Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.7: atha saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.7
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atha saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.7.1
athāta upākaraṇam \1\
Now, therefore, the opening of Vedic study (upākaraṇa).
3.7.2
oṣadhīnāṃ prādurbhāve \2\
When the plants appear,
3.7.3
śrāvaṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyām \3\
on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa,
3.7.4
hastena śravaṇena vā \4\
under the constellation Hasta or Śravaṇa.
3.7.5
akṣatasūktānāṃ dadhighṛtamiśrāṇāṃ pratyṛcaṃ vedena juhuyāditi haika āhuḥ \5\
"One should offer unbroken grains, mixed with sour milk and clarified butter, verse by verse through the Veda with the hymns," so say some.
3.7.6
sūktānuvākādyāḥ \6\
[Or] the beginnings of the hymns and sections.
3.7.7
adhyāyārṣeyādyābhiriti ca māṇḍūkeyaḥ \7\
"With the beginnings of chapters and ṛṣi-lists," says Māṇḍūkeya.
3.7.8
atha ha smāha kauṣītakiḥ vedebhyo devebhyaḥ chandobhyaḥ ṛṣibhyaśceti \8\
Now Kauṣītaki used to say: "[Offering] to the Vedas, to the gods, to the metres, and to the seers."
3.7.9
agnimīḷe purohitamityekā \9\
"I praise Agni the domestic priest..." is one [verse].
3.7.10
kuṣumbhakastadabravīt āvadaṃstvaṃ śakune bhadramāvada gṛṇānā jamadagninā dhāmante viśvaṃ bhuvanamadhiśritam gantā no yajñaṃ yajñiyāḥ suśami yo naḥ svo araṇaḥ praticakṣva āgne yāhi marutsakhā yatte rājañchṛtaṃ haviḥ iti dvyṛcāḥ \10\
"Kuṣumbhaka said that...", "Speak, O bird, speaking what is auspicious...", "Lauded by Jamadagni...", "In your dwelling all the world rests...", "Come to our sacrifice, worthy of sacrifice, well-prepared...", "Whoever is our own, whoever a stranger, look down upon...", "Come, O Agni, with the Maruts as friends...", "Whatever is cooked for you, O king, as an oblation..."—these are two-verse hymns.
3.7.11
tacchaṃyorāvṛṇīmahe ityekā \11\
"That blessing and comfort we choose..." is one [verse].
3.7.12
hutaśeṣāddhaviḥ prāśya dadhikrāvṇo akāriṣamityācamyopaviśya mahāvyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrīṃ vedādiprabhṛti svastyayanāni ca japitvā ācāryaṃ svasti vācya \12\
Having eaten of the oblation from the remains of the sacrifice, having sipped water with "I have sung of Dadhikrāvan...", having sat down and muttered the great mystical utterances, the Sāvitrī, and auspicious formulas beginning with the opening of the Veda, and having caused the preceptor to say "Auspicious!"
3.7.13
tadapi bhavati_ upākarmaṇi cotsarge trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ bhavet aṣṭakāsu tathaiva syādṛtvantyāsu ca rātriṣu \\13\\
Concerning this, there is also [a verse]: "At the opening of Vedic study and at the concluding rite there should be a three-night abstinence; likewise at the Aṣṭakās, and on the nights that end a season."
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Linked texts (2)
- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit