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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.4.12

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.4.12

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Sanskrit

2.4.12.1

bhuñjānānsamīkṣate \ brahmaṇi ma ātmāmṛtatvāya \ iti \1\

While they are eating, he looks at them with (the words), 'My soul (âtman) dwells in the Brahman that it may be immortal.'
When they have eaten (and go away), he goes after them and asks for their permission to take the remains of their meal (for the rites which he is going to perform). Then he takes a water-pot and a handful of Darbha grass, goes forth to a place that lies in a south-easterly intermediate direction, spreads the Darbha grass out with its points towards the south, and pours out on that (grass) with downward-turned hands, ending in the south, three handfuls of water, with (the formulas), 'May the fathers, the friends of Soma, wipe themselves! May the grandfathers... the great-grandfathers, the friends of Soma, wipe themselves!' or, 'N.N.! Wash thyself! N.N.! Wash thyself!'

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

2.4.12.2

bhuktavatonupravrajya śeṣamanujñāpyodakumbhaṃ darbhamuṣṭiṃ cādāya dakṣiṇapūrvamavāntaradeśaṃ gatvā dakṣiṇāgrāndarbhānsaṃstīrya teṣvavācīnapāṇirdakṣiṇāpavargāṃstrīnudakāñjalīnninayati \ mārjayantāṃ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ \ mārjayantāṃ pitāmahāḥ somyāsaḥ \ mārjayantāṃ prapitāmahāḥ somyāsaḥ \ iti \ asāvavaneniṅkṣvāsāvavaneniṅkṣva \ iti vā \2\

2.4.12.3

teṣvavācīnapāṇirdakṣiṇāpavargānpiṇḍāndadāti \ etatte tatāsau \ iti pitre piṇḍaṃ dadāti \ etatte pitāmahāsau \ iti pitāmahāya \ etatte prapitāmahāsau \ iti prapitāmahāya tūṣṇīṃ caturtham \ sa kṛtākṛtaḥ \3\

On that (grass) he puts down, with downward-turned hands, ending in the south, the lumps (of food for the Fathers). To his father he gives his lump with (the words), 'This to thee, father, N.N.!' to the grandfather with (the words), 'This to thee, grandfather, N.N.!' to the great-grandfather with (the words), 'This to thee, great-grandfather, N.N.!' silently a fourth (lump). This (fourth lump) is optional.

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

2.4.12.4

atha yadi nāmadheyāni na vindyāt \ svadhā pitṛbhyaḥ pṛthiviṣadbhyaḥ \ iti pitre piṇḍaṃ dadyāt \ svadhā pitṛbhyontarikṣasadbhyaḥ \ iti pitāmahāya \ svadhā pitṛbhyo diviṣadbhyaḥ \ iti prapitāmahāya \4\

Should he not know the names (of the ancestors), he gives the lump to the father with (the words), 'Svadhâ to the Fathers who dwell on the earth,' to the grandfather with (the words), 'Svadhâ to the Fathers who dwell in the air,' to the great-grandfather with (the words), 'Svadhâ to the Fathers who dwell in heaven.'

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

2.4.12.5

atrāñjanābhyañjane vāsaścānupiṇḍaṃ dadāti \5\

Then he gives, corresponding to each lump, collyrium and (other) salve and (something that represents) a garment.

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

2.4.12.6

āṅkṣvāsāvāṅkṣvāsau \ iti trirāñjanam \6\

The collyrium (he gives), saying three times, 'Anoint thy eyes, N.N.! Anoint thy eyes, N.N.!'

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

2.4.12.7

abhyaṅkṣvāsāvabhyaṅkṣvāsau \ iti trirabhyañjanam \7\

The salve, saying three times, 'Anoint thyself, N.N.! Anoint thyself, N.N.!'

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

2.4.12.8

etāni vaḥ pitaro vāsāṃsyato nonyatpitaro mā yūḍhvam \ iti daśāmūrṇāstukānvā chittvā nyasyati pūrve vayasi \8\

With (the formula), 'These garments are for you, O Fathers. Do not seize upon anything else that is ours,' he tears off a skirt (of his garment) or a flake of wool and puts that down (for the Fathers), if he is in the first half of his life.

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

2.4.12.9

svaṃ lobhe cchittvottare \9\

He tears out some hairs of his body, if in the second half.

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

2.4.12.10

atha pātraṃ saṃkṣālya \ putrānpautrānabhitarpayantīrāpo madhumatīrimāḥ svadhāṃ pitṛbhyo amṛtaṃ duhānāḥ \ āpo devīrubhayāṃstarpayantu nadīrimā udanvatīrvetasvinīḥ sutīrthyāḥ \ amuṣmim̐lloka upa vaḥ kṣrarantu \ iti prathavyaṃ pariṣicya nyubjapātraṃ pāṇī vyatyasya dakṣiṇamuttaramuttaraṃ ca dakṣiṇam \ namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya \ iti namaskārairupatiṣṭhate \10\

Then he washes the vessel (in which the food was of which he had offered the lumps), and sprinkles (the water with which he has washed it), from right to left round (the lumps) with (the Mantra), 'These honey-sweet waters, bringing refreshment to children and grandchildren, giving sweet drink and ambrosia to the Fathers, the divine waters refresh both (the living and the dead), these rivers, abounding in water, covered with reeds, with beautiful bathing-places; may they flow up to you in yon world!' Then he turns the vessel over, crosses his hands so that the left hand becomes right and the right hand becomes left, and worships (the Fathers) with the formulas of adoration, 'Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap' (Taitt. Samh. III, 2, 5, 5).

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

2.4.12.11

tata udakāntaṃ gatvā trīnudakāñjalīnninayati \11\ \\12\\

Then he goes to the brink of some water and pours down three handfuls of water (with the following Mantras):

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

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