Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.10
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.10.1
athāto 'dhyāyopākarma \1\
Now (follows) the Adhyâyopâkarman (or opening ceremony at the beginning of the annual course of study).
2.10.2
oṣadhīnāṃ prādurbhāve śravaṇena śrāvaṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ śrāvaṇasya pañcamīṃ hastena vā \2\
When the herbs appear, (when the moon stands in conjunction) with Sravana, on the full-moon day of the Srâvana month, or on the fifth (Tithi) of the Srâvana month under (the Nakshatra) Hasta;
2.10.3
ājyabhāgāviṣṭvājyāhutīrjuhoti \3\
Having sacrificed the two Âgya portions, he offers two Âgya oblations, (namely,)
2.10.4
pṛthivyā agnaya ityṛgvede \4\
To the Earth and to Agni, if (he studies) the Rig-veda,
2.10.5
antarikṣāya vāyava iti yajurvede \5\
To the Air and to Vâyu, if the Yagur-veda,
2.10.6
dive sūryāyeti sāmavede \6\
To the Heaven and to the Sun, if the Sâma-veda,
2.10.7
digbhyaścandramasa ityatharvavede \7\
To the quarters (of the horizon) and to the Moon, if the Atharva-veda;
2.10.8
brahmaṇe chandobhyaśceti sarvatra \8\
(Besides) to the Brahman, to the metres in every case,
2.10.9
prajāpataye devebhya ṛṣibhyaḥ śraddhāyai medhāyai sadasaspataye 'numataya iti ca \9\
And to Pragâpati, to the gods, to the Rishis, to Faith, to Insight, to Sadasaspati, to Anumati.
2.10.10
etadeva vratādeśanavisargeṣu \10\
The same (oblations are made) when the observances are imposed (on a student) or given up (by him, after having been kept through the prescribed period of time).
2.10.11
sadasaspatimityakṣatadhānāstriḥ \11\
With (the verse), 'Sadasaspati' (Vâg. Samh. XXXII, 13) (the teacher) three times (sacrifices) fried grains.
2.10.12
sarve 'nupaṭheyuḥ \12\
All should repeat (that verse after him).
2.10.13
hutvāhutvaudumbaryastisrastisraḥ samidha ādadhyurārdrāḥ sapalāśā ghṛtāktāḥ sāvitryā \13\
After each oblation they should each time put on the fire three pieces of Udumbara wood, fresh branches with leaves, anointed with ghee, reciting the Sâvitrî.
2.10.14
brahmacāriṇaśca pūrvakalpena \14\
And the students (should put wood on the fire) in the manner stated above.
2.10.15
śannobhavaṃtvityakṣatadhānā akhādantaḥ prāśnīyuḥ \15\
With (the verse), 'Luck may bring us' (Vâg. Samh. IX, 16) they should eat the fried grains without chewing them.
2.10.16
dadhikrāvṇa iti dadhi bhakṣayeyuḥ \16\
With the verse, 'Of Dadhikrâvan' (Vâg. Samh. XXIII, 32) they should eat curds.
2.10.17
sa yāvantaṃ gaṇamicchettāvatastilānākarṣaphalakena juhuyātsāvitryā śukrajyotirityanuvākena vā \17\
As many pupils as he wishes to obtain, so many sesamum grains should he sacrifice with a dice-board, with the Sâvitrî or with the Anuvâka, 'Bright-resplending' (Vâg. Samh. XVII, 80 seqq.).
2.10.18
prāśanānte pratyaṅmukhebhya upaviṣṭebhya ?kāramuktvā triśca sāvitrīmadhyāyādīnprabrūyāt \18\
After they have eaten (the remainder of the sacrificial food, the teacher) should pronounce the word Om and then repeat the Sâvitrî three times, and the beginnings of the Adhyâyas to (the students) who are seated facing the west;
2.10.19
ṛṣimukhāni bahvṛcānām \19\
The beginnings of the sections belonging to the (different) Rishis, if they are Bahvrikas (i.e. if they study the Rig-Veda),
2.10.20
parvāṇi chandogānām \20\
The Parvans, if they are Khandogas (i.e. if they study the Sâma-veda),
2.10.21
sūktānyatharvaṇānām \21\
The Sûktas, if they are Atharvans.
2.10.22
sarve japanti sahano 'stu sahano 'vatu sahana idaṃ vīryavadastu brahma \ indrastadveda yena yathā na vidviṣāmaha iti \22\
All murmur: 'May it be ours in common; may it bless us in common; may this Brahman be powerful with us together. Indra knows that through which, and in which way, no hatred may spring up amongst us.'
2.10.23
trirātraṃ nādhīyīran \23\
Through a period of three nights they should not study (the Veda).
2.10.24
lomanakhānāmanikṛntanam \24\
And they should not cut the hair of their bodies and their nails.
2.10.25
eke prāgutsargāt \25\ \\10\\
Some say (that this should not be done) till the Utsarga (i.e. the concluding ceremony of the annual course of study).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- Vyākhyā, Bhāṣya, Vṛtti etc — Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
- Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit
- Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English