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Kaushitakagrihyasutra 5.4: atha caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 5.4

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atha caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

5.4.1

āpo hiṣṭhā sa nā ca soma ityudakaṃ spṛśanti sūktābhyām \1\

They touch water with the two hymns: 'You waters are indeed refreshing...' and 'He who is Soma...'

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5.4.2

śirasi gomayaṃ kṛtvā śuṣkamanusrotasamanupanimajjanto 'santāpamānāḥ \2\

Having placed dry cow-dung on their heads, plunging along with the stream without distressing themselves,

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5.4.3

āpo asmān ityākṛṣyodakaṃ prasiñceyuḥ etatta udakamapo 'sau ityapo bhūmau niṣiñcanti trirupaspṛśyopaspṛśya \3\

drawing [the water] with: 'May the waters [purify] us...', they should pour it forth. With: 'This is water for you, O so-and-so!', they pour water onto the ground, having sipped water three times [between] each [action].

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5.4.4

sañcitvāpi \4\

Also having gathered [the bones].

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5.4.5

ekaikāmanyatrobhayataḥ kāla ā pradānāt \5\

Elsewhere [they pour water] once on both occasions, until the giving [of the bones].

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5.4.6

grāmaṃ gatvā dvāryudapātre dūrvāyavasarṣapānopyārdragomaye nidhāya aśmanvatīḥ ityabhyaktamaśmānamudapātraṃ ca saṃmṛśati \6\

Having gone to the village, having scattered dūrvā grass, barley, and mustard seeds into a water pot at the door, and having placed it on moist cow-dung, he touches the anointed stone and the water pot with: 'The stony [river flows]...'

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5.4.7

taccakṣuḥ ityādityamupasthāya rātrau cetanarcāgnimupasthāya \7\

Having attended upon the sun with: 'That eye...', [and] at night having attended upon the fire with a verse addressing it;

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5.4.8

tantūn vā daśāsu badhvā \8\

or having tied threads on the fringes [of their garments].

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5.4.9

adhaḥśayyā haviṣyabhakṣatā pratyūhanaṃ ca karmaṇāmekarātraṃ trirātraṃ navarātraṃ vā \9\

Sleeping on the ground, eating sacrificial food, and postponing ceremonies [lasts] for one night, three nights, or nine nights.

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5.4.10

nāghāhāni vardhayeyuriti ha smāha kauṣītakiḥ \\10\\

'They should not prolong the days of impurity'—thus said Kauṣītaki.

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