Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.7.17.4
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.7.17.4
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2.7.17.4
tataḥ pāṇī prakṣālya bhūmimālabhate \ prati kṣatre pratitiṣṭhāmi rāṣṭre pratyaśveṣu pratitiṣṭhāmi goṣu \ pratyaṅgeṣu pratitiṣṭhāmyātmanprati prāṇeṣu pratitiṣṭhāmi puṣṭe \ prati dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ pratitiṣṭhāmi yajñe \ trayā devā ekādaśa trayastriṃśāḥ surādhasaḥ \ bṛhaspatipurohitā devasya savituḥ save \ devā devairavantu mā \ iti \4\
Then he washes his hands and touches the earth with (the formulas), 'In power I establish myself, in royalty. Among the horses I establish myself, among the cows. In the limbs I establish myself, in the self. In the Prânas I establish myself, in prosperity. In Heaven and Earth I establish myself, in sacrifice.
'May the three times eleven gods, the thirty-three, the gracious ones, whose Purohita is Brihaspati, on the impulse of the god Savitri—may the gods with (all) the gods give me bliss!'
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit