Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.4

2.1.4.1

yā daivīścatasraḥ pradiśo vātapatnīrabhi sūryo vicaṣṭe tāsāṃ tvā jarasa ādadhāmi pra yakṣma etu nirṛtiṃ parācaiḥ iti \1\

'The four divine quarters of the heaven, the consorts of Wind, whom the sun surveys: to their long life I turn thee; may consumption go away to destruction!'

2.1.4.2

ādhāyābhimantrayate \ mā te putraṃ rakṣo hiṃsīnmā dhenuratisāriṇī \ priyā dhanasya bhūyā edhamānā sve vaśe \ iti \2\

Having placed (him there) he addresses (his wife with the Mantra), 'May no demon do harm to thy son, no cow that rushes upon him (?). Mayst thou become the friend of treasures; mayst thou live in prosperity in thy own way.'

2.1.4.3

prakṣālya dakṣiṇaṃ stanamādhāpayati \ ayaṃ kumāro jarāṃ dhayatu sarvamāyuretu \ tasmai stanaṃ prapyāyasvāyuḥ kīrtirvarco yaśo balam \ iti \3\

He washes her right breast and makes her give it to the child with (the formula), 'May this boy suckle long life; may he reach old age. Let thy breast be exuberant for him, and life, glory, renown, splendour, strength.'

2.1.4.4

evamuttaram \4\

In the same way the left breast.

2.1.4.5

nāmayati na rudati yatra vayaṃ vadāmo yatra vābhimṛśāmasi \ ityubhāvabhimṛśyāthāsyai śirasta udakumbhamapihitaṃ nidadhāti \ āpo gṛheṣu jāgrata yathā deveṣu jāgratha \ evamasyai suputrāyai jāgrata \ iti \5\

With (the words), 'He does not suffer, he does not cry, when we speak to him and when we touch him'—he touches both breasts. Then he places a covered water-pot near her head, with (the formula), 'O waters, watch in the house. As you watch with the gods, thus watch over this wife, the mother of a good son.'

2.1.4.6

dvādaśyāṃ mātāputrau snātaḥ \6\

On the twelfth day the mother and the son take a bath.

2.1.4.7

śucyagāraṃ kurvanti \7\

They make the house clean.

2.1.4.8

upanirharanti sūtikāgnimatiharantyaupāsanam \8\

They take the Sûtikâgni away, and they bring the Aupâsana fire.

2.1.4.9

tamagnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā \ dhātā dadātu no rayim \ iti dvādaśāhutīrjuhoti \ trayodaśetyekeṣām \9\

Having put wood on that fire, and having performed the rites down to the Vyâhriti oblations, they sacrifice twelve oblations with the verses, 'May Dhâtri give us wealth' (III, 3, II, 2-5); according to some (teachers they make) thirteen (oblations).

2.1.4.10

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 putrasya nāma dadhyāddvyakṣaraṃ caturakṣaraṃ vā ghoṣavadādyantarantasthaṃ dīrghābhiniṣṭhānāntaṃ yatra vā svityupasargaḥ syāt \ taddhi pratiṣṭhitamiti vijñāyate \10\

'This, O Varuna' (&c.; see I, chap. 27, Sûtra 2, down to): 'Hail! Good luck!' Then let him give a name to the child, of two syllables or of four syllables, beginning with a sonant, with a semi-vowel in it, with a long vowel (or) the Visarga at its end, or a name that contains the particle su, for such a name has a firm foundation; thus it is understood.

2.1.4.11

pitā mātetyagrebhivyāhareyātām \ vijñāyate ca mama nāma prathamaṃ jātaveda iti \11\

Let the father and the mother pronounce (that name) first. For it is understood, 'My name first, O Gâtavedas.'

2.1.4.12

dve nāmanī kuryāt \ vijñāyate ca tasmāddvināmā brāhmaṇordhuka iti \12\

He should give him two names. For it is understood (Taitt. Samh. VI, 3, I, 3), 'Therefore a Brâhmana who has two names, will have success.'

2.1.4.13

nakṣatranāma dvitīyaṃ syādanyataradguhyaṃ syāt \13\

The second name should be a Nakshatra name.

2.1.4.14

anyatareṇainamāmantrayīran \14\

The one name should be secret; by the other they should call him.

2.1.4.15

somayājī tṛtīyaṃ nāma kurvīteti vijñāyate \15\

He should give him the name Somayâgin (i.e. performer of Soma sacrifices) as his third name; thus it is understood.

2.1.4.16

pravāsādetyāgataṃ vā putramabhimṛśati \ somasya tvā dyumnenābhimṛśāmyagnestejasā sūryasya varcasā \ iti \16\

When he returns from a journey, or when his son returns, he touches him with (the formula), 'With Soma's lustre I touch thee, with Agni's splendour, with the glory of the sun.'

2.1.4.17

paśūnāṃ tvā huṃkāreṇābhijighrāmyasāvāyuṣe varcase hum \ iti mūrdhnyabhijighrya \17\

With (the formula), 'With the humkâra (the mystical syllable hum) of the cattle I kiss thee, N.N.! For the sake of long life and of glory! Hum!' he kisses his head. Then he seizes with his right hand (his son's) right hand together with the thumb, with the five sections, 'Agni is long-lived.'

2.1.4.18

athāsya dakṣiṇena hastena dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ sāṅguṣṭhaṃ gṛhṇāti \ agnirāyuṣmān \ iti pañcabhiḥ paryāyaiḥ \18\

'May Agni bestow on thee long life everywhere' (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 14, 4)—this (verse) he murmurs in (his son's) right ear as above.

2.1.4.19

āyuṣṭe viśvato dadhat \ iti dakṣiṇe karṇe japati yathā purastāt \19\ \\4\\