Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.2
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.1.2
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- Sanskrit
2.1.2.1
athātaḥ puṃsavanam \1\
Now (follows) the Pumsavana (i.e. the ceremony for securing the birth of a male child).
2.1.2.2
tṛtīye māsyāpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatregnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā \ dhātā dadātu no rayim \ iti catasro dhātrīrjuhoti \ imaṃ me varuṇa \ tattvā yāmi \ tvaṃ no agne \ sa tvaṃ no agne \ tvamagne ayāsi \ prajāpate \ yadasya karmaṇotparīricam \ iti ca \ atraike jayābhyātānānrāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati yathā purastāt \ brāhmaṇānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvā snātāṃ prayatavastrāmalaṃkṛtāṃ brāhmaṇasaṃbhāṣāmapareṇāgniṃ maṇḍalāgāre prācīmupaveśya \ vṛṣāsi \ iti tasyā dakṣiṇe pāṇau yavamādadhāti \2\
In the third month, in the fortnight of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation (&c.; see the preceding section, Sûtras 2 and 3, down to:) in a round apartment. He gives her a barley-grain in her right hand with (the formula), 'A man art thou;'
2.1.2.3
āṇḍau sthaḥ \ ityabhito yavaṃ sarṣapau dhānyamāṣau vā \3\
With (the formula), 'The two testicles are ye,' two mustard seeds or two beans, on both sides of that barley-grain.
2.1.2.4
śvāvṛttat \ iti dadhidrapsam \ tadenāṃ prāśayati \4\
With (the formula), 'Svâvritat' (? svâvrittat?) (he pours) a drop of curds (on those grains). That he gives her to eat.
2.1.2.5
ācāntāyā udaramabhimṛśati \ ābhiṣṭvāhaṃ daśabhirabhimṛśāmi daśamāsyāya sūtavai \ iti \5\
After she has sipped water, he touches her belly with (the formula), 'With my ten (fingers) I touch. thee that thou mayst give birth to a child after ten months.'
6 (He pounds) the last shoot of a Nyagrodha trunk (and mixes the powder) with ghee, or a silkworm (and mixes the powder) with a pap prepared of panick seeds, or a splinter of a sacrificial post taken from the north-easterly part (of that post) exposed to the fire, or (he takes ashes or soot [?] of) a fire that has been kindled by attrition, and inserts that into the right nostril of (the wife) whose head rests on the widely spread root (of an Udumbara tree?).
2.1.2.6
nyagrodhaśṛṅgaṃ vā ghṛtena kośakārīṃ vā praiyaṅgaveṇa saṃyāvena yūpaśakalaṃ vottarapūrvasyābhiṣṭeragniṃ vā nirmanthya mūrumūlopadhānāyai dakṣiṇe nāsikāchidre praṇayet \6\
2.1.2.7
yadi garbhaḥ sravedārdreṇāsyāḥ pāṇinā trirūrdhvaṃ nābherunmārṣṭi \ parāñcaṃ tvā nārvāñcaṃ tvaṣṭā badhnātu bandhane \ sa ṛtūnupaveśya daśa māso avīrahā \ iti \7\
If she miscarries, he should three times stroke (her body), from the navel upwards, with her wet hand, with (the formula), 'Thitherwards, not hitherwards, may Tvashtri bind thee in his bonds. Making (the mother) enter upon the seasons, live ten months (in thy mother's womb); do not bring death to men.'
2.1.2.8
vijananakāle kṣipraprasavanam \ śirasta udakumbhaṃ nidhāya pattastūryantīmathāsyā udaramabhimṛśati \8\ \\2\\
When her confinement has come, he performs the kshipraprasavana (i.e. the ceremony for accelerating the confinement). Having placed a water-pot near her head and a Tûryantî plant near her feet, he touches her belly.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtravṛtti — Mātṛdatta, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra — Agniveśa, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit