Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.2: atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.2
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atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.2.1
agāraṃ kārayiṣyan ihānnādyāya viśaḥ pratigṛhṇāmi ityudumbaraśākhayā triḥ parilikhya madhye sthaṇḍile juhoti ko 'si kasyāsi kāyaṃ te grāmakāmo juhomi svāhā asyāṃ devānāmadhibhāgadheyamitaḥ prajātāḥ pitaraḥ paretāḥ irāvatī juhvad grāmakāmo nu devānāṃ kañca nāntaremi svāhā iti \1\
When intending to build a house, with “Here I receive the subjects for the eating of food,” having drawn three lines around with an udumbara branch, he offers an oblation on a sacrificial ground in the middle: “Who art thou? Whose art thou? To whom do I, desiring a village, sacrifice for thee? Svāhā! In this place is the higher portion of the gods. The fathers who have departed arose from here. Sacrificing rich in nourishment, desiring a village, I indeed bypass none of the gods! Svāhā!”
3.2.2
na ca sthūṇāgartān khānayitvodamanthānāsicya imāṃ viminve 'mṛtasya śākhāṃ madhordhārāṃ prataraṇīṃ vasūnām enāṃ śiśuḥ krandatvā kumāra enāṃ dhenuḥ pāvakavathsa ityudumbaraśākhāṃ ghṛtenāktāṃ dakṣiṇe dvārye garte 'vadadhāti \2\
And not having had the post-holes dug, having poured out water mixed with flour, with “I erect this branch of immortality, a stream of sweetness, bringing forth treasures; / may the child cry towards this, may the boy [run towards it], may the purifying-calf milk-cow [approach it],” he places an udumbara branch anointed with clarified butter into the southern door-hole.
3.2.3
imāmucchrayāmi bhuvanasya śākhāṃ madhordhārāṃ prataraṇīṃ vasūnām enā śiśuḥ krandatvā kumāra enāṃ dhenuḥ pāvakavathsa ityuttarataḥ \3\
With “I raise this branch of the world, a stream of sweetness, bringing forth treasures; / may the child cry towards this, may the boy [run towards it], may the purifying-calf milk-cow [approach it],” on the north.
3.2.4
evaṃ dvayordakṣiṇataḥ paścāduttarataśca \4\
In this way at the two [posts] on the south, west, and north.
3.2.5
imāmahamasmin vṛkṣasya śākhāṃ ghṛtamukṣantīmamṛte minomi enāṃ śiśuḥ krandatvā kumāra āsyandatāṃ dhenavo nityavathsāḥ iti sthūṇārājamucchrayati \5\
With “I establish in this [ground] this branch of the tree, sprinkling clarified butter, in immortality; / may the child cry towards this, may the boy [run towards it], may the milk-cows with constant calves stream [towards it],” he raises the king-post.
3.2.6
enaṃ kumārastaruṇa āvathso bhuvanaspatiḥ \ kumbhāddadhnaḥ kalaśairgamaḥ \ ihaiva sthūṇe pratitiṣṭhatyaśvāvatī gomatī sīlamāvatī kṣeme tiṣṭha ghṛtamukṣamāṇāḥ \ ihaiva tiṣṭhannimitā tilvilevāsyā irāvatīṃ madhye poṣasva tiṣṭhantīṃ mā tvā prāpannaghāyava upahūtā iha gāva upahūtā ajāvayo 'tho 'nnasya kīḷāḷa upahūtā gṛheṣu ṇo rathantare pratiṭiṣṭha vāmadevye bṛhati śrayasva iti sthūṇārājamabhimṛśya saṃmitasya sthūṇāḥ samabhimṛśati satyaṃ ca śraddhā ca iti pūrve \6\
Having touched the king-post with the verse: 'May the young boy, the calf, the lord of the world come to this; / may you go with jars of curd from the pitcher; / stand firm right here, O post, possessing horses, possessing cows, possessing fortune, stand in peace, sprinkling clarified butter; / standing right here, erected, as if on fertile ground, thrive in the midst of her that abounds in food, standing; / may harmful ones not reach you; summoned hither are cows, summoned are goats and sheep, and summoned is the sweet drink of food in our house; stand firm on the Rathantara [chant], rest on the Vāmadevya [chant], on the Bṛhat [chant]'; he touches the posts of the measured [house]: with 'Truth and faith' the eastern ones,
3.2.7
yajñaśca dakṣiṇā ca iti dakṣiṇe \7\
with 'Sacrifice and sacrificial fee' the southern ones,
3.2.8
balaṃ corjaṃ ca ityapare \8\
with 'Strength and vigor' the western ones,
3.2.9
brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca ityuttare \9\
with 'Spiritual power and temporal power' the northern ones,
3.2.10
śrītūspe \10\
with 'Prosperity' the roof-pinnacle,
3.2.11
dharmaḥ sthūṇārāje \11\
with 'Dharma' the king-post,
3.2.12
ahorātre dvāraphalake \12\
with 'Day and night' the two door-leaves,
3.2.13
saṃvatsaraḥ pidhāne \13\
[and] with 'The year' the bolt.
3.2.14
ukṣā samudraḥ ityabhyaktamaśmānaṃ stūpasyādhastānnikhanet \14\
With 'The bull, the ocean…' he buries an anointed stone beneath the roof-pinnacle.
3.2.15
saṃsthite vāstukaraṇe śobhite ca samantataḥ \\15\\
When the house-building rite is completed and [the house] is decorated all around:
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