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# Khadiragrihyasutra 3.5

Khādiragṛhyasūtra 3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.1)

navamīṃ daśamīṃ vānvaṣṭakyam / 1

> On the ninth or tenth (of the dark fortnight) the Anvashtakya (ceremony is performed).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.2)

dakṣiṇapūrvabhāge parivārya tatrottarārdhe mathitvā 'gniṃ praṇayet / 2

> To the south-east (of the house) they partition off (a place with mats or the like), and to the northern part of that (place) he should carry a fire which has been kindled by attrition.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.3)

sakṛdgṛhītān vrīhīn sakṛt phalīkṛtān prasavyamudāyuvaṃ śrapayet / 3

> Let him take one portion of rice, let him remove the husks once, and let him cook it, stirring it up from right to left.  
> 5, 1. navamîm dasamîm vânvashtakyam. 2. dakshinapûrvabhâge parivârya tatrottarârdhe mathitvâgnim pranayet. 3. sakridgrihîtân vrîhîn sakritphalîkritân prasavyam udâyuvañ srapayed.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.4)

amuṣmācca sakthno māṃsamiti / 4

> And some flesh of that thigh (see above, chap. 4, 16).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.5)

dakṣiṇodvāsya na pratyabhighārayet / 5

> He should take it from the fire in a southern direction, and should omit the second sprinkling (of Âgya) on it.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.6)

paścādagnerdakṣiṇatastisraḥ karṣūḥ khanyāccaturaṅgulamadhastiryak / 6

> To the west of the fire he should dig, in the southern part (of the place mentioned in Sûtra 2) three pits, four inches in depth and breadth.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.7)

tāsāṃ purastādagniṃ praṇayet / 7

> He should carry the fire to the east of them.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.8)

stṛṇuyāt / 8

> He should strew (Darbha-grass round the fire),  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.9)

karṣūśca / 9

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

### [3.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.10)

paścādagneḥ svastaraṃ dakṣiṇāgraistṛṇairdakṣiṇāpravaṇamāstīrya vṛsīmuparinidadhyāt / 10

> Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of southward-pointed grass so that it is inclined towards the south, he should put (a mat) on it.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.11)

tasminnekaikamāharet / 11

> On that (grass) he should place the sacrificial implements, one by one.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.12)

kaṃse samavadāya mekṣaṇenopaghātaṃ juhuyāt svāhā somāya pitṛmate svāhā 'gnaye kavyavāhanāyeti / 12

> Cutting off (the prescribed portions of the sacrificial food, and putting those portions) into the brazen vessel he should sacrifice, picking out (portions of the Havis) with the pot-ladle, with (the formulas), 'Svâhâ to Soma Pitrimat! Svâhâ to Agni Kavyavâhana!' (MB. II. 3, 1, 2.)  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.13)

savyenolmukaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ karṣūṣu nidadhyādapahatā iti / 13

> With his left hand he should lay down a firebrand on the southern side of the pits (Sûtra 6), with  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.14)

pūrvasyāṃ karṣyāṃ pituḥ / 14

> (He should perform the different rites) in the eastern pit for his father,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.15)

madhyamāyāṃ pitāmahasyottamāyāṃ prapitāmahasya / 15

> In the middle for his grandfather,  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.16)

udapātrāṇyapasalavi karṣūṣu ninayedekaikasya nāmoktvāsāvavanenikṣva ye cātra tyānuyāṃśca tvamanu tasmai te svadheti / 16

> In the last for his great-grandfather.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.17)

tathaiva piṇḍānnidhāya japedatra pitaro mādayadhvaṃ yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyadhvamiti / 17

> Let him pour out vessels of water. from right to left, into the pits, pronouncing the name of each one (of his ancestors), with (the formula), 'N.N.! Wash thyself, and they who follow thee here, and they whom thou followest. To thee Svadhâ!'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.18)

uktvodaṅṅāvarteta savyaṃ bāhumupasaṃhṛtya prasavyamāvṛtya / 18

> In the same way he should put down the Pindas for them and should murmur, 'Here, O Fathers, enjoy yourselves; show your manly vigour each for his part' (MB. II, 3, 6).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.19)

upatāmya kalyāṇaṃ dhyāyannabhiparyāvartamāno japet amī madanta pitaro yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyiṣateti / 19

> After he has spoken thus, he should turn to the north, doubling his left arm, turning round from right to left.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.20)

tisro darbhapiñjūlīrañjane nighṛṣya karṣūṣu nidadhyādyathāpiṇḍam / 20

> Holding his breath and fixing his thoughts on something good he should, while turning back (in the same way), murmur: 'The Fathers have enjoyed themselves; they have shown their manly vigour each for his part' (MB. II, 3, 7).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.21)

tailaṃ surabhi ca / 21

> He should sprinkle collyrium on three Darbha—  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.22)

piṇḍaprabhṛti yathārthamūhet / 22

> And sesamum oil and perfumes.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.23)

atha nihnavanam / 23

> For the Pindas and the following offerings he should alter the formula (Sûtra 17) accordingly.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.24)

pūrvasyāṃ karṣvāṃ dakṣiṇottānau pāṇī kṛtvaā namo vaḥ jīvāya namo vaḥ pitaraśśūṣāyeti pitaro / 24

> Now (follows) the deprecation.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.25)

savyottānau madhyamāyāṃ namo vaḥ pitaro ghorāya namo vaḥ pitaro rasāyeti / 25

> On the eastern pit he lays his hands, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), 'Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of life! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of vital breath!' (MB. II, 3, 8.)  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.26)

dakṣiṇottānau paścimāyāṃ namo vaḥ pitaraḥ svadhāyai namo vaḥ pitaro manyava iti / 26

> On the middle, turning the inside of the left hand upwards, with (the formula), 'Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of terror! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap!' (MB. l.l.)  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.27)

añjaliṃ kṛtvā namo va iti / 27

> On the western, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), 'Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of comfort (svadhâ)! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of wrath!' (MB. II, 3, 9.)  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.28)

sūtratantūn karṣūṣu nidadhyādyathāpiṇḍametadva iti / 28

> Joining his hands—  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.29)

ūrjaṃ vahantīriti karṣūranumantrayeta / 29

> (He should murmur the formula), 'Adoration to you' (MB. II, 3, 9).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.30)

madhyamaṃ piṇḍaṃ putrakāmāṃ prāśayedādhatteti / 30

> He should lay down threads into the pits in the same way as the Pindas, with (the formula), 'This (garment) to you.'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.31)

abhūnno dūta ityulmukamagnau prakṣipet / 31

> He should recite over the pits (the verse), 'Bringing strength' (MB. II, 3, 13).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.32)

dvaṃdvaṃ pātrāṇyatihareyuḥ / 32

> The middle Pinda he should give to his wife to eat, if she is desirous of a son, with (the verse), 'Give fruit.'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.33)

eṣa eva piṇḍapitṛyajñakalpaḥ / 33

> With (the verse), '(Gâtavedas) has been our messenger' (MB. II, 3, 15), he should throw the firebrand into the fire.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.34)

gṛhye 'gnau haviḥ śrapayet / 34

> They should take the sacrificial vessels back two by two.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.35)

tata evātipraṇayet / 35

> The same is the rite of the Pindapitriyagña.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.36)

ekā karṣūḥ / 36

> Let him cook the Havis in the (sacred) domestic fire.  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.37)

na svastaraḥ / 37

> From that fire (let him take the fire which) he carries forward (see above, Sûtra 2).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

### [3.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.5.38)

indrāṇyā sthālīpākasyaikāṣṭaketi juhuyāt / 38  
iti pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ  
iti tṛtīyaḥ paṭalaḥ

> (Here is only) one pit.  
> — 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.3.5.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.14.5.1-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.39) — Gobhila, Sanskrit

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