Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.6.16
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.6.16
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2.6.16.1
athātaḥ śravaṇākarma \1\
Now (follows) the Sravanâ ceremony.
2.6.16.2
tadyā paurṇamāsī śravaṇena yuñjyāttasyāmupariṣṭātsāyamagnihotrasya dakṣiṇāgnimupasamādadhātyaupāsanamanāhitāgniḥ \2\
On the day of that full moon which falls under (the Nakshatra) Sravana, after the evening Agnihotra he puts wood on the (third of the three Srauta fires, called the) Dakshinâgni. One who has not set up the (Srauta) fires, (does the same with) the sacred domestic fire.
2.6.16.3
athopakalpayatekṣatadhānā akṣatalājānsaktūnkiṃśukānyāñjanābhyañjane ājyamiti \3\
Then he procures unbroken grains, unbroken fried grains, coarsely ground grains, (leaves and blossoms) of the Kimsuka tree, collyrium and (other) salve, and Âgya.
2.6.16.4
darvyāmupastīryaiteṣāmevānnānāṃ samavadāya sarpirmiśrasya juhoti \ namognaye pārthivāya pārthivānāmadhipataye svāhā \ namo vāyave vibhumata āntarikṣāṇāmadhipataye svāhā \ namaḥ sūryāya rohitāya divyānāmadhipataye svāhā \ namo viṣṇave gaurāya diśyānāmadhipataye svāhā \ iti \4\
Having 'spread under' (Âgya) in the (spoon called) Darvi, he cuts off (the Avadânas) of those kinds of food (mentioned in Sûtra 3), mixes them with clarified butter, and sacrifices (with the formulas), 'Adoration to Agni the terrestrial, the lord of terrestrial beings! Svâhâ! Adoration to Vâyu the all-pervading, the lord of aerial beings! Svâhâ! Adoration to Sûrya, the red one, the lord of celestial beings! Svâhâ! Adoration to Vishnu, the whitish one, the lord of the beings that dwell in the quarters (of the world). Svâhâ!'
2.6.16.5
kiṃśukānyājyena saṃyujya juhoti \ jagdho maśako jagdhā vicaṣṭirjagdho vyadhvaraḥ \ jagdho vyadhvaro jagdhā vicaṣṭirjagdho maśakaḥ \ jagdhā vicaṣṭirjagdho maśako jagdho vyadhvaraḥ \ iti \5\
He anoints the Kimsuka (flowers and leaves) with Âgya, and sacrifices with (the Mantras), 'Devoured is the gadfly; devoured is thirst (?); devoured is the stinging worm.' 'Devoured is the stinging worm; devoured is thirst; devoured is the gadfly.' 'Devoured is thirst; devoured is the gadfly; devoured is the stinging worm.'
2.6.16.6
udakumbhaṃ darbhamuṣṭiṃ cādāya prāṅmukho niṣkramya prāco darbhānsaṃstīrya teṣu caturo balīnharati \ ye pārthivāḥ sarpāstebhya imaṃ baliṃ harāmi \ ya āntarikṣāḥ \ ye divyaḥ \ ye diśyāḥ \ iti \6\
He takes a water-pot and a handful of Darbha grass, goes forth, his face turned towards the east, spreads the Darbha grass out with its points towards the east, and makes four Bali-offerings on that (grass) with (the formulas), 'To the terrestrial Serpents I offer this Bali,' 'To the aerial, &c.; to the celestial, &c.; to the Serpents dwelling in the quarters (of the world),' &c.
2.6.16.7
atrāñjanābhyañjane dattvopatiṣṭhate \ namo astu sarpebhyaḥ \ ityetairmantraiḥ \7\
Having given there collyrium and (other) salve (to the Serpents), he worships them with the Mantras, 'Adoration be to the Serpents' (Taitt. Samhitâ IV, 2, 8, 3).
2.6.16.8
udakumbhamādāya triḥ pradakṣiṇamāvasathaṃ pariṣiñcanparikrāmedyāvatā kāmayetaitāvatā me sarpā nāvakrāmeyuriti \ apa śveta padā jahi pūrveṇa cāpareṇa ca sapta ca mānuṣīrimāstisraśca rājabandhavaiḥ na vai śvetasyābhyācareṇāhirjaghāna kaṃ cana śvetāya vaidarvāya namo namaḥ śvetāya vaidarvāya \ iti \8\
He should take a water-pot and should at that distance in which he wishes the serpents not to approach, three times walk round his house, turning his right side towards it, and should sprinkle water round it with (the formulas), 'Beat away, O white one, with thy foot, with the fore-foot and with the hind-foot, these seven human females and the three (daughters) of the king's tribe.
'Within the dominion of the white one the Serpent has killed nobody. To the white one, the son of Vidarva, adoration!
'Adoration to the white one, the son of Vidarva!'
2.6.16.9
athopatiṣṭhate \ samīcī nāmāsi prācī dik \ ityetairmantraiḥ pratidiśam \9\
Then he worships the Serpents towards the different regions, one by one with (the corresponding section of) these Mantras, 'The convergent one thou art called, the eastern region' (Taitt. Samh. V, 5, 10, 1 seq.).
2.6.16.10
nityamata ūrdhvaṃ baliṃ haratyā mārgaśīrṣyāḥ \10\
From that time he daily makes the Bali-offerings till the full-moon day of Mârgasîrsha.
2.6.16.11
nātra kiṃśukahomaḥ \11\
Here the Kimsuka offerings (see § 5) are not repeated.
2.6.16.12
na pariṣecanaṃ vidyate \12\
The sprinkling (of water) round (the house) does not take place (see § 8).
2.6.16.13
niravadāsyanniravadāsyan \ ityantato balīnharati \13\ \\16\\
The last Bali he offers with (the words), 'Going to acquit myself, going to acquit myself.'
End of the Sixth Patala.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtravṛtti — Mātṛdatta, Sanskrit
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- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit