Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.12: atha dvādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.12
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atha dvādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
1.12.1
adhyaṇḍāmūlaṃ peṣayatyṛtuvelāyām udīrṣvātaḥ pativatī iti dvābhyāmante svāhākārābhyāṃ nasto dakṣiṇato niṣiñcet \1\
At the time of her season, he causes the root of an adhyaṇḍā plant to be pounded; with the two [verses beginning] ‘Rise up from here, for she has a husband’ (udīrṣvātaḥ pativatī), ending with the word ‘svāhā’, he should pour it into the right nostril.
1.12.2
gandharvasya viśvāvasormukhamasi ityupasthaṃ prajaniṣyamāṇo 'bhimṛśet \2\
When about to procreate, he touches her lap with: ‘You are the mouth of the Gandharva Viśvāvasu.’
1.12.3
samāpte 'rthe japet prāṇe te reto dadhāmyasau iti \3\
When the act is finished, he mutters: ‘Into your breath I place the semen, N.N.’
1.12.4
apānyānuprāṇyāt \4\
He should breathe out and breathe in.
1.12.5
yathā bhūmiragnigarbhā yathā dyaurindreṇa garbhiṇī vāyuryathā diśāṃ garbha evaṃ garbhe dadhāmi te 'sau iti vā \5\
Or [with]: ‘Just as the earth contains Agni in its womb, just as the sky is pregnant with Indra, just as the wind is the womb of the quarters, so do I place a child in your womb, N.N.’
1.12.6
ā te yoniṃ garbha etu pumān bāṇa iveṣudhim ā vīro atra jāyatāṃ putraste daśamāsyaḥ teṣāṃ mātā pipṛhi jātānāṃ janayāmi ca pumāṃstvaṃ putramādhehi pumānanujāyatām puṃsi vai puruṣo retaḥ tatstriyāmanasiñcatu tathā tadabravīd dhātā tatprajāpatirabravīt prajāpatirvyadadhāt savitā vyakalpayat tvaṣṭā vai rūpaṃ saṃdadhānnejameṣa parāpatāt strīṣu yamanyān svādadhāt pumāṃstvamadadādiha yāni bhadrāṇi bījāni puruṣā janayanti ca tāni bhadrāṇi bījānyṛṣabhā janayanti nau te 'bhiṣṭvaṃ putraṃ janayatsuprasūrdhenukā bhava abhikrandan vīḷayasva garbhamādhehi sādaya vṛṣāṇaṃ vṛṣannādhehi prajāyai tvā havāmahe yasyai yoniṃ prati reto dadhātu pumān putro jāyatāṃ garbhe asmin taṃ pipṛhi daśamāsyo 'ntarudare sa jāyatāṃ śreṣṭhatamasvānām iti vā \6\
Or [with]: ‘May a womb-fruit, a male, enter your womb as an arrow into a quiver; may a hero be born here, your ten-month son. Be a mother to those who are born, and I will bring them forth. Do you, a man, deposit a son; may a male be born after! For the man has semen; let him pour it into the woman; so has Dhātṛ spoken, so has Prajāpati spoken. Prajāpati arranged it, Savitṛ fashioned it; Tvaṣṭṛ indeed joined the form; O Nejameṣa, fly away! The other [embryos] which he placed among women—you, a male, gave here! What auspicious seeds men bring forth, and what auspicious seeds bulls bring forth for us, by them do you bring forth a son; be a good-giving milch cow! Roaring, become firm; deposit the womb-fruit; set it down. O bull, deposit a bull; we call on you for offspring. In whatever womb the semen is placed, may a male son be born in this womb; sustain him, the ten-month one inside the belly; may he be born as the best of his own people!’
1.12.7
tṛtīye māsi puṃsavanam \7\
In the third month, the rite for procuring a male child (puṃsavana).
1.12.8
puṣyeṇa śravaṇena vā somāṃśuṃ peṣayitvā kuśadaṇḍakaṃ vā nyagrodhasya vā skandhasyāntyāṃ śuṅgāṃ yūpasyāgniṣṭāṃ vā saṃsthite vā yajñe juhvaḥ saṃsrāvam \ agninā rayim tannasturīyam samiddhāgnirvanavat piśaṅgarūpaḥ iti catasṛbhirante svāhākārābhiḥ nasto dakṣiṇato niṣiñcet \\8\\
Under the constellation Puṣya or Śravaṇa, having pounded a shoot of Soma, or a stalk of kuśa grass, or the last twig of a branch of a banyan tree, or the part of the sacrificial post facing the fire, or, when a sacrifice has ended, the drippings of the ladle, he should pour it into the right nostril with the four [verses beginning] ‘Wealth by Agni’ (agninā rayim), ‘That fourth of ours’ (tan nasturīyam), ‘With kindled fire may he win’ (samiddhāgnir vanavat), ‘Of yellowish-brown form’ (piśaṅgarūpaḥ), ending with the word ‘svāhā’.
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Linked texts (2)
- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit