Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.11

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.11

Language: Sanskrit

3.11.1

atha vṛṣotsargaḥ \1\

If an animal (is to be sacrificed), let him wash it, if it is not a cow; let him walk round the fires and drive in front (of them) a Palâsa branch into the ground.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.2

goyajñena vyākhyātaḥ \2\

The winding (of a Kusa rope) round (that branch), the touching (of the animal with the grass-blade), the binding (of it to the branch), and the sprinkling (of the animal with water) should be performed in the way prescribed (in the Srauta-sûtra), and whatever else (is to be done).
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.3

kārtikyāṃ paurṇamāsthāṃ revatyāṃ vāśvayujasya \3\

After he has sacrificed the two oblations before and after the killing of the animal, (he) silently (sacrifices) five other (oblations, directed to Pragâpati).
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.4

madhyegavāṃ susamiddhamagniṃ kṛtvājyaṃ saṃskṛtyeharatiriti ṣaṭ juhoti pratimantram \4\

And the omentum is taken out (of the killed animal). He should besprinkle it (with water) and name the deity (to whom the sacrifice is directed).
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.5

pūṣā gā anvetu naḥ pūṣā rakṣatvarvataḥ \ pūṣā vvājaṃ sanotu naḥ svāhā iti pauṣṇasya juhoti \5\

(He should name that deity also) at the touching (of the animal with the grass-blade), at (its) being bound (to the branch), at its being sprinkled (with water), and at (the preparation and oblation) of the mess of cooked food.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

rudrān japitvaikavarnaṃ dvivarṇaṃ vā yo vā yūthaṃ chādayayi yaṃ vā yūthaṃ chādayedrohito vaiva syātsarvāṅgairupeto jīvavatsāyāḥ payasvinyāḥ putro yūthe ca rūpasvittamaḥ syāttamalaṃkṛtya yūthe mukhyāścatasro vatsataryastāścālaṃkṛtya etaṃ yuvānaṃ patiṃ vo dadāmi tena krīḍantīścaratha priyeṇa \ mā naḥ sāptajanuṣā 'subhagā rāyaspoṣeṇa samiṣā mademetyetayaivotsṛjeran \6\

After he has sacrificed the omentum, he cuts off the Avadâna portions,
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.7

nabhyasthamabhimantrayate mayobhūrityanuvākaśeṣeṇa \7\

All of them, or three, or five.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.8

sarvāsāṃ payasi pāyasaṃ śrapayitvā brāhmaṇānbhojayet \8\

He sacrifices the Avadâna portions together with the mess of cooked food.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.9

paśumapyeke kurvanti \9\

A limb of the animal is the sacrificial fee.
Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

3.11.10

tasya śūlagavena kalpo vyākhyātaḥ \10\ \\11\\

At (a sacrifice) directed to a special deity he should sacrifice (an animal) belonging to that deity, should make a portion for that (god), and should say to him (i.e. to the messenger who is to convey that offering to a place sacred to that deity): 'Take care that this may reach that (god).'
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)

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit
Sajjanavallabhā — Jayarāma, Sanskrit

Linked texts (1)

Pitṛbhaktitaraṅgiṇī — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

Discussed in (2)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra — Woodroffe 1918, English