Kauthumagrihyasutra 21
Kauthumagṛhyasūtra 21
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- Sanskrit
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ityete vā vāmityuccaiḥ brūyāt pradakṣiṇena jalaṃ vīkṣyādityamādityamaśaktascet pratiyāme sakṛt ghaṭikāvasānaṃ vātāstamayād bhavati tataḥ sāya mārjayatvā kamaṇḍalunodakaṃ gṛhītvā maḍhaṃ praviśet /
prāṅmukhopaviśya tata udakaṃ pītvā netrayīḥ prakṣālyācamya tataḥ prāṇāpānau dvau tavaśyāvīyau dvau rājanaśāśāhiṇābhyāṃ gavāṃ vrate dve idaṃ viṣṇuḥ ṣaḍṛcaṃ devavratāni eteṣāṃ punaḥ punarabhyāso na tiṣṭhaṃ vāvasānaṃ na nidraṃ drācaṃ iti dvādaśarātramupavāso hyāparevādvrataṃ na yācate /
dvādaśarātra nāśroyāt ityevaṃ dvādaśarātramupavāsaḥ kṛtvātikṛtsna iti smṛtam /
yāvadbṛhaspatirbrahmā tāvatsvarge loke mahīyate na ca punarāvartate na ca punarāvartate //
With these [mantras] he should recite loudly, "vā vām...". Having circumambulated from left to right, looked at the water and at the sun—or if he is unable, once every watch of the day or at the end of a ghaṭikā until sunset—then in the evening, having sprinkled himself, taken water with his water pot, he should enter the cell.
Having sat down facing east, then having drunk water, washed both eyes, and sipped water, then [reciting] the two Prāṇāpāna [verses], the two Tavaśyāvīya [sāmans], the two Rājana and Śāśāhiṇa [sāmans], the two Gavāṃ vrata [sāmans], "idaṃ viṣṇuḥ", the six-verse hymn, and the Devavrata [sāmans]—the repeated recitation of these [takes place], not standing, not resting, and not sleeping. Thus a fast of twelve nights [is undertaken]; he does not ask for [anything] during the observance until the next day.
He should not eat for twelve nights; thus having performed a fast of twelve nights, it is remembered as the Atikṛtsna [penance].
For as long as Bṛhaspati and Brahmā [endure], so long is he magnified in the heavenly world; and he does not return, and he does not return.
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kauthumagṛhyaṃ samāptam //
The Kauthumagṛhya is complete.
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