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Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.14: atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.14

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Sanskrit

atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

1.14.1

saptame māsi prathamagarbhe sīmantonnayanam \1\

In the seventh month, in the first pregnancy, the parting of the hair.

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1.14.2

snātāmahatavāsinīṃ paścādagnerupaveśya sthālīpākasya juhoti \2\

Having seated her, bathed and wearing an unwashed garment, behind the fire, he offers oblations of the boiled sacrificial mess.

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1.14.3

mudgaudanamityeke \3\

Some say [it is an oblation] of boiled rice with beans.

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1.14.4

puṃvadupakaraṇāni syuḥ \4\

The utensils should be male-associated,

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1.14.5

nakṣatraṃ ca \5\

and also the constellation.

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1.14.6

dhātā dadātu dāśuṣe dhātā prajāyā uta rāya īśe nejameṣa parāpata iti tisraḥ prajāpate iti ṣaṣṭhī \6\

[He offers with the verses:] ‘May Dhātṛ give to the giver’ (dhātā dadātu dāśuṣe), ‘Dhātṛ rules over offspring and wealth’ (dhātā prajāyā uta rāya īśe), the three [verses beginning] ‘Nejameṣa, fly away’ (nejameṣa parāpata), and the sixth [is] ‘O Prajāpati’ (prajāpate).

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1.14.7

triśvetayā śalalyā darbhasūcyā vodumbaraśalāṭubhissaha madhyādūrdhvaṃ sīmantamunnayati bhūrbhuvassvaḥ iti \7\

With a porcupine quill with three white spots, or with a needle of darbha grass, together with unripe fruits of the udumbara tree, he parts her hair upward from the middle with: ‘Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ!’

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1.14.8

utsaṅge nidhāya trivṛte kṛtvā kaṇṭhe badhnāti ayamūrjāvato vṛkṣa ūrjīva phalinī bhava iti \8\

Placing it on her lap, having tied it with a threefold [string], he binds it around her neck with: ‘This is a tree full of sap; be full of sap and fruitful!’

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1.14.9

athāha vīṇāgāthinau rājānaṃ saṃgāyata iti yo vānyo vā vīrataraḥ iti \9\

Then he says to two lute players: ‘Sing of the king, or whoever else is more heroic!’

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1.14.10

udapātre akṣatānavanīya viṣṇuryoniṃ kalpayatu nejameṣa parāpata iti ṣaḷṛcena pāyayet rākāmahamiti catasṛbhiḥ \10\

Having thrown unhusked grain into a water pot, he causes her to drink with the six-verse hymn, ‘May Viṣṇu prepare the womb’ (viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatu), ‘Nejameṣa, fly away’ (nejameṣa parāpata), and with the four [verses beginning] ‘Rākā I [invoke]’ (rākām aham).

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1.14.11

athāsyā udaramabhimṛśet suparṇo 'si garutmān trivṛtte śiro gāyatraṃ cakṣuśchandāṃsyaṅgāni yajūṃṣi nāma sāma te tanūḥ vāmadevyaṃ madhyaṃ bṛhadrathantare pakṣau yajñāyajñiyaṃ pucchaṃ dhiṣṇyaṃ śaphāḥ \ modamānīṃ gāpayenmahāhaimavatīṃ vā \11\

Then he touches her belly with: ‘You are the winged bird Garutmat; the trivṛt [stoma] is your head, the Gāyatrī your eye, the metres your limbs, the Yajus formulas your name, the Sāman your body, the Vāmadevya your middle, the Bṛhat and Rathantara your two wings, the Yajñāyajñiya your tail, the hearths your hooves.’ He should cause them to sing the Modamānī or the Mahāhaimavatī chant.

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1.14.12

ṛṣabho dakṣiṇā \\12\\

A bull is the sacrificial fee.

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