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Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.11

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.11

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Sanskrit

1.11.1

caturthyāmapararātre 'bhyantarato 'gnimupasamādhāya dakṣiṇato brahmāṇamupaveśyottarata udapātraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā ' 'jyabhāgāviṣṭvā ' 'jyāhutīrjuhoti \1\

In the fourth night (after the wedding), towards morning, (the husband) establishes the fire within (the house), assigns his seat, to the south (of it), to the Brahman, places a pot of water to the north, cooks a mess of sacrificial food, sacrifices the two Âgya portions, and makes (other) Âgya oblations with (the following Mantras):

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.2

agne prāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yā 'syai patighnī tanūstāmasyai nāśaya svāhā \ vāyo prāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yā 'syai prajāghnī tanūstāmasyai nāśaya svāhā \ sūryaprāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yā 'syai paśughnī tanūstāmasyai nāśaya svāhā \ candra prāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yā 'syai gṛhaghnī tanūstāmasyai nāśaya svāhā \ gandharva prāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirasi brāhmaṇastvā nāthakāma upadhāvāmi yā 'syai yaśoghnī tanūstāmasyai nāśaya svāheti \2\

'Agni! Expiation! Thou art the expiation of the gods. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. The substance which dwells in her that brings death to her husband, that extirpate in her. Svâhâ!
'Vâyu! Expiation! Thou art the expiation of the gods. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. The substance which dwells in her that brings death to her children, that extirpate in her. Svâhâ!
'Sûrya! Expiation! Thou art the expiation of the gods. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. The substance which dwells in her that brings death to cattle, that extirpate in her. Svâhâ!
'Kandra! Expiation! Thou art the expiation of the gods. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. The substance which dwells in her that brings destruction to the house, that extirpate in her. Svâhâ!
'Gandharva! Expiation! Thou art the expiation of the gods. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. The substance which dwells in her that brings destruction to fame, that extirpate in her. Svâhâ!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.3

sthālīpākasya juhoti prajāpataye svāheti \3\

He sacrifices of the mess of cooked food with (the words), 'To Pragâpati svâhâ!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.4

hutvā hutvaitāsāmāhutīnāmudapātre saṃsravāntsamavanīya tata enāṃ mūrddhanyabhiṣiñcati \ yāte patighnī prajāghnī paśughnī gṛhaghnī yaśoghnī ninditā tanūrjāraghnīṃ tata enāṃ karomi sā jīrya tvaṃ mayā sahāsāviti \4\

Each time after he has sacrificed, he pours the remainder of the oblations into the water-pot, and out of that (pot) he besprinkles her on her head with (the words), 'The evil substance which dwells in thee that brings death to thy husband, death to thy children, death to cattle, destruction to the house, destruction to fame, that I change into one that brings death to thy paramour. Thus live with me to old age, N.N.!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.5

athaināṃ sthālīpākaṃ prāśayati prāṇaiste prāṇāntsaṃdadhābhyasthibhirasthīni māṃsairmāṃsāni tvacā tvacamiti \5\

He then makes her eat the mess of cooked food with (the words), 'I add breath to thy breath, bones to thy bones, flesh to thy flesh, skin to thy skin.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.6

tasmādevaṃvicchrotriyasya dāreṇa nopahāsamiccheduta hyevaṃvitparo bhavati \6\

Therefore one should not wish for sport with the wife of a Srotriya who knows this; for the other one is a person who knows this (and is thereby enabled to destroy a lover of his wife).

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.7

tāmuduhya yathartu praveśanam \7\

After he has led her to his house, be should cohabit with her after each of her monthly periods,

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.8

yathākāmī vā kāmamāvijanitoḥ saṃbhavāmeti vacanāt \8\

Or as he likes, because it has been said, 'May we have intercourse as we like, until a child is born.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.9

athāsyai dakṣiṇāṃ samadhihṛdayamālabhate \ yatte susīme hṛdayaṃ divi candramasi śritam \ vedāhaṃ tanmāṃ tadvidyātpaśyema śaradaḥ śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ śataṃ śṛṇuyāma śaradaḥ śatamiti \9\

He then touches her heart, (reaching) over her right shoulder, with (the verse), 'O thou whose hair is well parted! Thy heart that dwells in heaven, in the moon, that I know; may it know me. May we see a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns; may we hear a hundred autumns.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

1.11.10

evamata ūrdhvam \10\ \\11\\

In the same way afterwards.

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

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