Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.13

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.13

Language: Sanskrit

2.13.1

puṇyāhe lāṅgalayojanaṃ jyeṣṭhayā vendradaivatyam \1\

On an auspicious day the harnessing to the plough. Or under (the Nakshatra) Gyeshthâ, (because that rite is) sacred to Indra.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.2

indraṃ parjanyamaśvinau maruta udalākāśyapaṃ svātikārīṃsītāmanumatiṃ ca dadhnā taṇḍulairgandhairakṣatairiṣṭvā 'naḍuho madhughṛte prāśayet \2\

To Indra, Parganya, the two Asvins, the Maruts, Udalâkâsyapa, Svâtikârî, Sîtâ, and Anumati, he offers curds, rice grains, perfumes, and fried grains, and then makes the bullocks eat honey and ghee.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.3

sīrāyuñjantīti yojayet \3\

He should put them to the plough with (the verse), 'They harness to the ploughs' (Vâg. Samh. XII, 67).
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.4

śunaṃsuphālā iti kṛṣet phālaṃ vā ' 'labheta \4\

With (the verse), 'For luck may us the ploughshares' (Vâg. Samh. XII, 69) let him plough or touch the plough-share.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.5

navā 'gnyupadeśādvapanānuṣaṅgācca \5\

Or (he may) not (do so), because (that verse) has been prescribed for (the erection of) the Agni (-altar), and the act of sowing stands in connection (with it).
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.6

agyamabhiṣicyākṛṣṭaṃ tadākṛṣeyuḥ \6\

After the front-bullock has been sprinkled (with water), they then should plough unploughed ground.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.7

sthālīpākasya pūrvavaddevatā yajedubhayorvrīhiyavayoḥ pravapansī tāyajñe ca \7\

He should make oblations of cooked sacrificial food to the same deities as above, when sowing both rice and barley, and at the sacrifice to Sîtâ.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

2.13.8

tato brāhmaṇabhojanam \8\ \\13\\

Then (follows) feeding of the Brâhmanas.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

Translations (1)

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

Commentaries (5)

Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
Vyākhyā, Bhāṣya, Vṛtti etc — Sanskrit
Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit

Linked texts (3)

A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German