Kaushitakagrihyasutra 5.3: atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 5.3
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atha tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
5.3.1
paścānnidhāya gārhapatyaṃ dakṣiṇato dakṣiṇāgniṃ purastādāhavanīyam \1\
having placed the gārhapatya fire to the west, the dakṣiṇa fire to the south, and the āhavanīya fire to the east;
5.3.2
paścāddakṣiṇato vā gāmanustaraṇīm \2\
to the west or to the south [they lead] the covering cow.
5.3.3
jīvantyā vṛkkau pṛṣṭhata uddhṛtya saṃjñaptāyā vā dakṣiṇāgnau koṣṇau kṛtvā ati drava ityṛgbhyāṃ pāṇayorādhāya \3\
Having extracted the two kidneys from behind while she is alive, or having slaughtered her, and warmed them on the dakṣiṇa fire, he places them into his two hands with the two verses: "Run past...";
5.3.4
āmikṣāṃ ca \4\
and the curdled milk.
5.3.5
agnervarma iti vapayā mukhaṃ pracchādyāntareṇa gārhapatyāhavanīyau hṛtvottānaṃ cite nipātya \5\
Having covered his face with the omentum with: "The armor of Agni...", having carried him between the gārhapatya and āhavanīya fires, and laid him face upwards on the funeral pyre,
5.3.6
uttarataḥ patnīmupasaṃveśya udīrṣva nāri ityutthāpya prāṇāyataneṣu hiraṇyaśakalaṃ nidhāya ghṛtena vābhighārya \6\
having made the wife lie down to the north, having raised her up with: "Arise, woman!", having placed a piece of gold in the organs of sensation or sprinkled them over with clarified butter,
5.3.7
pātrāṇi yunakti \7\
he equips him with the vessels:
5.3.8
dakṣiṇe pāṇau juhūm \8\
the juhū ladle in his right hand;
5.3.9
upabhṛtaṃ savye \9\
the upabhṛt ladle in his left;
5.3.10
dhruvāmurasi \10\
the dhruvā ladle on his chest;
5.3.11
agnihotrahavaṇīṃ kaṇṭhe \11\
the agnihotra ladle at his throat;
5.3.12
sruvau nāsikayoḥ \12\
the two sruva spoons at his nostrils;
5.3.13
prāśitraharaṇaṃ dakṣiṇe śrotre \13\
the vessel for the prāśitra portion at his right ear;
5.3.14
praṇītāpraṇayanaṃ savye \14\
the vessel for carrying holy water at his left;
5.3.15
śirasi kapālāni \15\
the potsherds on his head;
5.3.16
datsu grāvṇaḥ \16\
the pressing-stones in his teeth;
5.3.17
udare samavattadhānīm \17\
the vessel containing the cut-off portions on his belly;
5.3.18
pārśvayoḥ pātryau \18\
There are two vessels at the sides.
5.3.19
sphyaṃ dakṣiṇe pārśve \19\
The wooden sword is on the right side.
5.3.20
savye kṛṣṇājinam \20\
On the left side, the black antelope skin.
5.3.21
upasthe 'raṇī \21\
On the lap, the two fire-producing churning sticks.
5.3.22
ūrvoraṣṭhīvatoścolūkhalamusale \22\
On the two thighs and the two kneecaps, the mortar and pestle.
5.3.23
patto 'gnihotrapātrāṇi \23\
At the feet, the vessels for the Agnihotra.
5.3.24
tāni ghṛtena pṛṣadājyena vā pūrayitvābhighāryājaṃ badhnīyād darbhamayenābalena vā \24\
Having filled them with clarified butter or curd-mixed butter and sprinkled them over, he should tie a goat with [a rope] made of darbha grass or one that is weak.
5.3.25
ajaṃ dravantamanumantrayate ajo bhāgaḥ iti \25\
As the goat runs away, he recites over it: 'The goat is the portion...'
5.3.26
ayaṃ vai tvamasmādayaṃ te yonistvamasya yoniḥ \ pitā putrasya lokakujjātavedaḥ \ vahasvainaṃ sukṛtām̐ yatra lokaḥ \ ayaṃ vai tvāmajanayadayaṃ tvayi jāyatāmasau svāhā iti sruveṇa hutvodaṅṅutkrāmanti \26\
Having offered with the sruva: 'This indeed are you from this one; this is your womb, you are his womb. / Father, preparing a world for the son, O Jātavedas, / bear him to where the world of the righteous is. / This one indeed begot you; may he be born in you, so-and-so, svāhā!', they step out toward the north.
5.3.27
upoṣantyagnibhiḥ \27\
They kindle [the pyre] with the sacred fires.
5.3.28
pragṛhyolmukena mainamagne vidahaḥ iti saṃpradīpte daśa japitvaā savyāvṛtto 'navekṣamāṇāḥ prāgudañcaḥ prakrāntānmṛtyoḥ padamityanumantrayate dvābhyām \28\
Taking a firebrand [and saying]: 'O Agni, do not burn this one completely...', when it is fully blazing, having muttered ten [verses], turning to the left without looking back, stepping forward toward the northeast, he recites over them with two [verses]: '[I remove] the footstep of death...'
5.3.29
ācāryasya ca mātāpitrorvapitvā tīrthaṃ gatvā tasya paścāt tiryak trīnunmṛjjya teṣvaśmano nidhāya palāśaśākhe granthiṃ kṛtvā tayoradho 'tikrāmanti \29\
And after the [death] of the teacher or the father and mother, having shaved, having gone to a bathing place, having wiped up three [heaps of earth] across behind it, having placed stones on them, and having tied a knot in two palāśa branches, they step under them.
5.3.30
devasya savituḥ pavitraṃ sahasradhāraṃ vitatamantarikṣe yenāpunadindramanārtamārtyai tenāhaṃ sarvatanuṃ punāmi ityanumantrya etān pṛthag jaghanyaḥ śākhe vyatyasyet \30\
Having recited over them: 'The strainer of the divine Savitṛ, with a thousand streams, spread in the atmosphere, / by which he purified Indra free from distress for suffering, / with that I purify my whole body', the last one should cross the branches separately.
5.3.31
yā rāṣṭrātparṇādupayanti śākhā abhīvṛtā nṛpatimicchamānāḥ dhātusthāḥ sarvāḥ pavanena śuddhāḥ pūtā bhavata yajñiyāsaḥ iti \\31\\
'The branches that approach from the kingdom [and] from the palāśa tree, surrounded, desiring the lord of men, / standing in their nature, all purified by the wind, become pure and worthy of sacrifice.'
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Linked texts (3)
- Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra — Agniveśa, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyāraṇyaka (complete text) — Sanskrit