Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.5

Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.5

Language: Sanskrit

2.5.1

athā 'taś caturthīkarma.

Now (follow) the ceremonies of the fourth day.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.2

agnim upasamādhāya prāyaścittājyāhutīr juhoty agne prāyaścitta iti catuḥ,

Having put wood on the fire, he four times sacrifices expiatory Âgya oblations with (the formula), 'Agni! Thou art expiation' (MB. I, 4, 1)—
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.3

agneḥ sthāne vāyucandrasūryāḥ;

(And with the same formula), putting instead of Agni, Vâyu, Kandra, and Sûrya;
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.4

samasya pañcamīṃ bahuvadūhya;

A fifth oblation (with the names of the four gods) together, changing (in the Mantra the singular) into the plural.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.5

āhuter āhutes tu sampātam udapātre 'vanayet.

The remnants of each oblation he should pour into a water-pot.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.6

tenai 'nāṃ sakeśanakhām abhyajya hrāsayitvā ''plāvayanti.

With that (Âgya) they besmear her body, including her hair and nails, remove (that water and Âgya by rubbing her), and wash her.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.7

ūrdhvaṃ trirātrāt sambhava ity eke;

After three nights have passed, they should cohabit, according to some (teachers).
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.8

yada rtumatī bhavaty uparataśoṇitā, tadā sambhavakālaḥ.

When she has had her monthly illness and the blood has ceased to flow, that is the time for cohabiting.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.9

dakṣiṇena pāṇino 'pastham abhimṛśed viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatv ity etaya rcā, garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvālī 'ti ca;

With his right hand he should touch her secret parts with the verse, 'May Vishnu make thy womb ready' (MB. I, 4, 6), and with that, 'Give conception, Sinîvâlî' (l.l. 7).
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

2.5.10

samāpya rcau sambhavataḥ.

When those two verses are finished, they cohabit.
Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

Translations (1)

The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English

Commentaries (1)

Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit

Linked texts (1)

Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

Discussed in (5)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra — Woodroffe 1918, English