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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.4.11.4

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.4.11.4

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Sanskrit

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)

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