[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) › 4.2.3 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 4.2.3 Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 4.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.3) uttareṇāgniṃ mprāgagreṣu kuśeṣu śucau vā deśe divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatirunnīyatāṃ divyāḥ sarpā unnīyantāmityapo ninayati \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatiḥ pralikhatām divyāḥ sarpāḥ pralikhantāmiti phaṇena veṣṭayati \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatiranulimpatām divyāḥ sarpā anulimpantām iti pannagasya pātrāṇi ninayati \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatissumanasyatāṃ divyāḥ sarpāssumanasyantāmiti sumanasa upaharati \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatirācchādyatāṃ divyāḥ sarpā ācchādyantāmiti sūtratantumupaharati \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatirāñjatām divyāḥ sarpā āñjantāmiti kuśataruṇenopaghātamañjanasya karoti \ divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipatirīkṣatāṃ divyāssarpā īkṣantāmityādarśenekṣayati \ evamāntarikṣāṇāṃ pārthivānāṃ divyānāṃ tristriruccaistarāṃ nīcaistarāṃ ityodanadravyeṇopaghātamā pratyavarohādrātrau vāgyatassodakaṃ balimupaharet \3\ > To the north of the fire, on kuśa grass with the tips pointing eastward, or in a clean place, he pours out water, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents be led forth; let the divine serpents be led forth!' He sweeps around with a hood-like comb, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents comb; let the divine serpents comb!' He pours out the vessels of the serpent, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents anoint himself; let the divine serpents anoint themselves!' He offers flowers, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents be well-minded; let the divine serpents be well-minded!' He offers a thread of yarn, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents be clothed; let the divine serpents be clothed!' With a young shoot of kuśa grass he strikes into and applies collyrium, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents apply collyrium; let the divine serpents apply collyrium!' He causes them to look into a mirror, saying: 'Let the lord of the divine serpents look; let the divine serpents look!' In the same way for those of the atmosphere and those of the earth, and for the divine ones, three times each, higher and lower; striking each time into the boiled rice substance, until the Pratyavarohaṇa rite, he should offer a bali oblation together with water at night, restraining his speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.2) - [Next: 4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.4) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.4.2.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana*complete.74.p3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.3) · Pramāṇa