Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.8.18
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.8.18
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- Sanskrit
2.8.18.1
athāta upākaraṇotsarjane vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \1\
Now we shall explain the opening and the conclusion (of the annual course of study).
2.8.18.2
śravaṇāpakṣa oṣadhīṣu jātāsu hastena paurṇamāsyāṃ vādhyāyopākarma \2\
During the fortnight that precedes the Sravanâ full moon, when the herbs have appeared, under (the Nakshatra) Hasta or on the full-moon day (itself), the opening ceremony of the (annual course of) study (is performed).
2.8.18.3
agnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā kāṇḍarṣīñjuhoti \ prajāpataye kāṇḍarṣaye svāhā \ somāya kāṇḍarṣaye svāhā \ agnaye kāṇḍarṣaye svāhā \ viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ kāṇḍarṣibhyaḥ svāhā \ svayaṃbhuve kāṇḍarṣaye svāhā \ iti kāṇḍarṣayaḥ kāṇḍanāmāni vā sāvitrīmṛgvedaṃ yajurvedaṃ sāmavedamatharvavedaṃ sadasaspatimiti \3\
Having put wood on the fire and performed the rites down to the Vyâhriti oblations, he sacrifices (with his pupils) to the Rishis of the Kândas: 'To Pragâpati, the Rishi of a Kânda, svâhâ! To Soma, the Rishi of a Kânda, svâhâ! To Agni, the Rishi of a Kânda, svâhâ! To the Visve devâs, the Rishis of a Kânda, svâhâ! To Svayambhû, the Rishi of a Kânda, svâhâ!'—these are the Rishis of the Kândas. Or (he sacrifices) to the names of the Kândas, to the Sâvitrî, to the Rig-veda, the Yagur-veda, the Sâma-veda, the Atharva-veda, and to Sadasaspati.
2.8.18.4
hutvā trīnāditonuvākānadhīyate \4\
Having (thus) sacrificed, they repeat the first three Anuvâkas,
2.8.18.5
kāṇḍādīnvā sarvān \5\
Or the beginnings of all Kândas.
2.8.18.6
jayādi pratipadyate \6\
He enters upon (sacrificing) the Gaya, &c. (oblations; see above, I, 1, 3, 8).
2.8.18.7
sviṣṭakṛdantaṃ kṛtvā tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamya yathādhyāyamadhyetavyamiti vadanti \7\
After all rites down to the Svishtakrit oblation have been performed, they stop studying three days or one day; then they should go on studying so as to commence where they have broken off: so say the teachers.
2.8.18.8
taiṣīpakṣasya rohiṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ votsargaḥ \8\
During the fortnight that precedes the Taishî full moon, under (the Nakshatra) Rohinî or on the full-moon day (itself), the Utsarga (or conclusion of the term of study) is celebrated.
2.8.18.9
sagaṇaḥ prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamupaniṣkramya yatrāpaḥ sukhāḥ sukhāvagāhāstadavagāhyāghamarṣaṇena trīnprāṇāyāmānkṛtvā sapavitraiḥ pāṇibhiḥ \ āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvaḥ \ iti tisṛbhiḥ \ hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ \ iti catasṛbhiḥ \ pavamānaḥ suvarjanaḥ \ iti caitenānuvākena snātvā darbhānanyonyasmai saṃprayacchanto ditsanta ivānyonyam \9\
(The teacher) with his pupils goes in an easterly or northerly direction, and where they find a pleasant water with a pleasant bathing-place, they dive into it and perform three suppressions of the breath with the Agharmarshana hymn (Rig-veda X, 190 = Taitt. Ar. X, 1, 13. 14.). Holding purifiers (i.e. Darbha blades) in their hands they bathe with the three (verses), 'Ye waters, ye are wholesome' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 1, 5, 1), with the four (verses), 'The gold-coloured, pure, purifying waters' (T.S.V, 6, 1, 1 seq.), and with the Anuvâka, '(Soma) which clears itself, the heavenly being' (Taitt. Br. I, 4, 8): giving the Darbha blades to each other and feigning to try to seize (??) each other.
2.8.18.10
tataḥ śucau deśe prācīnapravaṇe prāgagrairdarbhairudagapavargāṇyāsanāni kalpayanti \10\ \\18\\
Then they arrange on a pure spot that is inclined towards the east, seats of eastward-pointed Darbha grass, so that they end in the north—
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Commentaries (1)
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtravṛtti — Mātṛdatta, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Āpastambagṛhyasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Ācārabhūṣaṇa — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit