāraghaṃ madhu datsu saṃvananaṃ kṛtam \ cākravākaṃ saṃvananaṃ yannadībhya udāhṛtam \ yadyukto devagandharvastena saṃvaninau svake \ iti \6\

He then seeks her mouth with his mouth, with (the two verses), 'Honey! Lo! Honey! This is honey! my tongue's speech is honey; in my mouth dwells the honey of the bee; on my teeth dwells concord.
'The (magic charm of) concord that belongs to the kakravâka birds, that is brought out of the rivers, of which the divine Gandharva is possessed, thereby we are concordant.'

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

1.7.24.7

trirātraṃ malavadvāsasā brāhmaṇavyākhyātāni vratāni carati \7\

A woman that has her monthly courses, keeps through a period of three nights the observances prescribed in the Brâhmana.

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

1.7.24.8

caturthyāṃ snātāṃ prayatavastrāmalaṃkṛtāṃ brāhmaṇasaṃbhāṣāmācamyopahvayate \8\ \\24\\

In the fourth night (the husband) having sipped water, calls (the wife) who has taken a bath, who wears a clean dress and ornaments, and has spoken with a Brâhmana, to himself (with the following verses):

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

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