Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.3.6
The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) 3.3.6
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3.3.6
He makes offerings of the mess of cooked food with (the verses):
'May the earth be peaceful, the air friendly to us; may the heavens give us bliss and safety. May the points (of the horizon), the intermediate points, the upper points give us bliss, and may day and night create long life for us. Svâhâ!
'May the waters, the rays protect us from all sides; may the creator, may the ocean turn away evil. The present and the future, may all be safe for me. Protected by Brahman, may I be well guarded. Svâhâ!
'May all Âdityas and the divine Vasus, may the Rudras and Maruts be our protectors. May Pragâpati, the highest lord, bestow on us vigour, offspring, immortality, long life. Svâhâ!'
3.3.6.n1
In the first verse I have omitted vyasnavai, which impedes the construction and violates the metre. The word has found its way into the text, no doubt, in consequence of the phrase dîrgham âyur vyasnavai occurring in chap. 2, 2. In the second verse akritad is corrupt. I have translated abhayam; comp. Âsvalâyana II, 4, 14. In the third verse I have left out mayi, as Professor Stenzler has done in his translation.
Commentaries (2)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Karka, Sanskrit
- Karkaṭīkā — Karka, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra — Pāraskara, Sanskrit