Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.7
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.7.1
athaināmaśmānamārohayatyuttarato 'gnerdakṣiṇapādena ārohemamaśmānamaśmeva tvaṃ sthirā bhava \ abhitiṣṭha pṛtanyato 'vabādhasva pṛtanāyata iti \1\
He then makes her tread on a stone, to the north of the fire, with her right foot, (repeating the verse,) 'Tread on this stone; like a stone be firm. Tread the foes down; turn away the enemies.'
1.7.2
atha gāthāṃ gāyati sarasvati predamava subhage vājinīvatī \ yāṃ tvā viśvasya bhūtasya prajāyāmasyāgrataḥ \ yasyāṃ bhūtaṃ samabhavadyasyāṃ viśvamidaṃ jagat \ tāmadya gāthāṃ gāsyāmi yā strīṇāmuttamaṃ yaśa iti \2\
He then sings a song: 'Sarasvatî! Promote this (our undertaking), O gracious one, bountiful one, thou whom we sing first of all that is, in whom what is, has been born, in whom this whole world dwells—that song I will sing to-day which will be the highest glory of women.'
1.7.3
atha parikrāmataḥ tubhyamagre paryavahansūryāṃ vahatu nā saha \ punaḥ patibhyo jāyāṃ dāgne prajayā saheti \3\
They then go round (the fire) with (the verse, which the bridegroom repeats,)
'To thee they have in the beginning carried round Sûryâ (the Sun-bride) with the bridal procession. Mayst thou give back, Agni, to the husbands the wife together with offspring.'
1.7.4
evaṃ dviraparaṃ lājādi \4\
Thus (the same rites are repeated) twice again, beginning from the fried grain.
1.7.5
caturthaṃ śūrpakuṣṭhayā sarvāṃllājānāvapati bhagāya svāheti \5\
The fourth time she pours the whole fried grain by the neb of a basket (into the fire) with (the words), 'To Bhaga svâhâ!'
1.7.6
triḥ pariṇītāṃ prājāpatyaṃ hutvā \6\ \\7\\
After he has led her round (the fire) three times, and has sacrificed the oblation to Pragâpati—
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit