[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Kaushitakagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka) › 2.3 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.3: atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.1) saṃvatsare sāvitrīmanvāha trirātre 'nvakṣaṃ vā \1\ > After a year he recites the Sāvitrī \[verse\] to him, or after three nights, or immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.2) gāyatrīṃ brāhmaṇāyānubrūyāt \2\ > He should recite the Gāyatrī verse to a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.3) triṣṭubhaṃ kṣatriyāya \3\ > The Triṣṭubh to a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.4) jagatīṃ vaiśyāya \4\ > The Jagatī to a Vaiśya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.5) sāvitrīṃ tveva \5\ > Only a Sāvitrī verse, however. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.6) uttareṇāgnimupaviśataḥ prāṅmukha ācāryaḥ pratyaṅmukha itaraḥ \6\ > They sit down to the north of the fire; the preceptor facing east, the other facing west. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.7) vaiśvāmitrīṃ gāyatrīṃ sāvitrīṃ bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \7\ > 'Recite the Sāvitrī verse composed by Viśvāmitra in the Gāyatrī metre, sir,' the other says. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.8) tatsaviturvareṇyam ityetāṃ sapraṇavāṃ savyāhṛtīṃ paccho 'rdharcaśo 'navānam \8\ > With: 'Tat savitur vareṇyam,' \[he recites\] this \[verse\] with the Praṇava, with the mystical utterances, quarter-verse by quarter-verse, half-verse by half-verse, \[and then\] without taking breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.9) yadi trirātre saṃvatsare vā bhaikṣācaraṇāntaṃ kṛtvopāsīta \9\ > If after three nights or a year, having performed \[the rite\] up to begging alms, he should wait upon \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.10) āpo nāma stha śivā nāma sthaujā nāma sthājarā nāma sthāmṛtā nāma sthābhayā nāma stha tāsāṃ vo 'śīya sumatau mā dhatta ityenaṃ trirapa ācamayya svastino mimītāmiti pañcarcena daṇḍaṃ prayacchati \10\ > With: 'Waters are your name; auspicious are your name; vigor are your name; unaging are your name; immortal are your name; fearless are your name; may I partake of those \[waters\] of yours; place me in your favor,' having made him sip water three times, he hands him the staff with the five-verse hymn: 'May he measure out welfare for us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.11) dṛteriva te iti kamaṇḍalum \11\ > The water pot with: 'Like a water-skin...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.12) varo dakṣiṇā \12\ > A choice gift is the sacrificial fee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.13) taccakṣuḥ ityādityamupasthāya pradakṣiṇaṃ parikramya bhikṣate grāmam \13\ > Having approached the sun with, 'That eye \[…\],' and circumambulated clockwise, he begs of the village, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.14) mātaraṃ tveva prathamām \14\ > his mother first of all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.15) yā vainaṃ na pratyācakṣīta \15\ > or \[a woman\] who would not refuse him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.16) ācāryāya bhaikṣaṃ vedayīta \16\ > He should announce the begged food to the preceptor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.17) anujñāto guruṇā bhuñjīta \17\ > Permitted by the guru, he should eat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.18) aharahaḥ samidādhānaṃ bhaikṣācaraṇamadhaḥśayyā guruśuśrūṣeti brahmacāriṇo nityāni \18\ > Daily laying on of kindling wood, begging for food, sleeping on the ground, attendance upon the guru: these are the constant duties of a Vedic student. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3.19) tadapi ślokaḥ\_ kṣetraṃ hiraṇyaṃ gāṃ vāsaśchatropānahamantataḥ dhānyamannamatho śākaṃ gurave prītimāvahet iti > On this there is also a verse: / 'Land, gold, a cow, clothing, an umbrella, shoes, and lastly / grain, food, and vegetables—these bring delight to the guru.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.2.5.2) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p186) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.3) · Pramāṇa