Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.1.3
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.1.1.3
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2.1.1.3
imaṃ me varuṇa \ tattvā yāmi \ tvaṃ no agne \ sa tvaṃ no agne \ tvamagne ayāsi \ prajāpate \ yadasya karmaṇotyarīricam \ iti ca \ atraike jayābhyātānānrāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati yathā purastāt \ brāhmaṇānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvā snātāṃ prayatavastrāmalaṃkṛtāṃ brāhmaṇasaṃbhāṣāmapareṇāgniṃ maṇḍalāgāre prācīmupaveśya treṇyā śalalyā śalālugrapsamupasaṃgṛhya purastātpratyaṅtiṣṭhanvyāhṛtībhiḥ \ rākāmaham \ yāste rāke \ iti dvābhyāmūrdhvaṃ sīmantamunnīyābhimantrayate \ soma eva no rājetyāhurbrāhmaṇīḥ prajāḥ \ vivṛttacakrā āsīnāstīre tubhyaṃ gaṅge \ viśvā uta tvayā vayaṃ dhārā udanyā iva \ atigāhemahi dviṣaḥ \ iti \3\ \\1\\
'This, O Varuna' (&c.; see I, chap. 27, Sûtra 2, down to): 'Hail! Good luck!'
He then makes the wife who has taken a bath, who wears a clean dress and ornaments, and has spoken with a Brâhmana, sit down to the west of the fire, facing the east, in a round apartment. Standing to the east (of the wife), facing the west he parts her hair upwards (i.e. beginning from the front) with a porcupine's quill that has three white spots, holding (also) a bunch of unripe fruits, with the Vyâhritis (and) with the two (verses), 'I invoke Râkâ,' (and), 'Thy graces, O Râkâ' (Taitt. Samh. III, 3, 11, 5). Then he recites over (his wife the formulas), 'Soma alone is our king, thus say the Brâhmana tribes, sitting near thy banks, O Gaṅgâ, whose wheel does not roll back (?)!' (and), 'May we find our way with thee through all hostile powers, as through streams of water' (above I, 20, 5).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (3)
- Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit