[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 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 4.2: atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.1) śrāvaṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ hastena śravaṇena vā akṣatasaktūnāṃ sthālīpākasya vā juhuyāt agnaye svāhā viṣṇave svāhā śrāvaṇyai svāhā paurṇamāsyai svāhā varṣābhyaḥ svāhā iti \1\ > On the full moon day of Śrāvaṇa, under the constellation Hasta or Śravaṇa, he should offer unground barley meal or a boiled sacrificial mess, with: 'To Agni, svāhā! To Viṣṇu, svāhā! To the full moon day of Śrāvaṇa, svāhā! To the full moon day, svāhā! To the rainy season, svāhā!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.2) lājānakṣatasaktūṃśca sarpiṣā sannīyāgnau juhuyāt divyānāṃ sarpāṇāmadhipataye svāhā divyebhyaḥ sarpebhyaḥ svāhā iti \2\ > Having mixed parched grain and unground barley meal with clarified butter, he should offer into the fire, with: 'To the lord of the divine serpents, svāhā! To the divine serpents, svāhā!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2.4) upasargaḥ \\4\\ > \[This rite is called\] the Upasarga (setting forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.4.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana*complete.74.p2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.2) · Pramāṇa