Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.6: atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.6
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atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
1.6.1
vyākhyātaḥ pratiśrute homakalpaḥ prakṛtirbhūtikarmaṇām \1\
The sacrificial procedure has been explained, as agreed, as the model for the rites that bring prosperity,
1.6.2
sarvāsāṃ cājyāhutīnāṃ śākhāpaśūnāṃ carupākayajñānāṃ ca \2\
and for all clarified butter oblations, for branch-sacrifices of cattle, and for caru cooked sacrifices.
1.6.3
anāmnātamantrāsvādiṣṭadevatāsu amuṣmai svāhā iti śuddhena \3\
When deities are indicated whose mantras are not recorded in the sacred text, [he offers] simply with: "To such-and-such, svāhā!"
1.6.4
yadi pākayajñāḥ samānakālāḥ syurāvāpasthāne pradhānānyevāvartayedānupūrvyeṇa \4\
If cooked sacrifices occur at the same time, he should repeat only the principal offerings in order at the principal insertion place.
1.6.5
ta ete aprayājā ananuyājā aniḷā anigadā asāmidhenīkāśca sarve pākayajñā bhavanti \5\
All these cooked sacrifices have no preliminary offerings, no final offerings, no Iḷā invocations, no nigada formulas, and no kindling verses.
1.6.6
tadapi ślokāḥ_ huto 'gnihotrahomena ahuto balikarmaṇā prahutaḥ pitṛkarmaṇā prāśito brāhmaṇe hutaḥ anūrdhvajñurvyūḷhajānuḥ juhuyāt sarvadā haviḥ na hi bāhyahutaṃ devāḥ pratigṛhṇanti karhicit raudraṃ ca rākṣasaṃ pitryamāsuraṃ cābhicārikam uktvā mantraṃ spṛśedāpa ālabhyātmānameva ca \\7\\
On this point there are also these verses: / "The offered sacrifice is performed through the Agnihotra oblation; the unoffered sacrifice through the bali offering; / the cast-off sacrifice through the ancestral rite; the tasted sacrifice is that offered into a brāhmaṇa. / One should always offer the oblation without raising the knees and with the knees joined; / for the gods never accept an oblation offered outside [the knees]. / Having recited a formula addressed to Rudra, to the Rākṣasas, to the ancestors, to the Asuras, or for sorcery, / one should touch water and also touch oneself."
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Linked texts (2)
- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Sāṃkhyayanagṛhyasaṃgraha — Vāsudeva, Sanskrit