[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) › 5.4 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 5.4: atha caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [5.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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 \[action\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4.4) sañcitvāpi \4\ > Also having gathered \[the bones\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4.5) ekaikāmanyatrobhayataḥ kāla ā pradānāt \5\ > Elsewhere \[they pour water\] once on both occasions, until the giving \[of the bones\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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 \[river flows\]...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4.8) tantūn vā daśāsu badhvā \8\ > or having tied threads on the fringes \[of their garments\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4.10) nāghāhāni vardhayeyuriti ha smāha kauṣītakiḥ \\10\\ > 'They should not prolong the days of impurity'—thus said Kauṣītaki. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.5.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.4.15.7) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.4) · Pramāṇa