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# Khadiragrihyasutra 3.1

Khādiragṛhyasūtra 3.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.1)

āplavane purastādācāryakulasya parivṛta āste / 1

> When (the student) is going to take the bath (at the end of his studentship), he seats himself in an enclosure to the east of his teacher's house.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.2)

udaṅmukha ācāryaḥ prāgagreṣu / 2

> The teacher (sits) facing the north,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.3)

evaṃ brahmavarcasakāmaḥ / 3

> On eastward-pointed (Darbha-grass).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.4)

goṣṭhe paśukāmaḥ / 4

> Thus one (should act) who is desirous of holy lustre.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.5)

sabhāyāṃ yaśaskāmaḥ / 5

> (The student should sit) in a cow-stable, if he is desirous of cattle,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.6)

sarvauṣadhenāpaḥ phāṇayet / 6

> In an assembly-hall, if desirous of renown.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.7)

surabhibhiśca / 7

> Let him boil water with all kinds of herbs,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.8)

tābhiśśītoṣṇābhirācāryo 'bhiṣiñcet / 8

> And with scents.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.9)

svayaṃ vā mantrābhivādāt / 9

> With that water, which must be lukewarm, the teacher should besprinkle (the student).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.10)

ubhāvityeke tenemamityācāryo brūyāt / 10

> Or (the student should do so) himself, because that is signified by the Mantra.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.11)

ye apsvityapāmañjalimavasiñcet / 11

> Some say that both (should do so).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.12)

yadapāmiti ca / 12

> The teacher should say (in the Mantra), 'Therewith (I besprinkle) him,' (instead of, 'Therewith I besprinkle myself').  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.13)

tūṣṇīṃ ca / 13

> With (the verses), 'Which in the waters' (MB. I, 7, 1) (the student) should pour out his joined hands full of water;  
> III, 1, 1. âplavane purastâd âkâryakulasya parivrita âsta. 2. udaṅmukha âkâryah. 3. prâgagreshv. 4. evam brahmavarkasakâmo. 5. goshthe pasukâmas. 6. sabhâyâm yasaskâmah. 7. sarvaushadhenâpah phânayet. 8. surabhibhis ka. 9. tâbhis sîtoshnâbhir âkâryoऽbhishiñket. 10. svayam vâ mantrâbhivâdâd. 11. ubhâv ity eke. 12. tenemam ity âkâryo brûyâd. 13. ye apsv ity apâm añgalim avasiñked.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.14)

yo rocana iti gṛhyātmānamabhiṣiñcet / 14

> And with (the formula), 'What (is dreadful) in the waters' (l.l. 2);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.15)

yena striyamiti ca / 15

> And silently.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.16)

tūṣṇīṃ ca / 16

> With (the formula), 'The shining one' (l.l. 3), he should draw (some water) and should besprinkle himself (therewith);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.17)

udyannityādityamupatiṣṭhet / 17

> And with (the verse), 'By which the wife' (l.l. 5);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.18)

samasyedvā / 18

> And silently.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.19)

viharannanusaṃhareccakṣurasīti / 19

> With (the formulas), 'Rising' (l.l. 6-8), he should worship the sun.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.20)

uduttamamiti mekhalāmavamuñcet / 20

> He may repeat (the sections of that Mantra) continuously.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.21)

prāśyavāpayecchikhāvarjaṃ keśaśmaśrulomanakhāni / 21

> If he repeats them separately, he should add at the end (of each section), 'The eye art thou' (l.l. 9).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.22)

alaṃkṛto 'hatavāsasā śrīriti srajaṃ pratimuñcet / 22

> With (the verse), 'Loosen the highest' (l.l. 10), he should take off the girdle.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.23)

netryau stha ityupānahau / 23

> After he has eaten something, he should have his hair, his beard, the hair of his body, and his nails cut, so as to leave the lock of hair (as required by the custom of his family).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.24)

vaiṇavaṃ daṇḍamādadhyāt gandharvo 'sīti / 24

> Having adorned himself and put on clothes which have not yet been washed, he should put a garland (on his head) with (the formula), 'Luck' (l.l. 11).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.25)

upetyācāryaṃ pariṣadaṃ prekṣedyakṣamiveti / 25

> The two shoes (he puts on) with (the formula), Leaders are you' (l.l. 12).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.26)

upabiṣyauṣṭhāpidhāneti mukhyān prāṇānibhimṛśet / 26

> With (the formula), 'The Gandharva art thou' (l.l. 13), he takes a bamboo staff.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.27)

goyuktaṃ rathamālabhet vanaspata iti / 27

> He should approach the teacher and look at the assembly (of pupils, &c.) with (the formula), 'Like an eye-ball' (l.l. 14).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.28)

āsthātā ta ityārohet / 28

> Sitting down, he should touch the sense-organs at his head with (the Mantra), 'Covered by the lips' (l.l. I5).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.29)

prācīṃ prayāyodīcīṃ vā pradakṣiṇamāvartayet / 29

> Let him touch a chariot yoked with oxen, with (the verse), 'O tree' (l.l. 16).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.30)

pratyāgatāyārghyamityeke / 30

> With (the words), 'He who stands on thee' (l.l. 16), he should mount it.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.31)

vṛddhaśīlī syādata ūrdhvam / 31

> Having driven (some distance) in an eastern or northern direction, he should turn round from left to right.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.32)

nājātalomyopahāsamicchet / 32

> Some say that when he has come back, (his teacher should offer to him) the Argha reception.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.33)

nāyugvā / 33

> From that time he shall assume a dignified demeanour.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.34)

na rajasvalayā / 34

> nâgâtalomnyopahâsam ikkhet.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.35)

na samānarṣyā / 35

> Nor (should he wish for sport) with a girl who is the only child of her mother,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.36)

aparayā dvārā prapannadviḥpakvaparyuṣitāni nāśnīyāt / 36

> Nor with a woman during her courses,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.37)

anyatra śākamāṃsayavapiṣṭavikārebhyaḥ / 37

> Nor with (a woman) who descends from the same Rishis.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.38)

pāyasācca / 38

> Let him not eat food which has been brought  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.39)

phalapracayanodapānāvekṣaṇavarṣatidhāvanopānatsvayaṃharaṇāni na kuryāt / 39

> Except such as is prepared of vegetables, flesh, barley, or flour—  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.40)

nāgandhāṃ srajaṃ dhārayenna ceddhiraṇyasrak / 40

> Or of milk.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.41)

bhadramiti na vṛthā vyāharet / 41

> He shall avoid gathering fruits, looking into wells, running while it is raining, and taking his shoes in his hands.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.42)

puṣṭikāmo gāḥ prakālayetemā ma iti / 42

> He should not wear a scentless wreath,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.43)

pratyāgatā imā madhumatīriti / 43

> If it is not a wreath of gold.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.44)

puṣṭikāma eva prathamajātasya vatsasya prāṅmātuḥ pralehanāllalāṭamullihya nigiret gavāmiti / 44

> He should not use the word 'blessed' without a reason.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.45)

saṃprajātāsu goṣṭhe niśāyāṃ vilayanaṃ juhuyāt saṃgraheṇeti / 45

> If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should with (the Mantra), 'May these' (MB. I, 8, 1) have his cows driven out.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.46)

athāparaṃ vatsamithunavoḥ karṇe lakṣaṇaṃ kuryāt bhuvanamiti / 46

> When they have come back, (he should recite the Mantra), 'These which are rich in sweet' (l.l. 2).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.47)

puṃso 'gre / 47

> If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should lick the forehead of the first-born calf, before it is licked by its mother, and should gulp with (the formula), ('Thou art the phlegm) of the cows' (l.l. 3).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.48)

lohitenetyanumantrayeta / 48

> When the cows have calved, he should at night sacrifice in the cow-stable churned curds with drops of ghee, with (the verse), 'Seizer' (l.l. 4).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.49)

tantīṃ prasāritāmiyaṃ tantīti / 49  
iti prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

> Now another (ceremony). He should make marks on the ears of a male and of a female calf with (the formula), 'The world art thou' (l.l. 5, 6).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira~en-oldenberg.3.1.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.11.1.1-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit

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