Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.3.8
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.3.8
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- Sanskrit
2.3.8.1
athātaḥ śūlagavam \1\
Now (follows) the sacrifice of the sûlagava (or spit-ox, for propitiating Rudra and averting plague in cattle).
2.3.8.2
āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatregnimupasamādhāya saṃparistīrya payasi sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvābhighāryodvāsyāpareṇāgniṃ dve kuṭī kṛtvā dakṣiṇasyāṃ śūlagavamāvāhayati \ ā tvā vahantu harayaḥ sacetasaḥ śvetairaśvaiḥ saha ketumadbhiḥ \ vātājirairbalavadbhirmanojavairāyāhi śīdhraṃ mama havyāya śarvom \ iti \2\
In the fortnight of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, he puts wood on the fire, strews (Darbha grass) on the entire surface around the fire, cooks a mess of sacrificial food with milk, sprinkles it (with Âgya), takes it from the fire, builds two huts to the west of the fire, and has the spit-ox led to the southerly (hut) with (the verse), 'May the fallow steeds, the harmonious ones, bring thee hither, together with the white horses, the bright, wind-swift, strong ones, that are as quick as thought. Come quickly to my offering, Sarva! Om!'
2.3.8.3
uttarasyāṃ mīḍhuṣīm \3\
To the northerly (hut he has) the 'bountiful one' (led);—(i.e. the consort of the spit-ox);
2.3.8.4
madhye jayantam \4\
To the middle (between the two huts) the 'conqueror' (i.e. a calf of those two parents).
2.3.8.5
yathoḍhumudakāni pradāyopastīrṇābhighāritāṃstrīnodanānkalpayitvā yathoḍhamevopasparśayati \ upaspṛśatu mīḍhvānmīḍhuṣe svāhā \ upaspṛśatu mīḍhuṣī mīḍhuṣyai svāhā \ jayanta upaspṛśatu jayantāya svāhā \ iti \5\
He gives them water to drink in the same order in which they have been led (to their places), prepares three messes of boiled rice, 'spreading under' and sprinkling (Âgya) on them, and touches (the three beasts with those portions of rice) in the order in which they have been led (to their places), with (the Mantras), 'May he, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svâhâ! May she, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svâhâ! May the conqueror touch it. To the conqueror svâhâ!'
2.3.8.6
vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvaudanānabhyāhṛtya juhoti \ bhavāya devāya svāhā \ rudrāya devāya svāhā \ śarvāya devāya svāhā \ īśānāya devāya svāhā \ paśupataye devāya svāhā \ ugrāya devāya svāhā \ bhīmāya devāya svāhā \ mahate devāya svāhā \ iti \6\
After he has performed (the rites) down to the Vyâhriti oblations, he takes the messes of boiled rice (to the fire) and sacrifices them (the first with the Mantra),
'To the god Bhava svâhâ! To the god Rudra svâhâ! To the god Sarva svâhâ! To the god Îsâna... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhîma svâhâ! To the great god svâhâ!'
2.3.8.7
atha patnyodanasya patnyai juhoti \ bhavasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ rudrasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ śarvasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ īśānasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ paśupaterdevasya patnyai svāhā \ ugrasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ bhīmasya devasya patnyai svāhā \ mahato devasya patnyai svāhā \ iti \7\
Then he sacrifices the consort's rice to the consort (of Rudra, with the Mantra), 'To the consort of the god Bhava svâhâ! To the consort of the god Rudra... Sarva... Îsâna... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhîma... of he great god svâhâ!'
2.3.8.8
atha madhyamaudanasya juhoti \ jayantāya svāhā \ jayantāya svāhā \ iti \8\
Then he sacrifices of the middle portion of rice with (the Mantra), 'To the conqueror svâhâ! To the conqueror svâhâ!'
2.3.8.9
atha savahhbhya odanebhyaḥ samavadāya sauviṣṭakṛtīṃ juhoti \ agnaye sviṣṭakṛte svāhā \ iti \9\
Then he cuts off from all the three portions of rice and sacrifices the Svishtakrit oblation with (the Mantra), 'To Agni Svishtakrit svâhâ!'
2.3.8.10
abhita etamagniṃ gā sthāpayanti yathā hūyamānasya gandhamājighreyuḥ \10\
Around that fire they place their cows so that they can smell the smell of that sacrifice.
2.3.8.11
svasti naḥ pūrṇamukhaṃ parikrāmantu \ iti sarvataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ parikramya \ namaste rudra manyave \ ityetairanuvākairupatiṣṭhate prathamottamābhyāṃ vā \11\ \\8\\
'With luck may they walk round our full face'—with (these words) he walks round all (the objects mentioned, viz. the fire, the three beasts, and the other cows), so as to turn his right side towards them, and worships (the sûlagava) with the (eleven) Anuvâkas, 'Adoration to thee, Rudra, to the wrath' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 5), or with the first and last of them.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtravṛtti — Mātṛdatta, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit