Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.1.6
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.1.6
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2.1.6.1
tṛtīye varṣe cūḍākarma \1\
In the third year (he performs) the Kûdâkarman (i.e. the tonsure of the child's head).
2.1.6.2
āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatregnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā juhoti \ 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 vācayitvāpareṇāgniṃ prāṅmukhaḥ kumāra upaviśati \2\
In the fortnight (&c., as in the preceding section, Sûtra 2, down to): 'Hail! Good luck!' The boy sits down to the west of the fire, facing the east;
2.1.6.3
uttarato mātā brahmacārī vānaḍuhaṃ śakṛtpiṇḍaṃ dhārayati \3\
To the north (of the fire) his mother or a student (brahmakârin) holds a lump of bull's dung;
2.1.6.4
tenāsya keśānpratigṛhṇāti \4\
Therewith he (or she) receives the (cut-off) hair.
2.1.6.5
athoṣṇaśītā āpaḥ saṃsṛjati \5\
He then pours cold and warm water together.
2.1.6.6
śītāsūṣṇā ānīya \ āpa undantu jīvase \ iti dakṣiṇaṃ godānamunatti \6\
Having poured warm water into cold water he moistens the hair near the right ear with (the formula), 'May the waters moisten thee for life' (Taitt. Samh. I, 2, I, 1).
2.1.6.7
oṣadhe trāyasvainam \ ityūrdhvāgrāmoṣadhimantardadhāti \7\
With (the formula), 'Herb, protect him!' (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he puts an herb, with its point upwards, into (the hair).
2.1.6.8
svadhite mainaṃ hiṃsīḥ \ iti kṣureṇābhinidadhāti \8\
With (the formula), 'Axe, do no harm to him!' (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he touches (that herb) with the razor.
2.1.6.9
devaśrūretāni pravape \ iti pravapati \9\
With (the words), 'Heard by the gods, I shave that (hair)' (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he shaves him.
2.1.6.10
evamitarānpradakṣiṇam \ yenāvapatsavitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān \ tena brahmāṇo vapatedamasya ūrjemaṃ rayyā varcasā saṃsṛjātha iti paścāt \ yena pūṣā bṛhaspateragnerindrasya cāyuṣevapat \ tena tehaṃ vapāmyasau \ ityuttarataḥ \ yathā jyoksumanā asat \ jyokca sūryaṃ dṛśe \ iti purastāt \10\
In the same way (he moistens, &c.) the other (sides of his head) from left to right.
2.1.6.11
uptvā yathocitaṃ cūḍāḥ kārayati yatharṣi vā \11\
Behind with (the Mantra), 'The razor with which Savitri, the knowing one, has shaven (the beard) of king Soma and Varuna, with that, ye Brâhmanas, shave his (head); make that he be united with vigour, with wealth, with glory.'
On the left side with (the Mantra), '(The razor) with which Pûshan has shaven (the beard) of Brihaspati, of Agni, of Indra, for the sake of long life, with that I shave thy (head), N.N.!'
Before with (the Mantra), 'That he may long live in joy, and may long see the sun.'
2.1.6.12
saṃyamya keśān \ yatra pūṣā bṛhaspatiḥ savitā somo agniḥ \ tebhyo nidhānaṃ bahudhā vyaicchannantarā dyāvāpṛthavī apaḥ suvaḥ \ iti goṣṭha udumbare darbhastambe vā nikhanati yosya rātirbhavati \12\
After the hair has been shaven, they arrange the locks (which are left over), according to custom or according to what family he belongs.
2.1.6.13
yathāśraddhaṃ brāhmaṇāya dadāti \13\
A person who is kindly disposed towards him, gathers the (cut-off) hair and buries it in a cow-stable, or near an Udumbara tree, or in a clump of Darbha grass, with (the Mantra), 'Where Pûshan, Brihaspati, Savitri, Soma, Agni (dwell), they have in many ways searched where they should depose it, between heaven and earth, the waters and heaven.'
2.1.6.14
sarpiṣmantamodanaṃ nāpitāya \14\
He makes a gift to a Brâhmana according to his liberality.
2.1.6.15
evaṃ vihitaṃ ṣoḍaśe varṣe godānakarma \15\
To the barber (he gives) boiled rice with butter.
2.1.6.16
saśikhaṃ vāpayate \16\
In the same way the Godânakarman (or the ceremony of shaving the beard) is performed in the sixteenth year.
2.1.6.17
śikhāmantrāvaśinaṣṭītyekeṣām \17\
He has him shaven including the top-lock.
2.1.6.18
agnigodāno vā bhavati \18\
Some declare that he leaves there the top-lock.
2.1.6.19
gurave gāṃ dadāti \19\ \\6\\
Or he performs the Godâna sacred to Agni.
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