[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) › 3.14 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.14: atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [3.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.1) atha māsi māsi pitṛbhyo dadyāt \1\ > Now, month by month, one should make offerings to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.2) brāhmaṇān vedaviduṣo 'yugmān tryavarārdhyān pitṛvadupaveśyāyugmānyudapātrāṇi tilairavakīrya brāhmaṇānāṃ pāṇiṣu ninayet \2\ > Having seated an uneven number of Brahmins learned in the Veda, at least three, in the manner of the ancestors, having scattered sesame seeds into an uneven number of water-vessels, he should pour \[the water\] into the hands of the Brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.3) ata ūrdhvamalaṅkṛtānāmantryāgnau kṛtvānnaṃ ca asāvetatatte ityanudiśya bhojayet \3\ > After this, having adorned them, having offered \[a portion\] in the fire, and having assigned the food with "N.N., this to you!", he should feed \[them\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.4) bhuñjāneṣu mahāvyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrīṃ madhuvātīyāḥ pitṛdevatyāḥ pāvamānīrjaped yathotsāhamanyat \4\ > While they are eating, he should mutter the great mystical utterances, the Sāvitrī, the Madhuvātīya verses, the verses addressed to the ancestors, and the Pāvamānī verses, and any other \[texts\] according to his ability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.5) bhuktavatsu piṇḍān dadyāt \5\ > When they have eaten, he should offer sacrificial rice-balls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.6) purastādeke \6\ > Some \[say he should offer them\] beforehand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.7) piṇḍān tatpaścimena patnīnāṃ kiñci dantardhāya \7\ > To the west of them, he puts down slightly concealed sacrificial rice-balls for the wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.8) brāhmaṇānāṃ śeṣaṃ nivedayet \8\ > He should announce the remainder to the Brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.9) agnaukaraṇādi piṇḍapitṛyajñena kalpo vyākhyātaḥ \9\ > The procedure beginning with the offering in the fire has been explained by the sacrifice of sacrificial rice-balls to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.10) sūtrāṇi dattvāñjanābhyañjanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpāṃśca pratipiṇḍaṃ dadyāt \10\ > Having given threads, he should give ointment, unguent, perfume, flowers, incense, and lamps for each sacrificial rice-ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.11) athāta ekoddiṣṭam \11\ > Now then, the ancestral rite dedicated to a single person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.12) ekaṃ pavitram \12\ > There is one strainer; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.13) ekamarghyam \13\ > one water offering for hospitality; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.14) ekapiṇḍam \14\ > one sacrificial rice-ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.15) nāgnaukaraṇam \15\ > There is no offering in the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.16) abhiramyatāmiti visargaḥ \16\ > The dismissal is with: "May you be pleased." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.17) saṃvatsaramevaṃ pretaḥ \17\ > Thus for the deceased for one year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.18) caturthavisargastu \18\ > But \[at the ancestral rite\] for the fourth \[ancestor\] there is dismissal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.19) vṛddhipūrteṣu yugmān bhojayet \19\ > At \[ancestral rites for\] prosperities and works of public charity, he should feed \[Brahmans\] in even numbers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.20) pradakṣiṇamupacāraḥ \20\ > The ritual procedure is clockwise (from left to right). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14.21) yavaistilārthaḥ > Barley serves the purpose of sesame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.3.14.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.14) · Pramāṇa