Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.4.8
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.4.8
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- Sanskrit
3.4.8
sthālīpākasya juhoti \ agnimindraṃ bṛhaspatiṃ viśvāndevānupahvaye sarasvatīṃ ca vājīṃ ca vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ sarpadevajanāntsarvān himavantaṃ sudarśanam \ vasūṃśca rudrānādityānīśānaṃ jagadaiḥ saha \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ pūrvāhṇamaparāhṇaṃ cobhau madhyaṃdinā saha \ pradoṣamarddharātraṃ ca vyuṣṭāṃ devīṃ mahāpathām \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ kartāraṃ ca vikartāraṃ viśvakarmāṇamoṣadhīṃśca vanaspatīn \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ dhātāraṃ ca vidhātāraṃ nidhīnāṃ ca patiṃ saha \ etāntsarvānprapadye 'haṃ vāstu me datta vājinaḥ svāhā \ syonaṃ śivamidaṃ vāstu dattaṃ brahmaprajāpatī \ sarvāśca devatāḥ svāheti \8\
He makes offerings of the mess of cooked food (with the following Mantras):
(a) Agni, Indra, Brihaspati, the Visve devâs I invoke, Sarasvatî and Vâgî. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ!
(b) 'To all the divine hosts of serpents, to the Himavat, the Sudarsana (mountain), and the Vasus, Rudras, Âdityas, Îsâna with his companions, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ!
(c) 'To forenoon and afternoon both together with noon, to evening and midnight, to the goddess of dawn with her wide path, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ!
(d) 'To the Creator and the Changer, to Visvakarman, to the herbs and trees, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ!
(e) 'To Dhâtri and Vidhâtri, and to the Lord of treasures together with them, to all these I apply. Give me a dwelling-place, ye vigorous ones. Svâhâ!
(f) 'As a lucky, a happy (place), give me this dwelling-place, Brahman and Pragâpati, and all deities. Svâhâ!'
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English