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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.4.11

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.4.11

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Sanskrit

2.4.11.1

ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yāṃśca vidma yām̐ u ca na pravidma \ agne tānvettha yadi te jātavedastayā prattaṃ svadhayā madantu \ svadhā namaḥ \ yadvaḥ kravyādaṅgamadahallokānayaṃ praṇayañjātavedāḥ \ tadvohaṃ punarāveśayāmyariṣṭāḥ sarvairaṅgaiḥ saṃbhavata pitaraḥ \ svadhā namaḥ \ vahājyaṃ jātavedaḥ pitṛbhyo yatraitānvettha nihitānparāke \ ājyasya kūlyā upa tānkṣarantu satyā eṣāmāśiṣaḥ santu kāmaiḥ \ svadhā namaḥ \ iti \ evaṃ dvitīyāṃ tathā tṛtīyām \ pitāmahebhyaḥ \ prapitāmahebhyaḥ \ iti mantraṃ saṃnamati \1\

'The Fathers who are here and who are not here, and whom we know and whom we do not know: Agni, to thee they are known, how many they are, Gâtavedas. May they enjoy what thou givest them in our oblation. Svadhâ! Adoration!
'Your limb that this flesh-devouring (Agni) has burnt, leading you to the worlds (of the Fathers), Gâtavedas, that I restore to you again. Unviolated with all your limbs arise, O Fathers! Svadhâ! Adoration!
'Carry the Âgya, Gâtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of Âgya flow to them; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled! Svadhâ! Adoration!'
In the same way a second and a third verse with the alteration of the Mantra, 'to the grandfathers,' 'to the great-grandfathers.'

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

2.4.11.2

evamannasya juhoti \ vahānnam \ iti mantraṃ saṃnamati \2\

In the same way he sacrifices of the food, altering the Mantra, 'Carry the food, &c.'

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

2.4.11.3

atha sauviṣṭakṛtīṃ juhoti \ agnaye kavyavāhanāya sviṣṭakṛte svadhā namaḥ \ iti \3\

Then he sacrifices the Svishtakrit oblation with (the formula), 'To Agni Kavyavâhana Svishtakrit svadhâ! Adoration!'

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

2.4.11.4

athānnamabhimṛśati \ pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā prāṇāpānayorjuhomi \ akṣitamasi mā pitṝṇāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmim̐lloke \ pṛthivī samā tasyāgnirupadraṣṭā dattasyāpramādāya \ pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā prāṇāpānayorjuhomi \ akṣitamasi mā pitāmahānāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmim̐lloke \ antarikṣaṃ samaṃ tasya vāyurupadraṣṭā dattasyāpramādāya \ pṛthivī te pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brahmaṇastvā mukhe juhomi brāhmaṇānāṃ tvā prāṇāpānayorjuhomi \ akṣitamasi mā prapitāmahānāṃ kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmim̐laloke \ dyauḥ samā tasyāditya upadraṣṭā dattasyāpramādāya \ iti brāhmaṇānupasparśayati \4\

He then touches the food with (the formulas), 'The earth is thy vessel, the heaven is the lid. I sacrifice thee into the Brahman's mouth. I sacrifice thee into the up-breathing and down-breathing of the Brâhmanas. Thou art imperishable; do not perish for the Fathers yonder, in yon world! The earth is steady; Agni is its surveyor in order that what has been given may not be lost.
'The earth is thy vessel, the heaven is the lid, &c. Do not perish for the grandfathers yonder, in yon world. The air is steady; Vâyu is its surveyor, in order that what has been given may not be lost.
'The earth is thy vessel, the heaven is the lid, &c. Do not perish for the great-grandfathers yonder, in yon world. The heaven is steady; Âditya is its surveyor, in order that what has been given may not be lost.'

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

2.4.11.5

prāṇe niviśyāmṛtaṃ juhomi \ iti \5\ \\11\\

With (the words), 'I establish myself in the breath and sacrifice ambrosia,' he causes the Brâhmanas to touch (the food).

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

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