Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.5.15
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.5.15
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2.5.15.1
śvobhūte pitṛbhyo gāmālabhate \1\
On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers.
2.5.15.2
agnimupasamādhāya dakṣiṇāprāgagrairdarbhaiḥ paristīrya \ imāṃ pitṛbhyo gāmupākaromi tāṃ me sametāḥ pitaro juṣantām \ medasvatīṃ ghṛtavatīṃ svadhāvatīṃ sā me pitṝnsāṃparāye dhinotu \ svadhā namaḥ \ ityupākaraṇīyāṃ hutvaikena barhiṣaikaśūlayā ca vapāśrapaṇyaudumbaryopākaroti \ pitṛbhyastvā juṣṭāmupākaromi \ iti \2\
Having put wood on the fire and strewn southward-pointed and eastward-pointed Darbha grass around it, he sacrifices the oblation for the touching of the animal (see below), with (the verse), 'This cow I touch for the Fathers; may my assembled fathers gladly accept it (which is offered) with fat and ghee, with the word svadhâ; may it satiate my fathers in the other world. Svadhâ! Adoration!' Then he touches (the cow) with one (blade of) sacrificial grass and with an unforked Vapâsrapanî of Udumbara wood, with (the formula), 'I touch thee agreeable to the Fathers.'
2.5.15.3
athaināṃ prokṣati \ pitṛbhyastvā juṣṭāṃ prokṣāmi \ iti \3\
He sprinkles (the cow with water) with (the words), 'I sprinkle thee agreeable to the Fathers.'
2.5.15.4
tāṃ prokṣitāṃ paryagni kṛtvā tāmapareṇāgniṃ pratyakśirasaṃ dakṣiṇāpadīṃ saṃjñapayanti \4\
When it has been sprinkled and fire has been carried round it, they kill it to the west of the fire, its head being turned to the west, its feet to the south.
2.5.15.5
sajñaptāyai tūṣṇīmadbhiḥ prāṇānāpyāyya tūṣṇīṃ vapāṃ hṛdayaṃ matasne uddharati \5\
After it has been killed, he silently 'strengthens' its sense-organs (by touching them) with water, and silently takes out the omentum, the heart, and the kidneys.
2.5.15.6
audumbaryā vapāśrapaṇyā vapāṃ śrapayatyaudumbareṣu śūleṣu pṛthagitarāṇi \6\
With the Vapâsrapanî of Udumbara wood he roasts the omentum; with spits of Udumbara wood the other (parts mentioned in Sûtra 5) separately.
2.5.15.7
śrapayitvābhighāryodvāsya prasavyaṃ pariṣicyaudumbaramidhmamabhyādhāyaudumbaryā darvyopastīrṇābhighāritāṃ vapāṃ juhoti \ vaha vapāṃ jātavedaḥ pitṛbhyo yatraitānvettha nihitānparāke \ medasaḥ kūlyā upa tānkṣarantu satyā eṣāmāśiṣaḥ santu kāmaiḥ \ svadhā namaḥ \ iti \7\
After he has roasted them, and has sprinkled Âgya over them, and has taken them from the fire, he sprinkles water round (the fire) from right to left, puts a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), and sacrifices with a Darvi spoon of Udumbara wood the omentum, spreading under and sprinkling over it (Âgya), with (the verse), 'Carry the omentum, Gâtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled. Svadhâ! Adoration!'
2.5.15.8
sarvahutāṃ vapāṃ juhoti śeṣamutkṛṣya brāhmaṇānbhojayet \8\
He sacrifices the omentum entirely. The other parts (Sûtra 5) he should offer to the Brâhmanas and should feed them (with those parts of the cow).
2.5.15.9
upasthitenna odanasya māṃsānāmiti samavadāya sarpirmiśrasya juhoti \ ekāṣṭakāṃ paśyata dohamānāmannaṃ māṃsavadghṛtavatsvadhāvat tadbrāhmaṇairatipūtamannaṃtamakṣitaṃ tanme astu svadhā namaḥ ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā saṃvatsarasya patnī duduhe prapīnā \ taṃ dohamupajīvātha pitaraḥ saṃvidānāḥ sviṣṭoyaṃ suhuto mamāstu \ svadhā namaḥ \ saṃvatsarasya pratimām \ iti \9\
When the food (for the Brâhmanas) is ready, he cuts off (the Avadânas) together from the mess of boiled rice, and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes oblations thereof with the verses, 'Behold the Ekâshtakâ, the giver of food with meat and ghee, (which is offered) with (the word) svadhâ. By the Brâhmanas that food is purified. May it be an imperishable (blessing) to me! Svadhâ! Adoration!'
'The Ekâshtakâ, devoting herself to austerities, the consort of the year, exuberant (with milk), has poured forth milk. May you live on that milk, O Fathers, all together. May this (food) be well offered and well sacrificed by me! Svadhâ! Adoration!
'The image of the year' (Taitt. Samh. V, 7, 2, 1).
2.5.15.10
hutvānnasya māṃsānāmiti samavadāya sarpirmiśrasya juhoti \ agnaye kavyavāhanāya sviṣṭakṛte svadhā namaḥ \ iti \10\
After he has sacrificed, he cuts off (the Avadânas) from the food and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes an oblation with (the formula), 'To Agni Kavyavâhana Svishtakrit svadhâ! Adoration!'
2.5.15.11
prasiddhamodakāñjalidānādyathā māsike \11\
The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Srâddha).
2.5.15.12
annadhanadāne tvatrāniyate \12\
The gifts of food and presents, however, are not necessary here.
2.5.15.13
śvobhūte māṃsaśeṣeṇa pitṛbhyonnaṃ saṃskṛtya \ tvamagne ayāsi \ prajāpate \ iti juhoti \13\
On the following day, he prepares food for the Fathers with the rest of the meat, and sacrifices with (the two verses), 'Thou, Agni, art quick,' (and), Pragâpati!' (see above, I, 1, 3, 5).
2.5.15.14
prasiddhamodakāñjalidānādyathā māsike \14\ \\15\\
(= Sûtra 11).
End of the Fifth Patala.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtravṛtti — Mātṛdatta, Sanskrit
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