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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.3.8

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.1.3.8

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Sanskrit

2.1.3.8

tataḥ pāṇī prakṣālya bhūmimālabhate yatte susīme hṛdayaṃ divi candramasi śritam tasyāmṛtatvasya no dhehi māhaṃ pautramaghaṃ rudam veda te bhūmi hṛdayaṃ divi candramasi śritam tathāmṛtatvasyeśāno māhaṃ pautramaghaṃ rudamiti iti \8\

Then he washes his hands and touches the ground with (the verses), 'O thou whose hair is well parted! Thy heart that dwells in heaven, in the moon: of that immortality impart to us. May I not weep over distress (falling to my lot) through my sons.
'I know thy heart, O earth, that dwells in heaven, in the moon: thus may I, the lord of immortality, not weep over distress (falling to my lot) through my sons.'

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

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