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# Khadiragrihyasutra 3.3

Khādiragṛhyasūtra 3.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.1)

āśvayujīṃ rudrāya pāyasaḥ / 1

> On the full-moon day of Âsvayuga milk-rice sacred to Rudra (is prepared).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.2)

mā nastoka iti juhuyāt / 2

> He should offer it with (the Mantra), 'Not to our children.'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.3)

payasyavanayedājyaṃ tatpṛṣātakam / 3

> Let him pour Âgya into milk; this is called a Prishâtaka.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.4)

tenābhyāgatā gā ukṣedā no mitrāvaruṇeti / 4

> Therewith he should besprinkle the cows when they have come home, with (the Mantra), 'May Mitra and Varuna' (Sâma-veda I, 220).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.5)

vatsāṃśca mātṛbhissaha vāsayet tāṃ rātrim / 5

> That night he should let the calves join their mothers.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.6)

navayajñe pāyasa hhndrāgnaḥ / 6

> At the sacrifice of the first-fruits, milk-rice sacred to Indra and Agni (is prepared).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.7)

śatāyudhāyeti catasṛbhirājyaṃ juhuyādupariṣṭāt / 7

> Let him sacrifice Âgya with the four (verses), 'To the bearer of the hundred weapons' (MB. II, 1, 9 seqq.),  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.8)

agniḥ prāśnātviti ca / 8

> And afterwards with (the verse), 'May Agni eat' (l.l. 15).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.9)

tasya śeṣaṃ prāśnīyuryāvanta upetāḥ / 9

> All of them who have received the initiation, should eat the remainder of that (sacrificial food).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.10)

upastīryāpo dvirnavasyāvadyet / 10

> Having 'spread under' water, he should cut off two portions of the new fruits.  
> 3, 1. âsvayugîm Rudrâya pâyaso. 2. mâ nas toka iti guhuyât. 3. payasy avanayed âgyam tat prishâtakam. 4. tenâbhyâgatâ gâ ukshed â no Mitrâvaruneti. 5. vatsâms ka mâtribhis saha vâsayet tam râtrîm. 6. navayagñe pâyasa aindrâgnah. 7. satâyudhâyeti katasribhir âgyam guhuyâd. 8. uparishtâd Agnih prâsnâtv iti ka. 9. tasya sesham prâsnîyur yâvanta upetâ. 10. upastîryâpo dvir navasyâvadyet.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.11)

trirbhṛgūṇām / 11

> Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhrigu.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.12)

apāṃ copariṣṭāt / 12

> Over (these portions) water (is poured).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.13)

bhadrānna ityasaṃkhādya pragirettristriḥ / 13

> He should swallow (some part of that food) three times without chewing it, with (the Mantra), 'From the good' (l.l. 13);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.14)

etamu tyamiti vā yavānām / 14

> Or at (the partaking of) barley with (the Mantra), 'This barley' (l.l. 16).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.15)

amosīti mukhyān prāṇānabhimṛśet / 15

> With (the Mantra), This art thou' (l.l. 14), let him touch the different sense-organs at his head.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.16)

āgrahāyaṇakarma śrāvaṇena vyākhyātam / 16

> The Âgrahâyana ceremony has been explained by the Srâvana (ceremony).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.17)

namaḥ pṛthivyā iti na japet / 17

> Let him (not?) murmur (the Mantra), 'Adoration to the Earth' (see chap. 2, 6).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.18)

pradoṣe pāyasasya juhuyāt prathameti / 18

> In the evening let him make an oblation of milk-rice with (the verse), 'As the first' (MB. II, 2, 1).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.19)

nyañcau pāṇī kṛtvā pratikṣatra iti japet / 19

> Turning downwards his two hands (so as to touch the sacrificial grass) he should murmur (the Mantra), 'In worldly strength' (l.l. 2, 3).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.20)

paścādagneḥ svastaramudagagraistṛṇairudakpravaṇamāstīrya tasminnāstaraṇe gṛhapatirāste / 20

> Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of northward-pointed grass, so that it is inclined towards the north, the householder sits down on that layer,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.21)

anupūrvamitare / 21

> (And) the other persons in due order.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.22)

anantarā bhāryā putrāśca / 22

> Then, without an interval, their wives,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.23)

nyañcau pāṇī kṛtvā syoneti gṛhapatirjapet / 23

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

### [3.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.24)

samāptāyāṃ dakṣiṇaiḥ pārśvaissaṃviśeyustristrirabhyātmamāvṛtya / 24

> The householder, turning his hands downwards (so as to touch the layer of grass), should murmur (the Mantra), 'Be soft' (l.l. 4).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.25)

svastyayanāni kuryuḥ / 25

> When he has finished that (verse), they should lie down on their right sides. They should turn round three times, turning themselves towards themselves (i.e. turning round forwards, not backwards, and thus returning to their former position?).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.26)

tato yathārthaṃ syāt / 26

> Let them repeat the auspicious hymns.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.27)

ūrdhvamāgrahāyaṇyāstisrastāmisrāṣṭamyo 'ṣṭakā ityācakṣate / 27

> Then let them do what they like.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.28)

tāsu sthālīpākāḥ / 28

> The eighth days of the three dark fortnights after the Âgrahâyanî are called the Ashtakâs.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.29)

aṣṭau cāpūpāḥ prayamāyām / 29

> On (each of) these a mess of cooked food (is sacrificed),  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.30)

tānaparivartayan kapāle śrapayet / 30

> And eight cakes on the first.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.31)

uttamāyāṃ śākamanvāhārye / 31

> These he should bake in a dish without turning them round.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.3.32)

aṣṭakāyai svāheti juhuyāt / 32  
iti tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

> On the last (Ashtakâ) vegetables (are offered). (So also) at the Anvâhârya (Srâddha).  
> — 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.3.3.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.13.3.1-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.3.9.9) — Gobhila, Sanskrit

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