Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 2.8.20
Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 2.8.20
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- Sanskrit
2.8.20.1
vaiśampāyanāya paliṅgave tittirāyokhāyātreyāya padakārāya kauṇḍiṇyāya vṛttikārāya sūtrakārebhyaḥ satyāṣāḍhāya pravacanakartṛbhya ācāryebhya ṛṣibhyo vānaprasthebhya ūrdhvaretobhya ekapatnībhya iti \1\
For Vaisampâyana, Paliṅgu, Tittira [sic], Ukha, Âtreya, the author of the Pada-text, Kaundinya the author of the commentary, for the authors of the Sûtras, for Satyâshâdha (Hiranyakesin), for the handers-down of the text, for the teachers, the Rishis, the hermits dwelling in the woods, the chaste ones, for those who have only one wife.
2.8.20.2
yathāsvaṃ pitṛbhyo mātāmahebhyaśca kalpayanti \2\
They prepare (seats) each for his own fathers and maternal ancestors.
2.8.20.3
amuṣmai kalpayāmyamuṣmai kalpayāmi \ ityāsanena \3\
With (the words), 'For N.N. I prepare (a seat); for N.N. I prepare (a seat)' (he prepares) a seat.
2.8.20.4
amuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmi \ ityudakena \4\
With (the words), 'I satiate N.N.; I satiate N.N.' (he makes offerings of) water.
2.8.20.5
amuṣmai namomuṣmai namaḥ \ iti gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpaiḥ \5\
With (the words), 'Adoration to N: N.! Adoration to N.N.!' (he offers) perfumes, flowers, incense, and lamps.
2.8.20.6
amuṣmai svāhāmuṣmai svāhā \ ityannena \6\
With (the words), 'To N.N. svâhâ! To N.N. svâhâ!' (he offers) food.
2.8.20.7
amuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmi \ iti phalodakena \7\
With (the words), 'I satiate N.N.; I satiate N.N.' (he offers) water with fruits in it.
2.8.20.8
amuṣmai namomuṣmai namaḥ \ ityupasthāya \8\
Having worshipped them with (the words), 'Adoration to N.N.! Adoration to N.N.!'—
2.8.20.9
apareṇa vedimagnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā kāṇḍarṣīñjuhoti kāṇḍanāmāni vā sāvitrīmṛgvedaṃ yajurvedaṃ sāmavedamatharvavedaṃ sadasaspatimiti \ hutvā prathamenānuvākenādhīyate \ kāṇḍādīnvā sarvān \ jayādi pratipadyate \ sviṣṭakṛdantaṃ kṛtvā tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamya yathādhyāyamadhyetavyamiti vadanti \9\
Having put wood on the fire to the west of the surface (on which he had performed the Tarpana), and having performed the rites down to the Vyâhriti oblations (&c., as above, chap. 18, 3-7).
2.8.20.10
kāṇḍātkāṇḍāt \ yā śatena \ iti dvābhyāmudakānte dūrvā ropayanti \10\
With the two (verses), 'From joint to joint,' 'Thou who with a hundred' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 2, 9, 2) they plant Dûrvâ grass at the shore of the water.
2.8.20.11
udadhimūrmimantaṃ kṛtvā prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamātamitorājiṃ dhāvanti \11\
They stir up waves in the water and run a race in an easterly or northerly direction until they lose their breath.
2.8.20.12
pratyetyāpūpaiḥ saktubhirodaneneti brāhmaṇāṃstarpayanti \12\
When they have returned (from that race? or when they have returned from the whole ceremony to the village?) they offer cakes, coarsely ground grain, and boiled rice to the Brâhmanas.
2.8.20.13
evaṃ pārāyaṇasamāptau dūrvāropaṇodadhidhāvanavarjam \13\
The same (rites are repeated) when they have finished the study of the whole Veda, with the exception of the planting of Dûrvâ grass, of (stirring up) the water, and of the race.
2.8.20.14
nityamevādbhirdevānṛṣīnpitṝṃśca tarpayanti tarpayanti \14\ \\20\\
Thus they satiate daily (after the Brahmayagña) the gods, the Rishis, and the Fathers with water; they satiate them with water.
End of the Hiranyakesi-sûtra.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English
Linked texts (2)
- Āpastambagṛhyasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit