Shankhayanagrihyasutra 4.6

4.6.1

: atha utsarga karma /

On the first day of the bright fortnight of Mâgha,

4.6.2

: māgha śukla pratipadi /

To the north-east,

4.6.3

: aparājitāyām diśi /

In a place covered with herbs,

4.6.4

: bahv auṣadhike deśe /

Having murmured the hymns sacred to the Sun, 'Upwards that Gâtavedas' (Rig-veda I, 50), 'The bright face of the gods' (I, 115), Adoration to Mitra's (eye)' (X, 37), 'From the sky (where he dwells) may Sûrya protect us' (X, 158),

4.6.5

: <.ud u tyam jātavedasam>.<.citram devānām>.<.namo mitrasya>.<.sūryo no divas pātv>.iti sauryāṇi japitvā /

And having thrown clods of earth (on the ground) to the different quarters (of the horizon), from the left to the right, with the hymn, 'A ruler indeed' (Rig-veda X, 152), verse by verse,

4.6.6

: <.śāsa itthā mahān asi>.iti pradakṣiṇam partyṛcam pratidiśam pratyasya loṣṭān /

And having satiated (with water) the Rishis, the metres, the deities, faith and insight, and the fathers man by man,

4.6.7

: ṛṣīṃś chandāṃsi devatāḥ śraddhā medhe ca tarpayitvā pratipuruṣam ca pitrīṃś /

They interrupt (the study of) the hymns for six months and a half,

4.6.8

: chandāṃsi viśrāmayanty ardha saptamān māsān /

Or for five and a half.

4.6.9

: ardha ṣaṣṭhān vā /

But if they (wish to) recite them (nevertheless), let the recitation go on after a pause of one day and one night.

4.6.9.p1

: adhīyīraṃś ced ahorātram uparamya prādhyayanam /