Khadiragrihyasutra 2.5
Khādiragṛhyasūtra 2.5
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2.5.1
godāne caulavatkalpaḥ / 1
At the Godâna (or cutting of the beard) the
5, 1. atha goalie kaulavat kalpah. rite is identical with the Kaula (cutting of the hair; see above, chap. 3, 16 seqq.).
2.5.2
salomaṃ vāpayet / 2
He should have (his beard) and the hair of his body shaven.
2.5.3
go 'śvāvimithunāni dakṣiṇāḥ pṛthagvarṇānām / 3
The sacrificial fee consists of an ox and a cow, or of a pair of horses, or of sheep, for the (three) castes respectively,
2.5.4
sarveṣāṃ vā gauḥ / 4
Or of a cow for all (castes).
2.5.5
ajaḥ keśapratigrahāya / 5
A goat (is given) to the person who catches up the hair.
2.5.6
uktamupanayanam / 6
The initiation (connected with the Godânakarman, &c.) has been declared.
2.5.7
nācariṣyantaṃ saṃvatsaram / 7
(One should) not initiate one who does not intend to keep the vow through one year.
2.5.8
aniyuktaṃ tvahatam / 8
(The use of) a garment, however, which has not yet been washed (see chap. 4, 7), is not prescribed (here),
2.5.9
tathālaṅkāraḥ / 9
Nor the adornment (chap. 4, 7).
2.5.10
adhassaṃveśī / 10
(The observances prescribed for the Godânavrata are the following:)
He should sleep on the ground.
2.5.11
amadhumāṃsāśī syāt / 11
He should avoid eating honey and flesh.
2.5.12
maithunakṣurakṛtyasnānāvalekhanadantadhāvanapādadhāvanāni varjayet / 12
He should avoid sexual intercourse, shaving, (luxurious) bathing, combing his head, and cleansing his teeth and his feet (in a luxurious way).
2.5.13
nāsya kāme retasskandet / 13
nâsya kâme reta skandet.
2.5.14
na goyuktamārohet / 14
Let him not mount a chariot yoked with cows,
2.5.15
na grāma upānahau / 15
Nor (wear) shoes in the village.
2.5.16
mekhalādhāraṇabhaikṣacaryadaṇḍasamidādhānopasparśanaprātarabhivādā nityam / 16
Wearing the girdle, going the rounds for alms, (carrying) a staff, putting fuel (on the fire), touching water, reverentially saluting (the teacher) in the morning: (these are the) standing (duties).
2.5.17
godānavrātikādityavrataupaniṣadajyeṣṭhasāmikāssaṃvatsarāḥ / 17
The Godâna-vrata, the Vrâtika-vrata, the Âditya-vrata, the Upanishad-vrata, and the Gyeshthasâma-vrata (last) one year (each).
2.5.18
nādityavratamekeṣām / 18
The Âditya-vrata some (do) not (undergo).
2.5.19
ye carantyekavāsaso bhavanti / 19
They who undergo it, wear one garment.
2.5.20
ādityaṃ ca nāntardadhate / 20
They allow nothing to be between (themselves and) the sun.
2.5.21
nācāpo 'bhyupayanti / 21
And they do not descend into water.
2.5.22
śakvarīṇāṃ dvādaśa nava ṣaṭtraya iti vikalpāḥ / 22
For the Sakvarî verses, twelve, nine, six, or three (years through which the Vrata is to be kept) make up the various possibilities.
2.5.23
kṛṣṇavastraḥ / 23
He (who keeps the Sâkvara-vrata) wears dark clothes.
2.5.24
kṛṣṇabhakṣaḥ / 24
He eats dark food.
2.5.25
ācāryādhīnaḥ / 25
He is entirely addicted to his teacher.
2.5.26
tiṣṭheddivā / 26
He should stand in day-time.
2.5.27
āsīta naktam / 27
He should sit at night.
2.5.28
saṃvatsaramekeṣāṃ pūrvaiḥ śrutāścet / 28
According to some (teachers, the Vrata may last only) one year, if the ancestors (of the student) have learnt (the Sakvarî verses).
2.5.29
upoṣitāya pariṇaddhākṣāyānugāpayet / 29
(The teacher) should sing (those verses) to (the student) who has fasted and veiled his eyes (thinking), 'May (the teacher) not burn me (with the Sakvarî verses).'
2.5.30
yathā mā na pradhakṣyatīti taṃ prātarabhivīkṣayanti yānyapradhakṣyanti manyante 'po 'gniṃ vatsamādityam / 30
In the morning they make (the student) look at such things as they expect will not burn him, viz. water, fire, a calf, the sun.
2.5.31
apo 'bhivyakhyamityapo jyotirabhivyakhyamityagniṃ paśūnabhivyakhyamiti vatsaṃ surabhivyakhyamityādityaṃ visṛjedvācam / 31
At water (he should look) with (the words), 'Water have I beheld!' At fire with (the words), 'Light have I beheld!' At the calf with (the words), 'Cattle have I beheld!' At the sun with (the words), 'The sky have I beheld!'—thus he should break his silence.
2.5.32
gaurdakṣiṇā / 32
A cow is the fee (for the teacher),
2.5.33
kaṃso vāso rukmaśca / 33
A brazen vessel, a garment, and a golden ornament.
2.5.34
anupravacanīyeṣvṛcaṃ sāma sadasaspatimiti cājyaṃ juhuyāt / 34
At the Anupravakanîya ceremonies (see Âsvalâyana-Grihya I, 22, 12) he should sacrifice Âgya with (the two verses), 'To the Rik, to the Sâman we sacrifice' (Sâma-veda I, 369), and, 'The lord of the seat' (Sv. I, 171).
2.5.35
cityayūpopasparśanakarṇakrośākṣivepaneṣu sūryābhyuditassūryābhinirmukta indriyaiśca pāpasparśaiḥ punarmāmityetābhyāmāhutiṃ juhuyāt / 35
If he has touched a fire-altar or a sacrificial post, if he has humming in his ears, or if his eye
2.5.36
ājyalipte vā samidhau / 36
Or two pieces of wood anointed with Âgya.
2.5.37
japedvā laghuṣu japedvā laghuṣu / 37
iti pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
iti dvitīyaḥ paṭalaḥ
Or he may murmur (those verses) at light (offences). Or he may murmur (those verses) at light (offences).
End of the Second Patala.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtra — Gobhila, Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit