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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.4.3

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.1.4.3

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Sanskrit

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.'

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

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