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sarvatrāryadeśe sadācārādvaiśvadevabhojananiṣedhācca smṛtiṣu | pratidinaṃ hi pañcayajñānuṣṭhānaṃ gṛhasthasya vihitam | pañca yajñāḥ punarvakṣyante-prathamaṃ devayajñaḥ, dvitīyaṃ pitṛyajñaḥ, tṛtīyaṃ bhūtayajñaḥ, caturthaṃ manuṣyayajñaḥ, pañcamaṃ brahmayajñaḥ,-iti | yadagnau juhotyapi samidhastaddevayajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | yatpitṛbhyaḥ svadhākarotyadbhistatpitṛyajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | yadbhūtebhyo baliṃ dadāti, tadbhūtayajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | yadbrāhmaṇebhyo'nnaṃ dadāti, tanmanuṣyayajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | yatsvādhyāyamadhīte, tadbrahmayajñaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate | aupasade'gnau sāyaṃbhātarapi vaiśvadevaṃ kuryādityapi vyācakṣate | ### [19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.2) bhojanādyarthatvena siddhasya, natu sādhyasyānnasya sataḥ, sarvataḥ sarvasmāt aṃśamuddhṛtya, natu haviṣyādeva vrīhyādeḥ, agryasyāgre prathamaṃ juhuyāt, tato brāhmaṇādikaṃ bhojayet vedavadvedavidāṃ vacāṃsi saṃbhavantīti smaraṇāt | agryasyeti saptamyarthe vyatyayena ṣaṣṭhī | anye vyācakṣate-agryasya pradhānasya vrīhyāderbhūyāṃsamaṃśaṃ gṛhṇīyāditi agryagrahaṇena darśitaṃ sarvagrahaṇenopāttasya punaragryagrahaṇena bhūyastvārthamupādānāt | anyasmāttu sarvatastāvanmātramuddhartavyam | ye tvaupasade sāyaṃprātarjāgaraṇārthaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ vadanti, ta evaṃ vyācakṣate-sarvasmādgṛhasthitādyadagryamutkṛṣṭaṃ siddhamaprayāsena yavavrīhitaṇḍulādīnāmanyatamaṃ, tasyāṃśena juhuyāt, natvabhiniveśaṃ kuryādamunaiveti | tānhomāndarśayati ### [19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.3) agniṃ parisamūhya paryukṣya pariṣicya paristīrya havirabhighārya nānabhighṛtaṃ havirastīti śruteretā dvādaśāhutīrjuhuyāt | kecidāhuḥ agnaye somāyeti sviṣṭakṛtaḥ prāgājyabhāgāntaṃ lakṣayatīti | tacca sāyaṃ prātikaṃ prāyeṇātrāryaiṣṭadarśanāt | caturthīnirdeśātsvāhākārāntāndarśayati | svāhāśabdo nipātaḥ saṃpradānatvaṃ dyotayati | juhotītyanuṣajyate | caturthīnirdeśātsaṃpradānārthīyo namaḥśabdo'tra sadācārādgamyate | takṣāya namaḥ, upatakṣāya nama ityubhayasyāṃ diśi abhitaḥ agneḥ pūrveṇa pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā, prathamaṃ pūrvottarakoṇe, tataḥ pūrvadakṣiṇakoṇe | 57 ) ityudadhānaśabda udadhivat | ### [19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.5) pūrveṇāgnimityanuṣajyate | ambā nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ| dulā nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ | nityantī nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ| cupaṇīkā nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ| abhrayantī nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ| meghayantī nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ| varṣayantī nāmāsi, tasyai te namaḥ | ### [19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.6) gṛhebhyo hitā gṛhyāḥ devatā gṛheṣu bhavā vā| agnerityanuvartate | sraktiṣu koṇeṣu agneretāścatasra āhutīrjuhuyāt | abhidakṣiṇaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ yathā bhavati pūrvadakṣiṇakoṇādārabhya | apare gṛhyāsraktiṣviti vyācakṣate | tatra ca pracuraprayogadarśanaṃ śaraṇam | nandini tubhyaṃ nama ityādiprayogo'numantavyaḥ pradānārthatvādāhvānasya | ### [19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.7) gṛhyābhya ityādi yathāyogyataṃ sarvatrānuvartanīyam | dhruvāsīti mantreṇa vāstoṣpatīyakarmaṇi darśitena yā sthūṇā saṃskṛtā pradhānabhūtā gṛhamadhye, tasyāṃ hiraṇyakeśyāyai namo vanaspatibhyo nama iti balidvayamupaharediti kecit | anye tu yathāsaṃkhyaṃ vyabhicāraṃ manyamānāḥ sthūṇāyāmadhikaraṇabhūtāyāṃ vanaspatibhyo juhuyāt, dhruvāyāṃ sthālyāṃ ca hiraṇyakeśyāyai nama iti vyācakṣate | gṛhadevatānāṃ cāmī homāḥ | ### [19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.8) dharmāya namaḥ, adharmāya nama iti gṛhadvāramadhye āhutī juhuyāt | ### [19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.9) mṛtyave nama iti jalapātre ghaṭādike juhuyāt 'udakasyodaḥ saṃjñāyām' ( 6| ### [19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.10) varuṇāya namo viṣṇave nama iti hantyadhikaraṇe balidvayamupaharet | āhutibhaṇitirapyasti vaiśvadevahomavat | ### [19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.11) marudbhyo nama iti piṣṭyadhikaraṇe balimupaharet | ### [19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.12) vaiśravaṇāya rājñe namaḥ, bhūtebhyo nama iti gṛhasyopari balimupaharet | ### [19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.17) gṛhasyāgnervā | ### [19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.18) ākāśāya nama ityūrdhvaṃ balimupaharet ### [19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.19) divācarebhyo bhūtebhya iti sthaṇḍile śucibhūbhāge divā balimupaharet | sthaṇḍila ityanuṣajyate | atra divā vaiśvadeve kriyamāṇe divācarebhyo bhūtebhyo balimupaharet, rātrau tu naktañcarebhyo bhūtebhya iti kecidvyācakṣate | prayogastu īdṛśaḥ-divāpi vaiśvadevaṃ kurvāṇāḥ kalpayitvā naktañcarebhyo bhūtebhyo'pi sthāpayanti rātrau tyājayanti | rātrau tu vaiśvadevo nocitaḥ | tatrāvaśyakakartavyakriyamāṇasya kiṃcidvaikalyamabhyupanatameva ekāntaparājayādvaraṃ saṃdeha iti nayena | ### [19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.21) śiṣyata iti śeṣaḥ pradarśitāhutibalibhyo mucyamānaḥ | taṃ piṇḍīkṛtya pitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahebhyo mātṛpitāmahīprapitāmahībhyaśca dadāti | ### [19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.19.22) agnerātmanaśca samīpe jalakalaśaṃ sthāpayitvā svastyayanaṃ vakti bodhaśca metyādyanuvākam | vācayatīti svārthe ṇic rāmo rājyamakārayadityādivat | anuvāko vyākhyātaḥ | caurādiko vātra vaciḥ | svasti avināśa īyate prāpyate yena, tatsvastyayanam | ata evānyadapi puruṣasūktakanikradatprabhṛti vaktavyam | ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.54.1) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: 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