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Drive away the white-footed one, before and behind, and these seven daughters of Varuṇa, all together with the relatives of the king, svāhā! To Śveta Vaidarbha, svāhā! To Vidarbha, svāhā! To Takṣaka Vaiśāleya, svāhā! To Viśāla, svāhā!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.10) suhemantaḥ suvasantaḥ sugrīṣmaḥ pratibhūṣantāṃ suvarṣāḥ santu no varṣāḥ śaradaḥ śaṃ bhavantu naḥ ityagnimupatiṣṭhate \ syonā pṛthivī bhava iti pṛthivīmanumantrya śaṃ no bhavantu vājinaḥ iti śamīśākhayābhimṛjya samudrādūrmiḥ ityabhyukṣya prastaramāstīrya jyeṣṭhadakṣiṇāpārśvaiḥ saṃviśeran \10\ > He attends upon the fire with: "May fair winter, fair spring, fair summer adorn \[us\]; may the rains be good rains to us; may the autumns be auspicious to us!" Having addressed the earth with: "Be pleasant, O earth", wiped \[the place\] with a śamī branch with: "May the steeds be auspicious to us", sprinkled \[it\] with: "A wave from the ocean", and spread out the grass-mat, they lie down with their eldest's right sides \[to the ground\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.11) prati brahman pratitiṣṭhāmi yajñe iti dakṣiṇaiḥ \11\ > "I establish myself in the Brahman, in the sacrifice", \[lying\] on the right \[sides\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.12) prati paśuṣu pratitiṣṭhāmyanne iti savyaiḥ \12\ > "I establish myself in cattle, in food", \[lying\] on the left \[sides\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.13) pratyaśveṣu pratitiṣṭhāmi kṣatre iti dakṣiṇaiḥ \13\ > "I establish myself in horses, in royal power", \[lying\] on the right \[sides\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.14) pratyapsu pratitiṣṭhāmyamṛte iti savyaiḥ \14\ > "I establish myself in waters, in immortality", \[lying\] on the left \[sides\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.15) prati prajāyāṃ pratitiṣṭhāmi puṣṭau iti dakṣiṇaiḥ \15\ > "I establish myself in offspring, in prosperity", \[lying\] on the right \[sides\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.16) prastare tāṃ rātriṃ śerate \16\ > They sleep that night on the grass-mat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.17) udīrdhvaṃ jīvaḥ ityutthāpya namo mitrasya ityādityamupasthāya yathāsukhamata ūrdhvam \17\ > Having raised \[them\] up with: "Arise, the living!", and having attended upon the sun with: "Reverence to Mitra's...", from then on \[they proceed\] according to their pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.18) sutrāmāṇamiti śayyāmārohet \18\ > He should mount the bed with: "The well-protecting..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.19) caitryāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ karkandhuparṇāni mithunānāṃ ca yathopapādaṃ piṣṭasya kṛtvā aindrāgnastuṇḍilo raudragulikāḥ \19\ > On the full moon of Caitra, having made \[figures\] from jujube leaves and flour of couples as they are available, there is a mound-shaped \[dough-offering\] sacred to Indra and Agni, and little balls sacred to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.20) lokato nakṣatrāṇyanvāvṛtaśca lokato nakṣatrāṇyanvāvṛtaśca \20\ > The lunar mansions and their turns depend on the world; the lunar mansions and their turns depend on the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4.21) iti kauṣītakagṛhye caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fourth chapter in the Kauṣītaka Gṛhyasūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.4.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana*complete.76.p2) — Sanskrit - [Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.chandogya.9.11) — Sanskrit - [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.1.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.4.4) · Pramāṇa