Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.5: atha pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.5
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atha pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
1.5.1
dakṣiṇena kuśānādāya savyenāpanoti \1\
Taking the kuśa grass with the right hand, he grasps it with the left.
1.5.2
dakṣiṇaṃ jānvācya paridhibhistribhiracchinnāgrairagniṃ paridadhāti \2\
Bending his right knee, he encloses the fire with three enclosing sticks with unbroken tips,
1.5.3
paścād dakṣiṇata uttarataśca \3\
In the west, in the south, and in the north.
1.5.4
alaṃkṛtya kuśataruṇābhyāṃ pradakṣiṇamagniṃ triḥ paryukṣati mahāntaṃ kośam iti \4\
Having adorned [the fire], he sprinkles water around the fire three times clockwise with two young kuśa blades with [the verse], 'The great vessel' [RV 5.83.8].
1.5.5
hutvā ca \5\
And after having sacrificed.
1.5.6
te anupraharati \6\
He throws them into the fire afterwards.
1.5.7
tūṣṇīṃ sakṛdapasavyaṃ pitrye \7\
Silently, once, counter-clockwise, in an ancestral rite.
1.5.8
abhighāritamidhmamagnau juhoti svidhmā yadvanadhitiḥ iti \8\
He offers the sprinkled fuel bundle into the fire with [the verse], 'Well-kindled, when the axe...' [RV 5.7.8].
1.5.9
viṣṇorhasto 'si iti dakṣiṇena mūle sruvam \9\
With [the formula], 'You are the hand of Viṣṇu,' [he holds] the dipping spoon at its base with his right [hand].
1.5.10
sruveṇājyāhutīrjuhoti \10\
He offers the butter libations with the dipping spoon.
1.5.11
srucā sthālīpākaṃ dviravadyati \11\
With the sacrificial ladle, he cuts off [portions of] the boiled sacrificial mess twice,
1.5.12
trirjāmadagnyānām \12\
Three times in the case of descendants of Jamadagni.
1.5.13
upastaraṇābhighāraṇapratyabhighāraṇaṃ ca sasthālīpāke ā sviṣṭakṛtaḥ \13\
And when there is a boiled sacrificial mess, the under-spreading, sprinkling over, and re-sprinkling [are performed] up to [the offering to] Agni Sviṣṭakṛt.
1.5.14
uttarārdhāt sviṣṭakṛtaḥ \14\
[The offering to] Agni Sviṣṭakṛt is [cut] from the northern half.
1.5.15
dvirabhighārayati \15\
He sprinkles [it] over twice.
1.5.16
na pratyanakti \16\
He does not re-anoint [the boiled sacrificial mess].
1.5.17
uttarapaścārdhādagnerārabhyāvicchinnaṃ dakṣiṇapūrvārdhe juhoti tvamagne pramatiḥ iti \17\
Beginning from the north-western half of the fire, he pours an unbroken offering into the south-eastern half with [the verse], 'You, O Agni, are mindfulness' [RV 1.94.1].
1.5.18
dakṣiṇapaścārdhādagnerārabhyāvicchinnamuttarapūrvārdhe juhoti yasyeme himavantaḥ iti \18\
Beginning from the south-western half of the fire, he pours an unbroken offering into the north-eastern half with [the verse], 'Whose are these snow-clad mountains' [RV 10.121.4].
1.5.19
āghārau \19\
[These are] the two clarified butter libations.
1.5.20
āgneyamuttaramājyabhāgaṃ saumyaṃ dakṣiṇam \20\
The northern butter portion belongs to Agni, the southern to Soma,
1.5.21
agne yaṃ yajñamimaṃ yajñamiti \21\
With [the verses], 'O Agni, which sacrifice...' [RV 1.1.4] and 'This sacrifice...' [RV 1.91.11],
1.5.22
agnaye svāhā somāya svāhā iti vā \22\
Or with: 'To Agni, svāhā,' and 'To Soma, svāhā.'
1.5.23
madhye anyā āhutayaḥ \23\
The other offerings are made in the middle.
1.5.24
nājyāhutiṣu nityāvājyabhāgau sviṣṭakṛcca \24\
In butter offerings, the two butter portions and the offering to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt are not constant.
1.5.25
nityāhutiṣu ceti ca māṇḍūkeyaḥ \25\
"And also in the regular oblations," says Māṇḍūkeya.
1.5.26
agnirjanitā sa mai 'mūṃ jāyāṃ dadātu svāhā \ somo janimān sa māmuyā janimantaṃ karotu svāhā \ pūṣā jñātimān sa māmuṣyai pitrā mātrā bhrātṛbhirjñātimantaṃ karotu svāhā ityājyena \26\
With clarified butter [he offers, reciting]: "Agni is the producer; may he give this wife to me, svāhā! Soma is rich in offspring; may he make me rich in offspring through her, svāhā! Pūṣan is rich in kinsmen; through her father, mother, and brothers, may he make me rich in kinsmen, svāhā!"
1.5.27
mahāvyāhṛtisarvaprāyaścittāntarametadāvāpasthānamājyahaviṣi \27\
In a butter-oblation, this principal insertion place is between the great mystical utterances and the universal expiation.
1.5.28
vyāhṛti sviṣṭakṛtoḥ sthālīpāke \28\
In a boiled sacrificial mess, [it is] between the mystical utterances and [the offering to] Agni Sviṣṭakṛt.
1.5.29
tataṃ ma āpaḥ udvayaṃ tamasaspari udutyam citramimaṃ me varuṇa tattvā yāmi tvaṃ no agne sa tvaṃ no agne tadastu mitrāvaruṇā vaṣaṭte viṣṇo iṣṭebhyo vaṣaḷaniṣṭebhyaḥ bheṣajaṃ duriṣṭyai niṣkṛtyai daurārdhyai ṛddhyai samṛddhyai devībhyastanūbhyaḥ yata indra bhayāmahe tvaṃ naḥ paścāt adyādyāśvaśvaḥ sūryo no divaspāntu bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ ayāścāgne iti sarvaprāyaścittāhutīrhutvā manasā prājāpatyaṃ mahāvyāhṛtayaścatasra ityetā āhutīrhutvā savye pāṇau ye kuśāstān dakṣiṇenāgre saṃgṛhya mūle savyena teṣāmagraṃ sruve samanakti madhyamājyasthālyāṃ mūlaṃ ca \ atha cet sthālīpākeṣu srucyagraṃ madhyamaṃ sruve mūlamājyasthālyāṃ tānanuprahṛtya agnervāso 'si iti samidho 'bhyādhāya yathoktaṃ paryukṣaṇanamanuprahṛtya paridhīnnavā nitye praṇītāḥ parigṛhya diśo vyudukṣati tristriḥ prācyāṃ prathamamevaṃ pradakṣinaṃ pratidiśamūrdhvaṃ ca prācīṃ ninīya udīcīrvā tāḥ spṛṣṭvā prāṇānmukhaṃ ca saṃmṛśati \ utsarjanaṃ brahmaṇaḥ \\29\\
Having offered the universal expiation oblations with: "The waters stretched out for me…", "Out of the darkness…", "Up this…", "The bright [face of the gods]…", "Hear this my [call], O Varuṇa…", "For this I entreat you…", "You, O Agni, [turn toward] us…", "So do you, O Agni, [be nearest] to us…", "Let that be, O Mitra and Varuṇa…", "Vaṣaṭ to you, O Viṣṇu, for the sacrifices; vaṣaṭ for the unsacrificed!", "Remedy for faulty sacrifice, atonement, remove distress, for success, for complete prosperity, to the divine bodies!", "From which, O Indra, we fear…", "You to us from behind…", "Today, today, tomorrow, tomorrow…", "May Sūrya protect us from the sky…", "Bhūr, bhuvas, svar!", and "O Agni, you are the unperishing one…"; having offered a mental oblation to Prajāpati; and having offered these four great mystical utterances—having grasped with his right hand the tips of the kuśa blades that are in his left hand, and their roots with his left hand, he anoints their tips together in the dipping spoon, their middle in the clarified butter vessel, and their roots [likewise]. But if it is in boiled sacrificial messes, [he anoints] the tips in the sacrificial ladle, the middle in the dipping spoon, and the roots in the clarified butter vessel. Having thrown them into [the fire] afterward, having put the kindling wood [on the fire] with: "You are the garment of Agni", having performed the circum-sprinkling as prescribed, having thrown the enclosing sticks into [the fire] afterward, or taking fresh praṇītā water [if it is] in the regular rite, he sprinkles the directions in turn, three times each: first towards the east, then in this manner clockwise towards each direction and upward; having poured it out towards the east or towards the north, and having touched them, he touches his vital breaths and his face. [Then takes place] the dismissal of the Brahman priest.
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