Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.7.26

1.7.26.1

pāṇigrahaṇādiragnistamaupāsanamityācakṣate \1\

The fire which (the sacrificer keeps) from the time of his marriage, is called the Aupâsana (or sacred domestic fire)

1.7.26.2

tasmingṛhyāṇi karmāṇi kriyante \2\

With this fire the sacred domestic ceremonies are performed.

1.7.26.3

tasyaupāsanenāhitāgnitvaṃ tathā pārvaṇena caruṇā darśapūrṇamāsayājitvaṃ ceti \3\

On account of his worship devoted to this (fire the sacrificer) is considered as an Âhitâgni (i.e. as one who has set up the Srauta fires), and on account of his fortnightly Karu sacrifices (on the days of the new and full moon) as one who offers the sacrifices of the new and full moon (as prescribed in the Srauta ritual); so (is it taught).

1.7.26.4

dvādaśāhaṃ vicchinnaḥ punarādheyaḥ \4\

If (the service at the domestic fire) has been interrupted for twelve days, the sacrificer ought to set the fire up again.

1.7.26.5

pratisaṃkhyāya vā sarvānhomāñjuhuyāt \5\

Or he should count all the sacrifices (that have been left out), and should offer them.

1.7.26.6

pariśrita uddhatevokṣite sikatopopte \6\

(The punarâdhâna or repeated setting up of the fire is performed in the following way): in an enclosed space, having raised (the surface), sprinkled it (with water), strewn it with sand, and covered it with Udumbara or Plaksha branches, he silently brings together the things belonging to (the sacrifice) according as he is able to get them, produces fire by attrition out of a sacrificially pure piece of wood, or gets a common fire, places it in a big vessel, sets it in a blaze, and puts (fuel) on it with the words, 'Bhûh! Bhuvah! Suvah! Om! Fixity!'

1.7.26.7

udumbaraśākhābhiḥ plakṣaśākhābhirvā pracchādya yathālābhaṃ tūṣṇīṃ saṃbhārānsaṃbhṛtya yājñikātkāṣṭhādagniṃ mathitvā laukikaṃ vāhṛtya sate kṛtvā prajvalayitvābhyādadhāti \7\

He then puts wood on the fire, performs (the rites) down to the Vyâhriti oblations, and offers two 'mindâ oblations' (i.e. oblations for making up for defects) with (the two Mantras), 'If a defect (mindâ) has arisen in me,' (and), 'Agni has given me back my eye' (Taitt. Samh. III, 2, 5, 4).

1.7.26.8

bhūrbhuvaḥ suvaroṃ pratiṣṭha \ iti \8\

He offers three 'tantu oblations' with (the Mantras), 'Stretching the weft (tantu)' (Taitt. Samh. III, 4, 2, 2), 'Awake, Agni!' (IV, 7, 13, 5), 'The thirty-three threads of the weft' (I, 5, 10, 4).

1.7.26.9

athainamagnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā dve mindāhutī juhoti \ yanma ātmano nindābhūt \ punaragniścakṣuradāt \ iti \9\

He offers four 'abhyâvartin oblations' with (the Mantras), 'Agni who turns to us (abhyâvartin)!' 'Agni Aṅgiras!' 'Again with sap,' 'With wealth' (Taitt. Samh. IV. 2, 1, 2. 3).

1.7.26.10

tisrastantumatīrjuhoti \ tantuṃ tanvan \ udbudhyasvāgne \ trayastriṃśattantavaḥ \ iti \10\

Having made oblations with the single Vyâhritis and with (the three Vyâhritis together), and having made an oblation with the verse, 'Thou art quick, Agni, and free from imprecation. Verily (satyam) thou art quick. Held by us in our quick mind (manas), with thy quick (mind) thou carriest the offering (to the gods). Being quick bestow medicine on us! Svâhâ!'—this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Pragâpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),—he quickly repeats in his mind the dasahotri formula (Taitt. Ârany. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the oblations), 'This, O Varuna' (&c.; see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sûtra). Then he serves food to the Brâhmanas and causes them to say, 'An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!' he then performs in the known way the sacrifice of a mess of cooked food to Agni.

1.7.26.11

catasrobhyāvartinīrjuhoti \ agnebhyāvartin \ agne aṅgiraḥ \ punarūrjā \ saha rayyā \ iti \11\

Here he gives an optional gift to his Guru: a pair of clothes, a milch cow, or a bull.

1.7.26.12

ekaikaśo vyāhṛtīḥ samastāśca \12\

If he sets out on a journey, he makes the fire enter himself or the two kindling-sticks in the way that has been described (in the Srauta-sûtra).

1.7.26.13

hutvā \ ayāścāgnesyanabhiśastīśca satyamittvamayā asi \ ayasā manasā dhṛtoyasā havyamūhiṣeyā no dhehi bheṣajam \ svāhā \ ityetāṃ manasvatīm \13\

Or let him make it enter a piece of wood, in the same way as into the kindling-sticks.

1.7.26.14

prājāpatyāṃ saptavatīṃ ca hutvā daśahotāraṃ manasānudrutya sagrahaṃ hutvā \ imaṃ me varuṇa \ tattvā yāmi \ tvaṃ no agne \ sa tvaṃ no agne \ tvamagne ayāmi \ prajāpate \ yadasya karmaṇotyarīricam \ iti ca \ atraike jayābhyātānānrāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati yathā purustāt \14\

A piece of Khadira wood, or of Palâsa, or of Udumbara, or of Asvattha wood—

1.7.26.15

brāhmaṇānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvā prasiddhamāgneyena sthālīpākena yajate \15\

With one of these kinds of wood he fetches, where he turns in (on his journey), fire from the house of a Srotriya, and puts the (piece of wood) into which his fire has entered, on (that fire), with the two verses, 'He who has received the oblations' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 6, 5, 3), and 'Awake!' (IV, 7, 13, 5).

1.7.26.16

atra gurave varaṃ dadāti vāsasī dhenumanaḍvāhaṃ vā \16\

The way in which he sacrifices has been explained (in the Srauta-sûtra).

1.7.26.17

yadi prayāyādvyākhyātamātmannaraṇyorvā samāropaṇam \17\

If one half-monthly sacrifice has been omitted, he should have a sacrifice to (Agni) Pathikrit performed over this (fire). If two (half-monthly sacrifices), to (Agni) Vaisvânara and Pathikrit. If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again.

1.7.26.18

samidhi vā samāropayet \18\

If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again..

1.7.26.19

araṇī kalpena khādiraḥ pālāśa audumbara āśvatthaśca \19\

1.7.26.20

atraikatarasminyatrāvasyettasmiñchrotriyāgārādagnimāhṛtyājuhvānaḥ \ udbudhyasva \ iti dvābhyāṃ yasyāṃ samārūḍhastāmādadhāti \20\

1.7.26.21

vyākhyāto homakalpaḥ \21\

1.7.26.22

yadi pārvaṇo vicchidyeta tasminpāthikṛtena yājayet \ yadi dvau vaiśvānarapāthikṛtau \ yadi bahūnpunarādheyaḥ \ yadi nāśe vināśe vānyairagnibhiragnau saṃsṛṣṭe vā punarādheyaḥ \22\ \\26\\