[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) › 4.2 # Khadiragrihyasutra 4.2 Khādiragṛhyasūtra 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.1) ardhamāsavratī tāmisrādau brāhmaṇānāśayet vrīhikaṃsaudanam / 1 > Having kept the vow (of fasting) through one fortnight, he should, on the first day of the dark fortnight, feed the Brâhmanas with boiled milk-rice prepared of one Kamsa of rice. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.2) tasya kaṇānaparāsu sandhyāsu pratyaggrāmāt sthaṇḍilamupalipya bhalāyeti juhuyādbhallāyeti ca / 2 > The small grains of that (rice) he should sacrifice (day by day) at the evening twilight to the west of the village, on a place which he has besmeared (with cowdung), with the formula, 'To Phala' (MB. II, 5, 17). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.3) evamevāparasmiṃstāmisrādau / 3 > And with (the formula), 'To Phalla!' The same on the first day of the next dark fortnight. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.4) brahmavaryamāsamāpteḥ / 4 > He shall observe chastity till the end (of the rite). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.5) ācitaśataṃ bhavati / 5 > A hundred cart-loads (of gold) will be his. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.6) gaure bhūmibhāge brāhmaṇo lohite kṣatriyaḥ kṛṣṇe vaiśyo 'vasānaṃ joṣayet samaṃ lomaśamaniriṇamaśuṣkam / 6 > A Brâhmana should elect the site for building his house on white ground, a Kshatriya on red, a Vaisya on black, which should be even, covered with grass, not salinous, not dry— > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.7) yatrodakaṃ pratyagudīcīṃ pravarteta / 7 > Where the water flows off to the north-west. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.8) akṣīriṇaḥ kaṇḍakinaḥ kaṭukāścātrauṣadhayo na syuḥ / 8 > (Plants) with milky juice or with thorns or acrid plants should not be there. > 2, 1. ardhamâsavratî tâmisrâdau brâhmanân âsayed vrîhikamsaudanam. 2. tasya kanân aparâsu sandhyâsu pratyag grâmât sthandilam upalipya Phalâyeti guhuyât. 3. Phallâyeti kaivam evâparasmims tâmisrâdau. 4. brahmakaryam â samâpter. 5. âkitasatam bhavati. 6. gaure bhûmibhâge brâhmano lohite kshatriyah krishne vaisyoऽvasânam goshayet samam lomasam anîrinam asushkam. 7. yatrodakam pratyagudîkîm pravartate. 8. kshîrinah kantakinah \[sic\] katukâs kâtraushadhayo na syur. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.9) darbhasaṃmitaṃ brahmavarcasyam / 9 > (Soil) on which Darbha-grass grows, brings holy lustre; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.10) bṛhattṛṇairbalyam / 10 > Big sorts of grass, strength; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.11) mṛdutṛṇaiḥ paśavyam / 11 > Tender grass, cattle. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.12) yatra vā svayaṃ kṛtāḥ śvabhrāssarvato 'bhimukhāḥ syuḥ / 12 > Or (the site of the house) should have the form of bricks (?) or of....... (?) > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.13) prāgdvāraṃ dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ codagdvāraṃ putryaṃ paśavyaṃ ca dakṣiṇāpaścimadvāre sarve kāmā anudvāraṃ gehadvāram / 13 > Or there should be natural holes (in the ground) in all directions. > 14, 15. (A house) with its door to the east brings wealth and fame; with its door to the north, children and cattle. By one with its door to the south all wishes (are obtained). The back-door should not face (?) the house-door. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.14) asaṃlokī syāt / 14 ### [4.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.15) payaso haviḥ / 15 ### [4.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.16) kṛṣṇā ca gauḥ / 16 > Milk-rice should be offered, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.17) ajo vā śvetaḥ pāyasa eva vā / 17 > And a black cow, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.18) madhye veśmano vasāṃ pāyasaṃ cājyena miśramaṣṭagṛhītaṃ juhuyādvāstoṣpata iti / 18 > Or a white goat. Or only milk-rice. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.19) yāśca parāḥ / 19 > In the middle of the house he should sacrifice the fat (of the animal) and the milk-rice, mixed with Âgya, taking eight portions (of that mixture), with (the verse), 'Vâstoshpati!' (MB. II, 6, I.) > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.20) saptālakṣmīnirṇode tābhiśca / 20 > And with the seven last (texts) used at the driving away of misfortune (see above, chap. I, 20, 21). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.21) hutvā diśāṃ balīn nayet / 21 > After he has sacrificed, he should distribute Balis in the different directions (of the horizon). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.22) avāntaradiśāṃ cordhvāvācibhyāṃ ca / 22 > And towards the intermediate points, and upwards and downwards. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.23) evaṃ saṃvatsare saṃvatsare navayajñayorvā / 23 > This (he should repeat) every year, or at the two sacrifices of the first-fruits (of rice and barley). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [4.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2.24) vaśaṃgamāvityetābhyāmāhutī juhuyādyamicchedvaśamāyāntaṃ tasya nāma gṛhītvā 'sāviti vaśī hāsya bhavati / 24 iti dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ > With the two (formulas), 'Obeying the will' (MB. II, 6, 7, 8), he should sacrifice two oblations. > — 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.4.2.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.16.2.1-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5291) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.4.2) · Pramāṇa