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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.4.13

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.4.13

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Sanskrit

2.4.13.1

eṣa te tata madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvānyāvānagniśca pṛthivī ca tāvatyasya mātrā tāvānasya mahimā tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ dadāmi yathāgnirakṣitonupadasta evaṃ mahyaṃ pitrekṣitonupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ taṃ svadhāmakṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopajīvāsāvṛcaste mahimā \ eṣa te pitāmaha madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvānyāvānvāyuścāntarikṣaṃ ca tāvatyasya mātrā tāvānasya mahimā tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ dadāmi yathā vāyurakṣitonupadasta evaṃ mahyaṃ pitāmahāyākṣitonupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ taṃ svadhāmikṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopajīvāsau yajūṃṣi te mahimā \ eṣa te prapitāmaha madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvānyāvānādityaśca dyauśca tāvatyasya mātrā tāvānasya mahimā tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ dadāmi yathādityokṣitonupadasta evaṃ mahyaṃ prapitāmahāyākṣitonupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ taṃ svadhāmakṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopajīvāsau sāmāni te mahimā \ iti \1\

'This is for thee, father, this honey-sweet wave, rich in water. As great as Agni and the earth are, so great is its measure, so great is its might. As. such a great one I give it. As Agni is imperishable and inexhaustible, thus may it be imperishable and inexhaustible, sweet drink to my father. By that imperishable (wave), that sweet drink, live thou together with those, N.N.! The Rikas are thy might.
'This is for thee, grandfather, &c.... As great as Vâyu and the air are... As Vâyu is imperishable... to my grandfather.... The Yagus are thy might.
'This is for thee, great-grandfather, &c.... As great as Âditya and the heaven are... "The Sâmans are thy might.'

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

2.4.13.2

pratyetya pratiṣṭhitamudapātreṇopapravartayati \ parāyāta pitarah somyā gambhīraiḥ pathibhiḥ pūrvyaiḥ \ atha māsi punarāyāta no gṛhānhavirattuṃ suprajasaḥ suvīrāḥ \ iti \2\

Returning (from the place where he has performed the Pinda offerings) he puts the substance cleaving (to the Sthâlî) into the water-pot and pours it out, with (the verse), 'Go away, O Fathers, friends of Soma, on your hidden, ancient paths. After a month return again to our house and eat our offerings, rich in offspring, in valiant sons.'

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

2.4.13.3

etena mādhyāvarṣaṃ vyākhyātam \3\

Thereby the (Srâddha) celebrated in the middle of the rainy season has been declared.

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

2.4.13.4

tatra māṃsaṃ niyatam \4\

There (oblations of) flesh are prescribed;

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

2.4.13.5

māṃsābhāve śākam \5\ \\13\\

Of vegetables, if there is no flesh.
End of the Fourth Patala.

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

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