Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.15
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.15.1
athāto hastyārohaṇam \1\
Now how he should mount an elephant.
3.15.2
etya hastinamabhimṛśati hastiyaśasamasi hastivarcasamasīti \2\
He goes to the elephant and touches it (saying), 'The elephants’ glory art thou. The elephants’ honour art thou.'
3.15.3
athārohatīndrasya tvā vajreṇābhitiṣṭhāmi svasti mā saṃpārayeti \3\
He then mounts it with (the words), 'With Indra's thunder-bolt I bestride thee. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.4
etenaivāśvārohaṇaṃ vyākhyātam \4\
Thereby it has also been declared how he should mount a horse.
3.15.5
uṣṭramārokṣyannabhimantrayate tvāṣṭro 'si tvaṣṭṛdaivatyaḥ svasti mā saṃpārayeti \5\
When he is going to mount a camel, he addresses it: 'Thou art the son of Tvashtri; Tvashtri is thy deity. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.6
rāsabhamārokṣyannabhimantrayate śūdro 'si śūdrajanmāgneyo vai dviretāḥ svasti mā saṃpārayeti \6\
When he is going to mount a he-ass, he addresses it: 'A Sûdra art thou, a Sûdra by birth. To Agni thou belongest, with twofold sperm. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.7
panthānam abhimantrayate namo rudrāya pathiṣade svasti mā sampārayeti \7\
A path he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells on the paths. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.8
catuṣpathamabhimantrayate namo rudrāya pathiṣade svasti mā saṃpārayeti \7\
A cross-road he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells at the cross-roads. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.9
nadīmuttariṣyannabhimantrayate namo rudrāyāpsuṣade svasti mā saṃpārayeti \8\
When he intends to swim across a river, he addresses it: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells in the waters. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.10
nāvamārokṣyannabhimantrayate sunāvamiti \9\
When going on board a ship, he addresses her: 'The good ship' (Vâg. Samh. XXI, 7).
3.15.11
uttariṣyannabhimantrayate sutrāmāṇamiti \10\
When going to cross (the river), he addresses (the ship): 'The well-protecting' (Vâg. Samh. XXI, 6).
3.15.12
vanamabhimantrayate namo rudrāya vanasade svasti mā saṃpārayeti \11\
A forest (through which he is wandering) he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells in the forests. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.13
girimabhimantrayate namo rudrāya giri ṣadesvasti mā saṃpārayeti \12\
A mountain (which he is going to cross) he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells on the mountains. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.14
śmaśānamabhimantrayate namo rudrāyaṃ pitṛṣade svasti mā saṃpārayeti \13\
A burial-ground he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells among the Fathers. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.15
goṣṭhamabhimantrayate mano rudrāya śakṛtpiṇḍasade svasti mā saṃpārayeti \14\
A cow-stable he addresses: 'Adoration to Rudra who dwells among the dung-heaps. Make me arrive safely.'
3.15.16
yatra cānyatrāpi namo rudrāyetyeva brūyādrudro hyevedaṃ sarvamiti śruteḥ \15\
And wheresoever else it be, let him always say, 'Adoration to Rudra.' For the Sruti says, 'Rudra is this universe.'
3.15.17
sicā 'vadhūto 'bhimantrayate sigasi na vajro 'si namaste 'astu mā māhiṃsīriti \16\
If the skirt (of his garment) is blown upon him (by the wind), he addresses (that skirt): 'A skirt art thou. Thou art not a thunder-bolt. Adoration be to thee. Do no harm to me!'
3.15.18
stanayitnumabhimantrayate śivā no varṣāḥ santu śivā naḥ santu hetayaḥ \ śivā nastāḥ santu yāstvaṃ sṛjasi vṛtrahanniti \17\
The thunder he addresses: 'May the rains be friendly to us; may (Indra's) darts be friendly to us—may they be friendly to us which thou throwest, O killer of Vritra.'
3.15.19
śivāṃ vāśyamānāmabhimantrayate śivo nāmeti \18\
A howling jackal he addresses: 'Friendly by name' (Vâg. Samh. III, 63).
3.15.20
śakuniṃ vāśyamānamabhimantrayate hiraṇyaparṇa śakune devānāṃ prahitaṃgama \ yamadūta namaste 'stu kiṃtvākārkkāriṇo bravīditi \19\
A shrieking bird he addresses: 'Golden-winged bird who goest where the gods send thee! Messenger of Yama, adoration be to thee! What has the Kârkârina told thee?'
3.15.21
lakṣaṇyaṃ vṛkṣamabhimantrayate mā tvā 'śanirmā paraśurmā vāto mā rājapreṣito daṇḍaḥ \ aṅkurāste prarohantu nivāte tvā 'bhivarṣatu \ agniṣṭemūlaṃ māhiṃsītsvasti te 'stu vanaspate svastime 'stu vanaspata iti \20\
A tree that serves as a mark (of a boundary, &c.), he addresses: 'May neither the flash of lightning (destroy thee), nor axe nor wind nor punishment which the king sends. May thy shoots grow up; may rain fall on thee, in safety from the wind. May fire not destroy thy root. Blessing on thee, O lord of the forest! Blessing on me, O lord of the forest!'
3.15.22
sa yadi kiṃcillabheta tatpratigṛhṇāti dyaustvā dadātu pṛthivī tvā pratigṛhṇātviti sā 'sya na dadataḥ kṣīyate bhūyasī ca pratigṛhītā bhavati \22\
If he receives something (given to him), he accepts it with (the formula), 'May Heaven give thee; may the Earth accept thee.' Thus (the thing given) does not decrease to him who gives it, and what he receives increases.
3.15.23
atha yadyodanaṃ labheta tatpratigṛhya dyaustveti tasya dviḥ prāśnāti brahmā tvā 'śnātu brahmā tvā prāśnātviti \21\
If boiled rice is given to him, he accepts it with (the formula), 'May Heaven, &c.,' and he partakes thereof twice. with (the formulas), 'May Brahman eat thee!'—'May Brahman partake of thee!'
3.15.24
atha yadi manthaṃ labheta taṃ pratigṛhya dyaustveti tasya triḥ prāśnāti brahmā tvā 'śnātu brahmā tvā prāśnātu brahmā tvā pibatviti \22\ \\15\\
If gruel is given to him, (as above).... three times with (the formulas), 'May Brahman eat thee! '—'May Brahman partake of thee!'—'May Brahman drink thee!
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (5)
- Gṛhyasūtraprakāśikā — Viśvanātha 1575, Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- Vyākhyā, Bhāṣya, Vṛtti etc — Sanskrit
- Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German