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Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.6: atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.6

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atha ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

3.6.1

atha vṛṣotsargaḥ \1\

Now the setting free of a bull.

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3.6.2

kārtikyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ revatyāṃ vāśvayujyāṃ ca gavāṃ madhye susamiddhamagniṃ kṛtvājyāhutīrjuhoti iha dhṛtiriha svadhṛtirupasṛjaṃ dharuṇaṃ mātre dharuṇo mātaraṃ dhayan \ rāyaspoṣamiṣamūrjamasmāsu dīdharat svāhā pūṣā gā anvetu naḥ iti pauṣṇasya \2\

On the full moon of the month Kārttika or under Revatī or on the full moon of the month Āśvayuja, having kindled the fire well in the midst of the cows, he offers oblations of clarified butter with: 'Here is stability, here is self-stability; the suckling is released to the mother, the suckling suckling the mother; / may he sustain in us abundance of wealth, food, and vigor, svāhā!' [and] with 'May Pūṣan follow our cows' of the hymn to Pūṣan.

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3.6.3

hutvaikavarṇaṃ dvivarṇaṃ trivarṇaṃ vā yo vā yūthaṃ chādayati yaṃ vā yūthaṃ saṃchādayati \3\

Having offered, [a bull] of one color, of two colors, or of three colors, or one who covers the herd, or whom the herd surrounds,

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3.6.4

rohito vaiva syāt \4\

or he should be red,

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3.6.5

sarvāṅgairupetaḥ \5\

endowed with all bodily parts,

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3.6.6

yūthe varcasvitamaḥ syātamalaṃkṛtya \6\

he should be the most vigorous in the herd; having adorned him,

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3.6.7

yūthe mukhyāścatasro vatsataryaḥ \7\

And the four principal heifers in the herd,

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3.6.8

tāścālaṃkṛtya \8\

and having adorned them,

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3.6.9

etaṃ yuvānaṃ pari vo dadāmi tena krīḷantīścarata priyeṇa mā naśśāpta januṣā saṃvidānā rāyaspoṣeṇa samiṣā madema \ ityanumantrayate \9\

he addresses them with: "This youth I hand over to you; range about playing with him, your darling. Knowing our birth, do not curse us; may we rejoice in abundance of wealth, in invigorating food!"

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3.6.10

nabhyasthe vṛṣe mayobhūrvātaḥ iti ca sūktena \10\

and when the bull is standing in their midst, with the hymn: "May the wind, bringing comfort..."

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3.6.11

sarvāsāṃ payasi sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā brāhmaṇān bhojayet \\11\\

Having cooked a boiled sacrificial mess in the milk of all [the heifers], he should feed the Brahmins.

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