[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) › 2.9 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.9 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.1) athātaḥ pañca mahāyajñāḥ \1\ > Now (follow) the five great sacrifices. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.2) vaiśvadevādannātparyukṣya svāhākārairjuhuyādbrahmaṇe prajāpataye gṛhyābhyaḥ kaśyapāyānumataya iti \2\ > Of the Vaisvadeva food he should, after having sprinkled (water) round (the sacred fire), make oblations, with the word Svâhâ (each time repeated), to Brahman, to Pragâpati, to the (deities) of the house, to Kasyapa, and to Anumati. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.3) bhūtagṛhyebhyo maṇike trīn parjanyāyādbhyaḥ pṛthivyai \3\ > To the domestic deities (he offers) three (Balis) in the water-pot: to Parganya, to the waters, to the Earth; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.4) dhātre vidhātre ca dvāryayoḥ \4\ > To Dhâtri and Vidhâtri at the two doorposts; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.5) pratidiśaṃ vāyave diśāṃ ca \5\ > To the different quarters (of the horizon), to Vâyu and (to the presiding deities) of the quarters; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.6) madhye trīnbrahmaṇe 'ntarikṣāya sūryāya \6\ > In the middle three (Balis) to Brahman, to the Air, to the Sun. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.7) viśvebhyo devebhyo viśvebhyaśca bhūtebhyasteṣāmuttarataḥ \7\ > To the north of those (he offers Balis) to the Visve devâs and to all the beings; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.8) uṣase bhūtānāṃ ca pataye param \8\ > Further on to Ushas and to the Lord of beings; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.9) pitṛbhyaḥ svadhā nama iti dakṣiṇataḥ \9\ > To the south (to the Fathers) with (the words), To the Fathers, Svadhâ! Adoration!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.10) pātraṃ nirṇijyottarāparasyāṃ diśi ninayedyakṣmaitatta iti \10\ > Having rinsed out the vessel, he should pour it out towards the north-west with (the words), 'Consumption! this to thee!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.11) uddhṛtyāgraṃ brāhmaṇāyāvanejya dadyāddhantata iti \11\ > Taking the Brâhmana's portion (of the food which he is going to distribute), he should give it to a Brâhmana, after he has made him wash himself, with (the words), 'Well! (this) to thee!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.12) yathā 'rhaṃ bhikṣukānatithīṃśca saṃbhajeran \12\ > To (religious) mendicants and to guests they should apportion (food) as due to them. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.13) bālajyeṣṭhā gṛhyā yathārhamaśnīyuḥ \13\ > The persons belonging to the house, the young and the old, should eat what is due to them; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.14) paścād gṛhapatiḥ patnī ca \14\ > Afterwards the householder and his wife. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.15) pūrvo vā gṛhapatiḥ \ tasmādu svāṣṭaṃ gṛhapatiḥ pūrvo 'tithibhyo 'śnīyāditi śruteḥ \15\ > Or the householder (should eat) first, because the Sruti says, 'Therefore the householder should eat the sweetest food before his guests.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9.16) aharahaḥ svāhā kuryādannābhāve kenacidākāṣṭhāddevebhyaḥ pitṛbhyo manuṣyebhyaścodapātrāt \16\ \\9\\ > Every day he should sacrifice with the word svâhâ. If he has no food (to offer, he should make his offering) with something else, be it even a piece of wood (only), to the gods, or be it (only) a water-pot, to the Fathers and to men. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.9.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!visvanatha.31.9.1) — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.26.9.3) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Vyākhyā, Bhāṣya, Vṛtti etc](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!vyakhyabhasyavrttietc.26.9.3) — Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!karka.31.9) — Karka, Sanskrit - [Karkaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!karka-karkatika.31.9) — Karka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4529) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s5.9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t4.71) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.52.p38) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.9) · Pramāṇa