Khadiragrihyasutra 2.3
Khādiragṛhyasūtra 2.3
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2.3.1
jananājjyautsne tṛtīye tṛtīyāyāṃ prātaḥ snāpya kumāramastamite śāntāsu dikṣu pitā candramasamupatiṣṭhet prāñjaliḥ / 1
On the third (Tithi) of the third bright fortnight after his birth, the father should have the child bathed in the morning, and after sunset he should, holding up his joined hands, towards the auspicious directions (of the horizon), worship the moon.
2.3.2
śucinā ''cchādya mātā prayacchedudakchirasam / 2
The mother, having dressed (the son) in a clean (garment), should hand him, with his face turned to the north, to the father.
2.3.3
anupṛṣṭhaṃ gatvottaratastiṣṭhet / 3
She then should pass behind (her husband's) back, and should station herself towards the north.
2.3.4
yatte susīma iti tisṛbhirupasthāyodañcaṃ mātre pradāya yadada ityapāmañjalimavasiñcet / 4
After he has performed worship (to the moon) with the three (verses), 'Thy heart, O thou with the well-parted hair' (MB. I, 5, 10 seqq.), and has handed over the son, turning him towards the north, to his mother, he should pour water out of his joined hands with (the verse), 'What in the moon' (l.l. 13).
2.3.5
dvistūṣṇīm / 5
(He should do the same) twice silently.
2.3.6
jananādūrdhvaṃ daśarātrācchatarātrātsaṃvatsarādvā nāma kuryāt / 6
After a period of ten nights, or of a hundred nights, or of one year after (the child's birth) he should give him a name.
2.3.7
snāpya kumāraṃ kariṣyata upaviṣṭasya śucinā ''cchādya mātā prayacchedudakchirasam / 7
He who is going to perform (that ceremony-the father or a representative of the father), after he
3, 1. gananâg gyautsne tritîye tritîyâyâm prâta snâpya kumâram astam ite sântâsu dikshu pitâ kandramasam upatishthet prâñgalih. 2. sukinâkhâdya mâtâ prayakhed udaksirasam. 3. anuprishtham gatvottaratas tishthed. 4. yat te susîma iti tisribhir upasthâyodañkam mâtre pradâya yad ada ity apâm añgalim avasiñked. 5. dvis tûshnîm. 6. gananâd ûrdhvam dasarâtrâk khatarâtrât samvatsarâd vâ nâma kuryât. 7. snâpya kumâram karishyata upavishtasya sukinâkhâdya mâtâ prayakhed udaksirasam. has had the boy bathed, should sit down, and the mother, having dressed him in a clean (garment), should hand him, with his face turned to the north, to the performer (of the ceremony).
2.3.8
anupṛṣṭhaṃ gatyottarata upaviśet / 8
She then should walk around behind (his) back and should sit down towards the north.
2.3.9
hutvā kosīti tasya mukhyān prāṇānabhimṛśet / 9
He should sacrifice and should touch the sense-organs at (the boy's) head with the (Mantra), 'Who art thou?' (MB. I, 5, 14, 15.)
2.3.10
asāviti nāma kuryāttadeva mantrānte / 10
'N.N.!'—(at the place thus indicated in the Mantra) he should give him a name.
2.3.11
mātre / 11
The same (he should pronounce) at the end of the Mantra.
2.3.12
prathamamākhyāya / 12
He should tell it to the mother first.
2.3.13
viproṣyaṅgādaṅgāditi putrasya mūrdhānaṃ parigṛhṇīyāt / 13
(The father) when returning from a journey, should grasp (with his two hands) his son round the head, with (the verses), 'From limb by limb' (MB. I, 5, 16-18).
2.3.14
paśūnāṃ tvetyabhijighret / 14
With (the formula), 'With the cattle's' (l.l. 19), he should kiss him.
2.3.15
tūṣṇīṃ striyāḥ / 15
Silently (he should do the same) with a daughter.
2.3.16
tṛtīye varṣe caulam / 16
In the third year the tonsure (of the child's head is performed).
2.3.17
tatra nāpita uṣṇodakamādarśaḥ kṣuro vaudumbaraḥ piñjūlya iti dakṣiṇataḥ / 17
There the barber, warm water, a mirror, or a
2.3.18
ānaḍuho gomayaḥ kṛsarassthālīpāko vṛthāpakva ityuttarataḥ / 18
A bull's dung and a mess of boiled rice with sesamum seeds which may be more or less cooked, to the north;
2.3.19
mātā ca kumāramādāya / 19
And the mother with the son in her lap.
2.3.20
hutvā 'yamāgāditi nāpitaṃ prekṣetsavitāraṃ dhyāyan / 20
(The performer of the ceremony), after having sacrificed, should look, with (the Mantra), 'Hither has come' (MB. I, 6, 1), at the barber, fixing his thoughts on (the god) Savitri.
2.3.21
uṣṇenetyuṣṇodakaṃ prekṣedvāyuṃ dhyāyan / 21
With (the Mantra), 'With warm water' (l.l. 2), he should look at the warm water, fixing his thoughts on Vâyu.
2.3.22
āpa ityundet / 22
With (the Mantra), 'May the waters' (l.l. 3), he moistens (the boy's hair).
2.3.23
viṣṇorityādarśaṃ prekṣedaudumbaraṃ vā / 23
With (the Mantra), 'Vishnu's (l.l. 4), he should look at the mirror or at the razor of Udumbara-wood.
2.3.24
oṣadha iti darbhapiñjūlīssaptordhvāgrā abhinidhāya / 24
With (the Mantra), 'Herb!' (l.l. 5) he puts seven Darbha-blades, with their points upwards (i.e. towards the boy's head?), into (his hair).
2.3.25
svadhita ityādarśena kṣureṇaudumbareṇa vā / 25
With (the formula), 'Axe!' (l.l. 6) (he presses them down) with the mirror or with the razor of Udumbara-wood.
2.3.26
yena pūṣeti dakṣiṇatastriḥ prāñcaṃ prohet / 26
With (the Mantra), 'With which Pûshan' (l.l. 7), he should move forward (the razor) three
2.3.27
sakṛdāyasena pracchidyānaḍuhe gomaye keśān kuryāt / 27
Cutting (the hair) once with a razor of metal he should throw the hair on the bull's dung.
2.3.28
undanaprabhṛnyevaṃ paścāduttarataśca / 28
The same rites, beginning from the moistening (of the hair, are repeated) on the left side and on the back side (of the child's head).
2.3.29
tryāyuṣamiti putrasya mūrdhānaṃ parigṛhya japet / 29
Grasping (with his two hands) the boy round his head he should murmur (the verse), 'The threefold age' (l.l. 8).
2.3.30
udaṅṅutsṛpya kuśalī kārayedyathāgotrakulakalpam / 30
Walking away (from the fire) in a northern direction he should have the arrangement of (the boy's) hair made according to the custom of his Gotra and of his family.
2.3.31
araṇye keśānnikhaneyuḥ / 31
Let them bury the hair in the forest.
2.3.32
stambe nidadhatyeke / 32
Some throw them on a bunch (of grass or the like).
2.3.33
gaurdakṣiṇā / 33
iti tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
A cow constitutes the sacrificial fee.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtra — Gobhila, Sanskrit