Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.1: prathamādhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.1
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prathamādhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
1.1.1
utthāya prātarācamyāharahaḥ svādhyāyamadhīyīta adyā no deva savitaḥ iti dve apehi manasaspate iti sūktam ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ ca iti sūktamādityā avahikhyata iti vargadvayam mahi vo mahatāmiti sūktaśeṣaḥ indraśreṣṭhāni ityekā haṃsaḥ śuciṣat ityekā namo mahadbhyaḥ ityekā mamāgne varcaḥ iti sūktam yenedamiti sūktam svasti no mimītāmiti pañca ṛcaḥ \1\
Having risen in the morning and sipped water, he should study his daily Vedic recitation day after day: the two [verses] beginning 'Today for us, divine Savitṛ' [RV 5.82.4–5]; the hymn 'Go away, lord of the mind' [RV 10.164]; the hymn 'Right order and truth' [RV 10.190]; the two sections beginning 'The Ādityas have looked down' [RV 8.47.1–10]; the remainder of the hymn 'Great is your [might], O great ones' [RV 8.47.11–18]; the single verse 'Indra's best [gifts]' [RV 2.21.6]; the single verse 'The swan dwelling in purity' [RV 4.40.5]; the single verse 'Homage to the great ones' [RV 1.27.13]; the hymn 'My splendor, O Agni' [RV 10.128]; the hymn 'By which this [mind]' [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā 34.1–6]; and the five verses 'May [the gods] fashion well-being for us' [RV 5.51.11–15].
1.1.2
catvāraḥ pākayajñāḥ \2\
There are four cooked sacrifices:
1.1.3
huto 'hutaḥ prahutaḥ prāśita iti \3\
The offered sacrifice, the unoffered sacrifice, the cast-off sacrifice, and the tasted sacrifice.
1.1.4
pañcasu bahiḥ śālāyāḥ \4\
In five [rites, the sacrificial fire is established] outside the hall:
1.1.5
vivāhe cūḷākaraṇa upanayane keśānte sīmantonnayana iti \5\
At marriage, tonsure, initiation, shearing of the hair, and parting of the hair.
1.1.6
upalipyoddhatya prokṣya agnimupasamādhāya \6\
Having smeared [the ground with cow-dung], raised [it], sprinkled [it with water], and placed the fire upon it,
1.1.7
nirmanthyaike vivāhe \7\
Some [produce the fire] by churning at a marriage.
1.1.8
udagayana āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇyāhe kumāryai pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīyāt \ jāyā lakṣaṇasaṃpannā syāt \8\
During the northern course of the sun, in the waxing fortnight, on an auspicious day, he should take the hand of a maiden. / The wife should be endowed with [auspicious] bodily marks:
1.1.9
yasyā abhyātmamaṅgāni syuḥ samāḥ keśāntāḥ \9\
Whose limbs are symmetrical toward the body, and the edges of whose hair are even;
1.1.10
āvartāvapi yasyai syātāṃ pradakṣiṇau grīvāyāṃ ṣaḍvīrān janayiṣyatīti vidyāt \\10\\
If she also has two clockwise curls of hair on her neck, one should know: 'She will give birth to six heroes.'
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- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra — Pāraskara, Sanskrit