[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) › 3.4 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.4 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.1) athātaḥ śālākarma \1\ > Now the building of the house. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.2) puṇyāhe śālāṃ kārayet \2\ > Let him have his house built on an auspicious day. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.3) tasyā avaṭamabhijuhotyacyutāya bhaumāya svāheti \3\ > Into the pits (in which the posts shall be erected) he pours an oblation with (the words), 'To the steady one, the earth-demon, svâhâ!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.4) stambhamucchrayati imāmucchrayāmi bhuvanasya nābhiṃ vasordhārāṃ prataraṇīṃ vasūnām \ ihaiva dhruvāṃ niminomi śālāṃ kṣeme tiṣṭhatu ghṛtamukṣamāṇā \ aśvāvatī gomatī sūnṛtāvatyucchrayasva mahate saubhagāya \ ātvā śiśurākrandatvā gāvo dhenavo vāśyamānāḥ \ ātvā kumārastaruṇa āvatso jagadaiḥ saha \ ātvā parisrutaḥ kumbha ādadhnaḥ kalaśairupa \ kṣemasya patnī bṛhatī suvāsā rayiṃ no dhehi subhage suvīryam \ aśvāvadgomadūrjasvat parṇaṃ vanaspateriva \ abhinaḥ pūryatāṃ rayiridamanuśreyo vasāna iti caturaḥ prapadyate \4\ > He erects the post. > 'This navel of the world I set up, a stream of wealth, promoting wealth. Here I erect a firm house; may it stand in peace, dropping ghee. > 'Rich in horses and cows, rich in delight be set up, for the sake of great happiness. To thee may the young calf cry, to thee the lowing cows, the milk-cows. > 'To thee (may) the young child (go), to thee the calf with its companions, to thee the cup of Parisrut, to thee (may they go) with pots of curds. > 'The consort of Peace, the great one, beautifully attired—bestow on us, O blessed one, wealth and manly power, which may be rich in horses and cows, full of sap like a tree's leaf. May our wealth increase here, clothing itself with prospering'—with (these four Mantras) he approaches the four (posts). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.5) abhyantarato 'gnimupasamādhāya dakṣiṇato brahmāṇamupaveśyottarata udapātraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā niṣkramya dvārasamīpe sthitvā brahmāṇamāmantrayate brahman praviśāmīti \5\ > Having established the fire inside (the house), having made the Brahman sit down towards the south, having placed a water-pot to the north, and cooked a mess of sacrificial food, he goes out (of the house), and standing near the door, he addresses the Brahman, 'Brahman, I enter (the house)!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.6) brahmānujñātaḥ praviśatyṛtaṃ prapadye śivaṃ prapadya iti \6\ > When the Brahman has given his consent, he enters with (the formula), 'To right I advance, to luck I advance!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.7) ājyaṃ saṃskṛtyeharatirityājyāhutī hutvā 'parā juhoti \ vāstoṣpate pratijānīhyasmānsvāveśo anamīvo bhavānaḥ \ yattvemahe prati tanno juṣasva śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade svāhā \ vāstoṣpate prataraṇo na edhi gayasphāno gobhiraśvebhirindo \ ajarāsaste sakhye syāma piteva putrānprati tanno juṣasva śanno bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade svāhā \ vāstoṣpate śagmayā saṃsadā te sakṣīmahi raṇvayā gaātumatyā \ pāhi kṣema uta yoge varanno yūyampāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ svāhā \ amīvahā vāstoṣpateviśvārūpāṇyāviśan \ sakhā suśeva edhi naḥ svāheti \7\ > Having prepared Âgya and sacrificed two Âgya oblations with (the two parts of the Mantra), 'Here is joy' (Vâg. Samh. VIII, 51 a), he sacrifices other oblations with (the verses): > (a) 'Vâstoshpati! Receive us (into thy protection); give us good entering and drive away from us evil. For what we ask thee, with that favour us: be a saviour to us, to men and animals. Svâhâ! > (b) 'Vâstoshpati! Be our furtherer; make our wealth increase in cows and horses, O Indu (i.e. Soma). Free from decay may we dwell in thy friendship; give us thy favour, as a father to his sons. Svâhâ! > (c) 'Vâstoshpati! Let us be in a fellowship with thee, which may be valiant, joyful, and well proceeding. Protect our wishes when we rest and when we do our work. Protect us always, ye (gods), and give us welfare. Svâhâ! > (d) 'Driving away calamity, Vâstoshpati, assuming all shapes, be a kind friend to us. Svâhâ! > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.9) prāśanānte kāṃsye saṃbhārānopyaudumbarapalāśāni sasurāṇi śāḍvalaṃ gomayaṃ dadhi madhu ghṛtaṃ kuśānyavāṃścāsanopasthāneṣu prokṣet \9\ > After he has partaken (of the sacrificial food), let him put into a brass vessel the different things which he has brought together, Udumbara leaves with strong liquor, green turf, cowdung, curds, honey, ghee, Kusa grass, and barley, and let him besprinkle the seats and shrines (for the images of the gods). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.10) pūrve sandhāvabhimṛśati \ śrīśca tvā yaśaśca pūrve sandhau gopāyetāmiti \10\ > He touches (the wall and the posts) at their eastern juncture with (the words), 'May luck and glory protect thee at thy eastern juncture.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.11) dakṣiṇe saṃdhāvabhimṛśati \ yajñaśca tvā dakṣiṇā ca dakṣiṇe sandhau gopāyetāmiti \11\ > He touches (them) at their southern juncture with (the words), 'May sacrifice and sacrificial fee protect thee at thy southern juncture.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.12) paścime saṃdhāvabhimṛśati \ anna ca tvā brāhmaṇāśca paścime sandhau gaopāyetāmiti \12\ > He touches (them) at their western juncture with (the words), 'May food and the Brâhmana protect thee at thy western juncture.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.13) uttare saṃdhāvabhimṛśati \ ūrkca tvā sūnṛtā cottare sandhau gopāyetāmiti \13\ > He touches (them) at their northern juncture with (the words), 'May vigour and delight protect thee at thy northern juncture.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.14) niṣkramya diśa upatiṣṭhate \ ketā ca mā suketā ca purastādgopāyetāmityagnirvai ketādityaḥ suketā tau prapadye tābhyāṃ namo 'stu tau mā purastādgopāyetāmiti \14\ > He then goes out (of the house) and worships the quarters (of the horizon, the east) with (the formulas), 'May Ketâ (i.e. will?) and Suketâ (i.e. good-will?) protect me from the east. > 'Agni is Ketâ; the Sun is Suketâ: to them I apply; to them be adoration; may they protect me from the east.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.15) atha dakṣiṇato gopāyamānaṃ ca mārakṣamāṇā ca dakṣiṇato gopāyetāmityaharvai gopāyamānaṃ rātrī rakṣamāṇā te prapadye tābhyāṃ namo 'stu te mā dakṣiṇato gopāyetāmiti \15\ > Then to the south: 'May that which protects and that which guards, protect me from the south. > 'The Day is that which protects; the Night is that which guards; to them I apply; to them be adoration; may they protect me from the south.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.16) atha paścāt dīdiviśca bhā jāgṛviśca padcādgopāyetāmityannaṃ vai dīdiviḥ prāṇo jāgṛvistau prapadye tābhyāṃ namo 'stu tau mā paścādgopāyetāmiti \16\ > Then to the west: 'May the shining one and the waking one protect me from the west. > 'Food is the shining one; Breath is the waking one; to them I apply; to them be adoration; may they protect me from the west.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.17) athottarato 'svapnaśca mānavadrāṇaścottarato gopāyetāmiti candramā vā asvapno vāyuranavadrānastau prapadye tābhyāṃ namostu tau mottarato gopāyetāmiti \17\ > Then to the north: 'May the sleepless one and the not-slumbering one protect me from the north. > 'The Moon is the sleepless one; the Wind is the not-slumbering one; to them I apply; to them be adoration; may they protect me from the north.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.18) niṣṭhitāṃ prapadyate dharmasthūṇā jājaṃ śrīratūpamahorātre dvāraphalake \ indrasya gṛhā vasumanto varūthinastānahaṃ prapadye saha prajayā paśubhiḥ saha \ yanme kiṃcidastyupahūtaḥ sarvagaṇasakhāyasādhusaṃvṛtaḥ \ tāṃ tvā śāle 'riṣṭavīrā gṛhānnaḥ santu sarvata iti \18\ > When (the house) is finished, he enters it with (the formulas), > 'Law, the chief post! Fortune, the pinnacle! Day and night, the two door-boards! > 'Indra's house is wealthy, protecting; that I enter with my children, with my cattle, with everything that is mine. > 'Hither is called the whole number (of relatives), the friends whose coming is good. Thus (I enter) thee, O house. May our dwellings be full of inviolable heroes from all sides!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4.19) tato brāhmaṇabhojanam \19\ \\4\\ > Then (follows) feeding of the Brâhmanas. > — 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.3.4.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.39.19.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.1.5) — Agniveśa, Sanskrit - [Mānavagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.11.18.p3) — Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.4.p26.4) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.4) · Pramāṇa