[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) › [Khadiragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira) › 2.4 # Khadiragrihyasutra 2.4 Khādiragṛhyasūtra 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.1) aṣṭame varṣe brāhmaṇamupanayet / 1 > Let him initiate a Brâhmana in his eighth year. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.2) tasyā ṣoḍaśādanatītaḥ kālaḥ / 2 > For him the time (for being initiated) has not passed until his sixteenth (year). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.3) ekādaśe kṣatriyam / 3 > In the eleventh a Kshatriya. > 4, 1. ashtame varshe brâhmanam upanayet. 2. tasyâ shodasâd anatîtah kâla. 3. ekâdase kshatriyam. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.4) tasyā dvāviṃśāt / 4 > For him (the time has not passed) until the twenty-second. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.5) dvādaśe vaiśyam / 5 > In the twelfth a Vaisya. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.6) tasyā caturviṃśāt / 6 > For him (the time has not passed) until the twenty-fourth. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.7) kuśalīkṛtamalaṃkṛtamahatenācchādya hutvā 'gne vratapata iti / 7 > After (the student's) hair has been arranged, and he has been adorned, and dressed in a garment which has not yet been washed, (the teacher) should sacrifice with (the Mantras which the student recites), 'Agni! Lord of the vow!' (MB. I, 6, 9-13.) > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.8) uttarato 'gneḥ pratyaṅmukhamavasthāpyāñjaliṃ kārayet / 8 > He should cause (the student) to stand northwards of the fire, facing the west, and to join his hands. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.9) svayaṃ copari kuryāt / 9 > And he should himself join his hands above (the student's hands). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.10) dakṣiṇatastiṣṭhanmantravān brāhmaṇa ācāryāyodakāñjaliṃ pūrayet / 10 > A Brâhmana versed in the Mantras who stands towards the south, should fill the teacher's joined hands with water. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.11) āgantreti japet prekṣamāṇe / 11 > While (the student?) looks at him, (the teacher) should murmur (the Mantra), 'With him who comes to us' (MB. I, 6, 14). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.12) ko nāmāsītyukto devatāśrayaṃ nakṣatrāśrayaṃ vā 'bhivādanīyaṃ nāma brūyādasāvasmīti / 12 > (The student) to whom (the teacher) has said, 'What is thy name?' should pronounce a name which he is to use at respectful salutations, derived from (the name of) a deity or a Nakshatra, 'I am N.N.!' (l.l. 17.) > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.13) utsṛjyāpo devasya ta iti dakṣiṇottarābhyāṃ hastābhyāmañjaliṃ gṛhṇīyādācāryaḥ / 13 > Having let the water run (out of his joined hands over the student's hands) the teacher should seize with his two hands, holding the right uppermost, (the student's) joined hands, with (the formula), By the impulse of the god Sâvitrî' (l.l. 18). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.14) sūryasyeti pradakṣiṇamāvartayet / 14 > With (the formula), 'Move in the sun's course' (l.l. 19) he should make him turn round from left to right. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.15) dakṣiṇamaṃsamanvavamṛśyānantarhitāṃ nābhimālabhetprāṇānāmiti / 15 > Grasping down over his right shoulder he should touch his uncovered navel with (the formula), '(Thou art the knot) of all breath' (l.l. 20). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.16) athainaṃ paridadyādantakaprabhṛtibhiḥ / 16 > He then should give him in charge (to the gods) with the Antaka and the other formulas (l.l. 20 seqq.). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.17) dakṣiṇamaṃsaṃ prajāpataye tveti / 17 > (He touches) his right shoulder with (the formula), 'To Pragâpati (I give) thee (in charge)' (l.l. 23), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.18) savyena savyaṃ devāya tveti / 18 > His left shoulder with his left (hand) with (the formula), 'To the god Savitri (I give) thee (in charge)' (l.l. 24). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.19) brahmacāryasīti / 19 > Having directed him (to observe the duties of Brahmakarya, by the formula), 'A student art thou' (l.l. 25, 26), (the teacher) sitting down should from left to right tie round the student, who bends his right knee and clasps his hands, the girdle made of Muñga grass, and should cause him to repeat (the verse), 'Protecting us from evil word' (l.l. 27). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.20) saṃpreṣyopaviśya dakṣiṇajānvaktamañjalikṛtaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ muñjamekhalāmāvadhnanvācayediyaṃ duruktāditi / 20 > With (the words), 'Recite, sir!' (the student) should respectfully sit down near (the teacher). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.21) adhīhi bho ityupasīdet / 21 > He then recites the Sâvitrî (l.l. 29) to him, Pâda by Pâda, hemistich by hemistich, (and finally) the whole-thus he should teach him the Sâvitrî, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.22) tasmā anvāha sāvitrīṃ paccho 'rdharcaśassarvāmiti sāvitrīṃ vācayet / 22 > And the Mahâvyâhritis, one by one, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.23) mahāvyāhṛtīścaikaikaśaḥ / 23 > And the word Om. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.24) oṃkāraṃ ca / 24 > He hands over to him the staff, which should be made of (the wood of) a tree— > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.25) prayacchatyasmai vārkṣaṃ daṇḍam / 25 > With (the formula which the student has to recite), 'O glorious one, make me glorious' (l.l. 34). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.26) suśravassuśravasaṃ meti / 26 > Let him put a piece of wood (on the fire) with (the verse), 'To Agni a piece of wood' (l.l. 32). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.27) samidhamādadhyādagnaye samidhamiti / 27 > Let him go to beg food; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.28) bhaikṣaṃ caret / 28 > First of his mother, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.29) mātaramagre / 29 > Then of other women friends. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.30) athānyāssuhṛdaḥ / 30 > He should announce the alms (received) to his teacher. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.31) ācāryāya bhaikṣaṃ nivedayet / 31 > He should stand silently till sunset. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.32) tiṣṭhedā 'stamayāttūṣaṇīṃ / 32 > Through a period of three nights he should avoid eating saline food and drinking milk. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4.33) trirātraṃ kṣāralavaṇadugdhamiti varjayet / 33 iti caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira~en-oldenberg.2.4.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.9.4.1-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.10.28) — Gobhila, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.2.4) · Pramāṇa