[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Paraskaragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) › 2.4 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.4 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.1) atra samidādhānam \1\ > Now the putting on of fuel. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.2) pāṇinā 'gniṃ parisamūhati agne suśravaḥ suśravasaṃ mā kuru yathā tvamagne suśravaḥ suśravā asyevaṃ māṃ suśravaḥ sauśravasaṃ kuru yathā tvamagne devānāṃ yajñasya nidhipā asyevamahaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vedasya nidhipo bhūyāsamiti \2\ > He wipes with his hand (the ground) round the fire with (the formula), 'Agni, glorious one, make me glorious. As thou, glorious Agni, art glorious, thus, O glorious one, bring me to glory. As thou, Agni, art the preserver of the treasure of sacrifice for the gods, thus may I become the preserver of the treasure of the Veda for men.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.3) pradakṣiṇamagniṃ paryukṣyottiṣṭhantsamidhamādadhāti agnaye samidhamahārṣa bṛhate jātavedase \ yathā tvamagne samidhā samidhyasa evamahamāyuṣā medhayā varccasā prajayā paśubhirbrahmavarcasena samindhe jīvaputro mamācāryo medhāvyahamasānyanirākāriṣṇuryaśasvī tejasvī brahmavarcasyannādo bhūyāsaṃ svāheti \3\ > Having sprinkled (water) round the fire from left to right, he stands up and puts a piece of wood on (the fire) with (the texts), > 'To Agni I have brought a piece of wood, to the great Gâtavedas. As thou, Agni, art inflamed by wood, thus I am inflamed by life, insight, vigour, offspring, cattle, holy lustre. > 'May my teacher be the father of living sons; may I be full of insight, not forgetful (of what I have learned); may I become full of glory, of splendour, of holy lustre, an enjoyer of food. Svâhâ! > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.4) evaṃ dvitīyāṃ tathā tṛtīyām \4\ > In the same way (he puts on) a second (piece of wood); and thus a third. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.5) eṣāta iti vā samuccayo vā \5\ > Or (each piece) with (the verse), 'Thine is this' (Vâg. Samh. II, 14). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.6) pūrvavatparisamūhanaparyukṣaṇe \6\ > Or (he uses) both (this verse and the formulas given in Sûtra 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.7) pāṇī pratapya mukha vimṛṣṭe tanūpā agne 'si tanvaṃ me pāhyāyurdā agne 'syāyurme dehi vvarcodā agne 'si vvarco me dehi \ agne yanme tanvā ūnaṃ tanma āpṛṇa \7\ > The wiping and sprinkling (of water) round (the fire are repeated) as above. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.8) medhāṃ me devaḥ savitā ādadhātu medhāṃ me devī sarasvatī ādadhātu medhāmaśvinau devāvādhattāṃ puṣkarasrajāviti \8\ > Having warmed his two hands, he wipes his mouth with (the formulas): > 'Agni, thou art the protector of bodies. Protect my body. Agni, thou art the giver of life. Give me life. Agni, thou art the giver of vigour. Give me vigour. > 'Agni, what is deficient in my body, that restore to fulness. > 'May the god Savitri bestow insight on me, may the goddess Sarasvatî, may the two divine Asvins, wreathed with lotus, (bestow) insight (on me).' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4.9) aṅgānyālabhya japatyaṅgāni ca ma āpyāyantāṃ vākprāṇaścakṣuḥ śrotraṃyaśobalamiti tryāyuṣāṇi karoti bhasmanā lalāṭe grīvāyāṃ dakṣiṇeṃse hṛdi ca tryāyuṣamiti pratimantram \\4\\ ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.4.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.23.4.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara.2.p2.33) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-khandabhatta.2.p2.33) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-siddhesvara.2.p2.33) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.8.p110) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Upanayanapaddhati (Rāmadatta Mantrin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.upanayana.upanayanapaddhati-ramadatta-mantrin.p2.1) — Rāmadatta Mantrin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.4) · Pramāṇa