Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.3
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.3.1
pradakṣiṇamagniṃ parītyopaviśati \1\
Having walked round the fire with his right side turned towards it, he sits down.
2.3.2
anvārabdha ājyāhutīrhutvā prāśanānte 'thainaṃ saṃśāsti brahmacāryasyapośāna karma kuru mā divā suṣupthā vācaṃ yaccha samidhamādhehyapośāneti \2\
Taking hold (of the student), he sacrifices the Âgya oblations, and after having partaken (of the remains of the sacrificial food) he instructs him, 'A student art thou. Take water. Do the service. Do not sleep in the day-time. Keep silence. Put fuel on (the fire). Take water.'
2.3.3
athā 'smai sāvitrīmamanvāhottarato 'gneḥ pratyaṅmukhāyopaviṣṭāyopasannāya samīkṣamāṇāya samīkṣitāya \3\
He then recites the Sâvitrî to him, who is seated to the north of the fire, with his face to the west, sitting near the teacher, and looks (at the teacher), while (the teacher) looks at him;
2.3.4
dakṣiṇatastiṣṭhata āsīnāya vaike \4\
Some say, to (the student) who is standing or seated to the south (of the fire);
2.3.5
pacchorddharcaśaḥ sarvāṃ ca tṛtīyena sahānuvartayan \5\
Pâda by Pâda, (then) hemistich by hemistich, and the third time the whole (verse), reciting it together (with the student);
2.3.6
saṃvatsare ṣaṇmāsye caturviṃśatyahe dvādaśāhe ṣaḍahe tryahe vā \6\
After one year, or after six months, or after twenty-four days, or after twelve days, or after six days, or after three days.
2.3.7
sadyastveva gāyatrīṃ brāhmaṇāyānubrūyādāgneyo vai brāhmaṇa iti śruteḥ \7\
To a Brâhmana, however, he should recite a (Sâvitrî) verse in the Gâyatrî metre immediately. For it is said in the Sruti, 'To Agni indeed belongs the Brâhmana.'
2.3.8
triṣṭubhaṃ rājanyasya \8\
A Trishtubh verse to a Râganya,
2.3.9
jagatīṃ vaiśyasya \9\
A Gagatî to a Vaisya,
2.3.10
sarveṣāṃ vā gāyatrīm \10\ \\3\\
Or a Gâyatrî to (persons of) all (castes).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Mānavagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit