Shankhayanagrihyasutra 3.2
Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra 3.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
Contents
- 3.2.9 — 1 part
3.2.1
: atha gṛha karma /
If he wishes to have a house built, he draws with an Udumbara branch three times a line round (the building-ground) with (the words), 'Here I include the dwellings for the sake of food,' and sacrifices in (its) centre on an elevated spot,
3.2.2
: agāram kārayiṣyann iha anna adyāya viśaḥ pari gṛhṇāmi ity udumbara śākhayā triḥ parilikhya madhye sthaṇḍile juhoti /
(With the texts,) 'Who art thou? Whose art thou? To whom do I sacrifice thee, desirous of (dwelling in the) village? Svâhâ!
'Thou art the gods' share on this (earth). From here have sprung the fathers who have passed away. The ruler has sacrificed, desirous of (dwelling in the) village, not omitting anything that belongs to the gods. Svâhâ!'
3.2.3
: ko asy kasya asi kāya te grāma kāmo juhoti svāhā asyām devānām asi bhāga dheyam itaḥ prajātāḥ pitaraḥ paretāḥ.|.virāl ajuhvad grāma kāmo na devānām kiṃcana antareṇa svāhā iti /
Having had the pits for the posts dug,
3.2.4
: sthū na āgartān khānayitvā /
He pours water-gruel into them,
3.2.5
: uda manthān āsicya /
And with (the verse), 'This branch of the immortal one I erect, a stream of honey, promoting wealth. The child, the young one, cries to it; the cow shall low to it, the unceasingly fertile one'—he puts an Udumbara branch which has been besmeared with ghee into the pit for the right door-post.
3.2.6
: imam vi minve amṛtasya śākhām madhor dhārām prataraṇīm vasūnām.|.enām śiśuḥ krandaty ā kumāra enām dhenuḥ krandatu nitya vatsa>.ity udumbara śākhām ghṛtena aktām dakṣiṇe dvārye garte nidadhāti /
'This branch of the world I establish, a stream of honey, promoting wealth. The child, the young one, cries to it; the cow shall low to it that has a young calf'—thus to the left.
3.2.7
: imam uc chrayāmi bhuvanasya śākhām madhor dhārām prataraṇīm vasūnām.|.enām śiśuḥ krandaty ā kumāra enām dhenuḥ krandatu pāka vatsa ity uttarataḥ /
In the same way at the two (pits) to the south, to the west, and to the north.
3.2.9
: evam dvayor dvayor dakṣiṇataḥ paścād uttarataś ca /
: imām aham asya vṛkṣasya śākhām ghṛtam ukṣantīm amṛte minomi.|.enām śiśuḥ krandaty ā kumāra ā syandantām dhenavo nitya vatsa iti sthūṇā rājam ucchrayati /
'May the young child come to it, may the calf....; may they come to it with a cup of Parisrut, with pots of curds.
3.2.9.p1
: enam kumāras taruṇa ā vatsa bhuvanas patri.|.enam parisrutaḥ kumbhyā ā dadhnaḥ kalaśair gaman /
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit