Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.3: atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.3
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atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.3.1
agniṃ dadhāmi manasā śivena ityagniṃ praṇīya pṛthivīṃ śaṃbhuvā ha pratitiṣṭhasva iti prāgagreṣu naveṣu kuśeṣūdakumbhaṃ navaṃ maṇikaṃ vā pratiṣṭhāpya āpohiṣṭhīyābhistisṛbhiḥ pūrayitvā ariṣṭā asmākaṃ vīrā mā parā seci no dhanamityapidhāya rathantarasya stotriyeṇa punarādāya kakupkāraṃ tisraḥ pūrvāhṇe juhoti \1\
Having brought forward the fire with 'I establish the fire with an auspicious mind', having set down a water-jar or a new vessel upon fresh kuśa grass pointing to the east with 'Stand firm upon the earth with well-being', having filled it with the three verses beginning with 'Water indeed are you', [and] having covered it with 'Unharmed are our heroes, may our wealth not be poured away'; taking [clarified butter] again, he offers three [oblations] in the forenoon, with the Kakubh verse form, with the stotriya of the Rathantara [chant];
3.3.2
vāmadevyasya madhyandine \2\
at noon [with that] of the Vāmadevya [chant];
3.3.3
bṛhato 'parāhṇe \3\
in the afternoon [with that] of the Bṛhat [chant];
3.3.4
sāvitryā cānusavanaṃ śatādūrdhvam \4\
and with the Sāvitrī verse, at each pressing, more than a hundred times.
3.3.5
mahāvyāhṛtayaścatasraḥ \ vāstoṣpate iti catasraḥ \ vāstoṣpate dhruvā sthūṇā sauviṣṭakṛtī daśamī sthālīpākasya rātrau \5\
There are four great mystical utterances; four [verses beginning with] 'O Vāstoṣpati'; 'O Vāstoṣpati, a firm post…'; the tenth is the Sviṣṭakṛt verse, for the boiled sacrificial mess at night.
3.3.6
jyeṣṭhaṃ putramādāya jāyayā saddadhānyāḥ prapadyate indrasya gṛhāḥ śivā vasumanto varūthinaḥ \ tānahaṃ prapadye saha jāyayā saha prajayā saha paśubhiḥ saha yanme kiñcāsti tena \ śamaṃ śamaṃ śivaṃ śivaṃ kṣemāya vaḥ śāntyai prapadye 'bhayaṃ no astu iti \6\
Taking the eldest son, together with his wife, holding grains, he enters [the house with the verse]: 'Indra's auspicious, wealthy houses with protection; / those I enter together with my wife, together with my offspring, together with my cattle, together with whatever is mine; / peace, peace, auspiciousness, auspiciousness, for your safety, for tranquility I enter; may fearlessness be ours!'
3.3.7
etayaivāvṛtāṣāḍhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ svastyayanamityācakṣate \7\
They declare that on the full moon of the month Āṣāḍha there is a rite for welfare according to this very procedure.
3.3.8
uddharenmaṇikapratiṣṭhāpanaṃ gṛhapraveśanaṃ ca \8\
He should omit the setting down of the vessel and the house-entering ceremony.
3.3.9
svasti no mimītāmiti pañcarcaṃ japati \9\
He mutters the five-verse hymn: 'May they grant us welfare…'
3.3.10
atha brāhmaṇabhojanam \\10\\
Then [follows] the feeding of Brahmins.
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