[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) › 3.1.4 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.1.4 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1.4) atha prāśnāti \ agniḥ prathamaḥ prāśnātu sa hi veda yathā haviḥ \ śivā asmabhyamoṣadhīḥ kṛṇotu viśvacarṣaṇiḥ \ bhadrānnaḥ śreyaḥ samanaiṣṭa devāstvayāvaśena samaśīmahi tvā \ sa nomayo 'bhūḥ pito āviśasva śaṃtokāya tanuve syona iti \4\ > He then eats (of the fresh fruits with the verses), 'May Agni eat first, for he knows how the Havis (is fit for sacrifice); may he, the friend of all human tribes, make the herbs blessed to us. > From the good you have led us to the better, ye gods! Through thee, the nourishment, may we obtain thee. Thus enter into us, O potion, bringing refreshment, for the good of our children and of ourselves, and pleasant.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) - [Previous: 3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1.3) - [Next: 3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1.5) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.3.1.4) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.36.7) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.1.4) · Pramāṇa