Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.2
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.2.1
āvasathyādhānaṃ dārakāle \1\
The setting up of the Âvasathya (or sacred domestic) fire (is performed) at the time of his wedding.
1.2.2
dāyādyakāla ekeṣām \2\
At the time of the division of the inheritance, according to some (teachers).
3 After he has fetched fire from the house of a Vaisya who is rich in cattle,—
1.2.3
vaiśyasya bahupaśorgṛhādagnimāhṛtya \3\
1.2.4
cātuṣprāśyapacanavatsarvam \4\
All ceremonies are performed as at the cooking of the kâtushprâsya food.
1.2.5
araṇipradānameke \5\
Some (say that) the handing over of the kindling sticks (should take place),
1.2.6
pañcamahāyajñā iti śruteḥ \6\
Because the Sruti says, 'There are five great sacrifices.'
1.2.7
agnyādheyadevatābhyaḥ sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā ' 'jyabhāgāviṣṭvā ' 'jyāhutīrjuhoti \7\
Having cooked a mess of sacrificial food for the deities of the Agnyâdheya, and having sacrificed the two Âgya portions, he sacrifices (the following) Âgya oblations:
1.2.8
tvanno 'gne satvanno 'gna imammevaruṇa tatvāyāmi ye te śatamayāścāgna uduttamaṃ bhavatanna ityaṣṭau purastāt \8\
'Thou, Agni' (Vâg. Samhitâ XXI, 3); 'Thus thou, Agni' (Vâg. Samhitâ XXI, 4); 'This, O Varuna' (XXI, 1); 'For this I entreat thee' (XXI, 2); 'Thy hundred' (Kâty.-Sraut. XXV, 1, 11); 'And quick, Agni' (Kâty. l.l.); 'The highest one' (Vâg. Samh. XII, 12); 'Be both to us' (ibid. V, 3)—with (these verses he sacrifices) eight (oblations) before (the oblations of cooked food).
1.2.9
evamupariṣṭātsthālīpākasyāgnyādheyadevatābhyo hutvā juhoti \9\
Thus he sacrifices also afterwards, after he has made oblations of the mess of cooked food to the deities of the Agnyâdheya.
1.2.10
sviṣṭakṛte ca \10\
And to (Agni) Svishtakrit,
1.2.11
ayāsyagnervaṣaṭ kṛtaṃ yatkarmaṇātyarīricaṃ devāgātu vida iti \11\
With (the formulas), 'Into the quick one (has been put) Agni's (sacrificial portion) over which the word vashat has been spoken;' 'What I have done too much;' 'O gods who know the way.'
1.2.12
barhirhutvā prāśnāti \12\
Having sacrificed the Barhis, he partakes (of the sacrificial food).
1.2.13
tato brāhmaṇabhojanam \13\ \\2\\
Then food is given to the Brâhmanas.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
- Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit
- Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- Vyākhyā, Bhāṣya, Vṛtti etc — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English