[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) › 5.8 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 5.8: atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [5.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.1) tasyāpavarge paridhikarma \1\ > At its conclusion, the rite of the enclosing boundary \[is performed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.2) ānaḷuhaṃ lohitaṃ carma prāggrīvaṃ vodaggrīvaṃ vottaraloma paścādagnerupastīrya tasminnupaviśya \2\ > Having spread out behind the fire a red bull's hide with the neck to the east or with the neck to the north and the hair turned upwards, and having sat down upon it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.3) antareṇāgnimetāṃścāśmānaṃ nidadhāti \3\ > he places a stone between the fire and these \[persons\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.4) śamyāḥ paridhīn kṛtvā śamīmayamidhmaṃ pālāśaṃ vāruṇena sruveṇa kaṃsena vā juhotītyupasthakṛtaḥ samanvārabdheṣu \4\ > Having made enclosing sticks of śamyā wood and a fuel bundle of śamī or palāśa wood, he who has made a lap offers with a sruva of varuṇa wood or a bronze vessel, while they keep in contact with him from behind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.5) imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paraitu mṛtyuramṛtaṃ na āgan vaivasvato abhayaṃ naḥ kṛṇotu parṇaṃ vanaspaterivābhinaśśīyatāṃ rayiḥ sacatāṃ naḥ śacīpātaḥ yāścāruṇeḥ daśānvādhāna iti apa naḥ śāśucadaghamiti sapta agne naya yastvā hṛdā tvaṃ no agne adharādudaktāt iti dvādaśa hutvā yathāhāni iti dakṣiṇamaṃsaṃ dvābhyāṃ samīkṣyāñjanaṃ sarpiṣā sannīya darbhapiñjūlaiḥ strīṇāmakṣīṇyanakti imā nārīḥ iti sakṛnmantreṇa dvistūṣṇīm \5\ > Having offered \[the verses\]: 'May this death go away from the living; immortality has come to us; may the son of Vivasvat make us fearless; may wealth fall upon us like a leaf from a tree; may Śacī's lord attach himself to us', and the ten additions of Āruṇi, the seven \[verses\]: 'May he burn away our sin...', \[and\] the twelve: 'O Agni, lead...', 'He who to you with heart...', 'You, O Agni, from below, from above...'; having looked at the right shoulder with two \[verses\]: 'As the days...', having mixed salve with clarified butter, he anoints the eyes of the women with tufts of darbha grass, once with the mantra: 'These women...', \[and\] twice silently. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.6) brāhmaṇasya bāhumanvārabdhāṃ vā gorvā pucchamuttiṣṭhato 'numantrayate uttiṣṭha brahmaṇaspate iti \6\ > He recites over them as they stand up, holding onto the arm of a brāhmaṇa or holding onto the tail of a cow: 'Arise, O Brahmaṇaspati...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.7) anaḍvānahataṃ vāsaḥ kaṃsaśca dakṣiṇā \7\ > A bull, an unwashed garment, and a bronze vessel are the sacrificial fee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.8) dakṣiṇāto vā cittam \8\ > or what is desired according to \[one's\] wish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.9) ni vartadhvamiti sūktena pratyenāḥ pradakṣiṇamagniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ triḥ paryeti \9\ > With the hymn: 'Turn back...', the defendant walks around the fire clockwise three times, clockwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.10) pratyenasi paridhikarma \10\ > The rite of the enclosing boundary \[is performed\] for a defendant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.11) eṣa eva bānāhitāgneḥ kalpaḥ \11\ > This very procedure is also for one who has not set up the sacred fires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8.12) rājagavīmāmikṣāmulmukamuddhṛtya sarvamanyatsamānaṃ sarvamanyatsamānam \\12\\ > Taking away the royal cow, the clotted curds, and the firebrand, everything else is the same; everything else is the same. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.5.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.4.16.4) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete.10.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.5.8) · Pramāṇa