Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.6: atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.6
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atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
2.6.1
ahaḥśeṣaṃ sthānamupavāsaśca \1\
Standing and fasting for the remainder of the day.
2.6.2
aparāhṇe 'kṣatadhānā bhikṣitvā ājyāhutidharmeṇāgnau pāṇinā juhuyāt sadasaspatimadbhutamiti pratyṛcaṃ sūktaśeṣeṇa \2\
In the afternoon, having begged unhusked fried barley grains, he should offer [them] in the fire with his hand, following the rule for clarified butter oblations, verse by verse with the remainder of the hymn [beginning], 'The wonderful lord of the assembly […].'
2.6.3
bhaikṣairācāryaṃ svastivācya araṇye samitpāṇiḥ sandhyāmupāste nityaṃ vāgyata uttarāparamabhimukho 'nvaṣṭamadeśamardhāstamite maṇḍale ā nakṣatrāṇāṃ darśanāt \ atikrāntāyāṃ mahāvyāhṛtīḥ sāvitrīṃ svastyayanāni ca japitvā \3\
Having made the preceptor say a benediction over the begged food, he always observes the twilight devotion in the forest, with kindling wood in hand, restrained in speech, facing north-west towards the region after the eighth [point], when half the disc [of the sun] has set, until the appearance of the stars; / when it has passed, having muttered the great mystical utterances, the Sāvitrī, and auspicious verses.
2.6.4
evaṃ prātaḥ prāṅmukhastiṣṭhannā maṇḍaladarśanāt \4\
In the same way in the morning, standing and facing east, until the appearance of the disc [of the sun].
2.6.5
udite prādhyayanam \5\
When it has risen, early study [takes place].
2.6.6
aharahaḥ sāyaṃprātaragniṃ praṇīyopasamādhāya parisamūhya paryukṣya susamiddhe juhoti agnaye samidhamāhāriṣa bṛhate jātavedase tayā tvamagne vardhasva samidhā brahmaṇā vayaṃ svāhā iti prathamām \ edho 'syedhiṣīmahi iti dvitīyām \ samidasi samedhiṣīmahi iti tṛtīyām \ eṣā te agne samittayā vardhasva cāpyāyasya ca \ bardhiṣīmahi ca vayamā ca pyāsiṣīmahi iti caturthīṃ \6\
Every day, evening and morning, having brought forward the fire, added fuel to it, swept around it, and sprinkled it with water, he offers into it when it is well kindled: the first [kindling wood] with, 'I have brought kindling wood for Agni, the great Jātavedas; with that kindling wood do you thrive, O Agni, and may we thrive through sacred study, svāhā!'; the second with, 'You are fuel; may we thrive!'; the third with, 'You are kindling wood; may we be kindled!'; the fourth with, 'This is your kindling wood, O Agni; thrive with it and swell; and may we thrive and swell!'
2.6.7
atha paryukṣya agniḥ śraddhāṃ ca medhāṃ ca vinipātaṃ smṛtiṃ ca me īḷito jātavedāḥ śunaṃ naḥ saṃprayacchatu ityagnimupatiṣṭhate \7\
Then, having sprinkled water around, he approaches the fire with, 'May Agni, praised Jātavedas, grant us faith, intellect, freedom from failure, and memory for our welfare!'
2.6.8
sa eteṣāṃ vedānāmekaṃ dvau trīn sarvān vārdhāte ya evaṃ hutvāgnimupatiṣṭhate \8\
He who, having offered thus, approaches the fire, prospers in one, two, three, or all of these Vedas.
2.6.9
tadapi ślokāḥ_ aśvatthaḥ khadiro 'rkaśca plakṣo vaikaṅkataśśamī kāṣmaryaśca śakṛdvanyaṃ sīravāhāśca sarvaśaḥ veṇuṃ varjyātha vānyāni nimbāralasakaṇṭakān karañjāmrrāsavarṇāśca varjyāḥ kāntāśca nāmataḥ homārthī tu prayuñjīta nitye naimittike 'pi vā pālāśī tu srugeva syādvā pārṇaḥ khādiraḥ sruvaḥ iti \\9\\
On this there are also verses: / 'Aśvattha, khadira, arka, plakṣa, vikaṅkata, and śamī; / kāṣmarya, wild dried cow-dung, and plough-timber of all kinds [are suitable for fuel]; / bamboo is to be avoided, or any others [such as] nimba, aralu, thorny trees; / karañja and trees resembling mango are to be avoided, and those with lovely names. / But one who desires to sacrifice should employ [the approved woods] in regular or occasional rites; / the sacrificial ladle should be of palāśa wood, or the sruc of parṇa wood and the dipping spoon of khadira.'
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- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit