Fetching
One moment.
Fetching
One moment.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
117. Let him not spit. 18. Let him not scratch himself. 19. Let him not look on urine and excrements. 20. Let him sit with veiled head, 21. Not on the bare (ground), 22. If he has only one garment, suspending his sacrificial cord on his ear, 23. Not turning his face to the sun, 24. Nor his rump, 25. In the day-time with his face to the north, at night to the south. 26. He shall not (eject) phlegm into water, nor in the neighbourhood (of water). 27. He shall not climb up a tree. 28. He shall not look down into a well. 29. He shall not go to an execution-place, 30. And in no case to a cemetery. 31. Let him bathe day by day with his clothes on. 32. When he has bathed, let him put on another garment before he is dry. Kuawpa 13. 1. Under (the Nakshatra) Rohivi he shall have the ploughing done. 2. Before it is done, he shall offer at the eastern boundary of his field a Bali to Heaven and Earth. 3. With a verse sacred to Heaven and Earth and with the words, ‘Adoration to Heaven and Earth!’ (he performs his) worship (to Heaven and Earth). 16, According to Narayaza we should have to supply, ‘ while it is raining,’ which is countenanced by a number of parallel texts, for instance, Asv.-Grzhya III, 9, 6. IV ADHYAYA, I5 KHANDA, 2. 127 4. When the plough is being put into motion first, let a Brdhmama touch the plough reciting this (verse), ‘For luck may us the plough-shares’ (Rig-veda IV, 57, 8). 5. ‘Through the lord of the field’—with (this hymn) (Rig-veda IV, 57), verse by verse, to the different directions (of the sky), from left to right, worship is done. Kuawopa 14, 1. When going to cross water, he performs the Svastyayana (ceremony for lucky progress). 2. He sacrifices thrice with his joined hands full of water into the waters, with the words, ‘ Adoration to the Sea, the child of the reed! Adoration to Varuma, the lord of righteousness! Adoration to all rivers |’— 3. Murmuring, ‘May Visvakarman, the father of them all, relish the food offered.’ 4. Against the stream for flowing (waters); up into the air for standing ones. 5. Should he while crossing apprehend any danger, let him murmur the hymn of Vasish¢fa, ‘ The eldest of which is the sea’ (Rig-veda VII, 49); this (will serve to him as) a boat. Kuawoa 15, 1. The Sravaza (oblation) he offers on the full moon day that falls under (the Nakshatra) SravishthAs, of the flour of fried barley, or of cooked food, 2. With (the words), ‘To Vishzu svah4! To (the Nakshatra) Sravaza svéha! To the full moon of Sravana sv4h4! To the rainy season svaha!’ 128 SANKHAYANA-GRIHYA-SUTRA. 3. Having established the (sacred) domestic fire outside, and having mixed together fried grain and the flour of fried barley with butter, he sacrifices— 4. With (the words), ‘To the Lord of the celestial Serpents svaha! To the celestial Serpents svaha!’ 5. Having placed to the north of the fire a new water-pot on eastward-pointed, fresh Kusa grass,
2With (the words), ‘To the Lord of the celestial Serpents svaha! To the celestial Serpents svaha!’ 5. Having placed to the north of the fire a new water-pot on eastward-pointed, fresh Kusa grass, 6. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents wash himself! May the celestial Serpents wash themselves !’—he pours water into it. 7. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents comb himself! May the celestial Serpents comb themselves!’—he makes movements with a comb. 8. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents paint himself! May the celestial Serpents paint themselves!’—he pours out portions of paint. 9. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents tie (this) to (himself)! May the celestial Serpents tie (this) to themselves!’—he offers flowers. 10. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents clothe himself! May the celestial Serpents clothe themselves !’—he offers a thread. 11. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents anoint (his eyelashes)! May the celestial Serpents anoint (their eyelashes)!’—he spirts out (small portions of collyrium) with a young Kusa shoot. 12. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents look (at himself)! May the celestial Serpents look (at themselves)!’—he makes them look in a mirror. 15, 7. For this signification of phaza, comp. Xullavagga V, 2, 3. IV ADHYAYA, 15 KHANDA, 22. 129 13. With (the words), ‘Lord of the celestial Serpents, this is thy Bali! Celestial Serpents, this is your Bali! ’—he makes a Bali-offering. 14. In the same way for the aérial (Serpents). 15. For those dwelling in the directions (of the horizon). 16. For the terrestrial ones. 17. (He repeats these Mantras) thrice each time, the first (part) with higher voice each time, 18, The second (part) with lower voice each time. 19. In this way he shall offer day by day with the spoon, in small portions, a Bali of the flour of fried barley with water, down to the Pratyavarohama (or the ceremony of the ‘redescent’), at night, keeping silence. 20. And (his wife) shall put (it) down silently. 21. The close of the ceremony is the same as the - beginning. 22. With (the verse), ‘The good protectress’ (Rigveda X, 63, 10), let him ascend the (high) couch. 17,18. The text has ukdaistardam—ufhaistardm, and ntkaistardm—nikaistaradm. Nardyanza(comp.the text of his scholion, Pp. 155 of the German edition) understands this in a different way ; he says that in the water-pot mentioned in the fifth Sftra two different sthanas are to be distinguished, a higher part of it anda lower (uttaradharatay4). Now when the sacrificer, for instance, as prescribed in Sfitra 6, invites the Lord of the celestial Serpents, and the celestial Serpents to wash themselves, the pouring out of water would have to be performed first thrice for the Lord of the celestial Serpents in the higher place, then thrice for the celestial Serpents in the lower place.
319. On the Pratyavarohana see chap. 17. 20. Narayana: vagyamayukt4 yagamanapatnt evam balidravy4- dikam upas4dayet. 22, ‘From the Sravani till the Agrahayant (see chap. 17, 1) one shall not sleep on the ground out of fear of the snakes.’ Narayana. [29] K 130 SANKHAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. Kuawnpa 16, 1. On the full moon day of Asvayuga a milk-rice oblation to Indra. 2. Having sacrificed Agya with (the words), ‘To the two Asvins svaha! To the two Asvayug svaha! To the full moon of Asvayuga svaha! To the autumn svaha! To Pasupati svaha! To the tawny one svaha ! ’— 3. He shall sacrifice a mixture of curds and butter with this hymn, ‘The cows came hither’ (Rig-veda VI, 28), verse by verse. 4. That night they let the calves join their mothers. 5. Then feeding of the Brahmamas. Kuanpa 17. 1. On the Agrahdyamt full moon day he shall redescend, 2. (Or) under (the Nakshatra) Rohiai, or under the Prosh¢hapadas. 3. In the morning, having taken a handfull of Samt leaves, Madhika flowers, reeds, Apamarga plants, and of Sirisha, Udumbara, Kusa shoots, and jujube fruits, and an earth-clod (taken) out of a furrow, 4. Having put (all that) into a water-pot, 16, 3. Ghritamisram dadhi pr’shatakam. Narayaza. Comp. the Grhya-samgraha II, 59. 17, 1. The Pratyavarohama (i.e. redescent) here described is the ceremony performed at the end of the time during which sleeping on high bedsteads is prescribed (chap. 15, 22). Beginning from the Sravavt full moon till the Pratyavarohama, the offerings to the Serpents mentioned above have to be repeated every day (chap. 15, 19); the Pratyavarohama is the concluding ceremony of these rites devoted to the Serpents. IV ADHYAYA, 18 KHANDA, 3. 131 5. And, after he has quickly repeated the Mahavyahvztis and the Savitri, having repeatedly immersed (it) therein with this hymn, ‘May he burn away from us pain’ (Rig-veda I, 97), he shall drive away the evil from the persons standing under his protection, from left to right, and pour out (the water) to the north. 6. A Madhuparka is the fee for the sacrifice. Kuanpa 18. 1. ‘May summer, winter and spring, autumn and rainy season be well-ordered to us. May we be under the safe protection of these seasons, and may they last (to us) through a hundred years. Svaha! ‘ Beat away, Owhite one, with thy foot, with the forefoot and with the hind-foot, these seven daughters of Varuza and all that belong to the king’s tribe. Svaha! ‘To the white one, the son of Vidarva sv4ha! To Vidarva svaha! To Takshaka Vaisdleya svaha! To VisAla svaha !’—with (these words) he sacrifices (oblations) of Agya. 2. ‘May a good winter, a good spring, a good summer be bestowed (on us). May the rains be to us happy rains; may the autumns be blessed to us.’ 3. With (the verse), ‘Blessing on us, Mitra’ (Rigveda I, 90, 9), he sweeps (the floor) with a Palasa branch, 5. Saranyebhyo griéhebhya# (read, gréhyebhyak) sarvebhyah sak4sat, &c. Narfyana.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
117. Let him not spit. 18. Let him not scratch himself. 19. Let him not look on urine and excrements. 20. Let him sit with veiled head, 21. Not on the bare (ground), 22. If he has only one garment, suspending his sacrificial cord on his ear, 23. Not turning his face to the sun, 24. Nor his rump, 25. In the day-time with his face to the north, at night to the south. 26. He shall not (eject) phlegm into water, nor in the neighbourhood (of water). 27. He shall not climb up a tree. 28. He shall not look down into a well. 29. He shall not go to an execution-place, 30. And in no case to a cemetery. 31. Let him bathe day by day with his clothes on. 32. When he has bathed, let him put on another garment before he is dry. Kuawpa 13. 1. Under (the Nakshatra) Rohivi he shall have the ploughing done. 2. Before it is done, he shall offer at the eastern boundary of his field a Bali to Heaven and Earth. 3. With a verse sacred to Heaven and Earth and with the words, ‘Adoration to Heaven and Earth!’ (he performs his) worship (to Heaven and Earth). 16, According to Narayaza we should have to supply, ‘ while it is raining,’ which is countenanced by a number of parallel texts, for instance, Asv.-Grzhya III, 9, 6. IV ADHYAYA, I5 KHANDA, 2. 127 4. When the plough is being put into motion first, let a Brdhmama touch the plough reciting this (verse), ‘For luck may us the plough-shares’ (Rig-veda IV, 57, 8). 5. ‘Through the lord of the field’—with (this hymn) (Rig-veda IV, 57), verse by verse, to the different directions (of the sky), from left to right, worship is done. Kuawopa 14, 1. When going to cross water, he performs the Svastyayana (ceremony for lucky progress). 2. He sacrifices thrice with his joined hands full of water into the waters, with the words, ‘ Adoration to the Sea, the child of the reed! Adoration to Varuma, the lord of righteousness! Adoration to all rivers |’— 3. Murmuring, ‘May Visvakarman, the father of them all, relish the food offered.’ 4. Against the stream for flowing (waters); up into the air for standing ones. 5. Should he while crossing apprehend any danger, let him murmur the hymn of Vasish¢fa, ‘ The eldest of which is the sea’ (Rig-veda VII, 49); this (will serve to him as) a boat. Kuawoa 15, 1. The Sravaza (oblation) he offers on the full moon day that falls under (the Nakshatra) SravishthAs, of the flour of fried barley, or of cooked food, 2. With (the words), ‘To Vishzu svah4! To (the Nakshatra) Sravaza svéha! To the full moon of Sravana sv4h4! To the rainy season svaha!’ 128 SANKHAYANA-GRIHYA-SUTRA. 3. Having established the (sacred) domestic fire outside, and having mixed together fried grain and the flour of fried barley with butter, he sacrifices— 4. With (the words), ‘To the Lord of the celestial Serpents svaha! To the celestial Serpents svaha!’ 5. Having placed to the north of the fire a new water-pot on eastward-pointed, fresh Kusa grass,
2With (the words), ‘To the Lord of the celestial Serpents svaha! To the celestial Serpents svaha!’ 5. Having placed to the north of the fire a new water-pot on eastward-pointed, fresh Kusa grass, 6. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents wash himself! May the celestial Serpents wash themselves !’—he pours water into it. 7. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents comb himself! May the celestial Serpents comb themselves!’—he makes movements with a comb. 8. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents paint himself! May the celestial Serpents paint themselves!’—he pours out portions of paint. 9. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents tie (this) to (himself)! May the celestial Serpents tie (this) to themselves!’—he offers flowers. 10. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents clothe himself! May the celestial Serpents clothe themselves !’—he offers a thread. 11. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents anoint (his eyelashes)! May the celestial Serpents anoint (their eyelashes)!’—he spirts out (small portions of collyrium) with a young Kusa shoot. 12. With (the words), ‘May the Lord of the celestial Serpents look (at himself)! May the celestial Serpents look (at themselves)!’—he makes them look in a mirror. 15, 7. For this signification of phaza, comp. Xullavagga V, 2, 3. IV ADHYAYA, 15 KHANDA, 22. 129 13. With (the words), ‘Lord of the celestial Serpents, this is thy Bali! Celestial Serpents, this is your Bali! ’—he makes a Bali-offering. 14. In the same way for the aérial (Serpents). 15. For those dwelling in the directions (of the horizon). 16. For the terrestrial ones. 17. (He repeats these Mantras) thrice each time, the first (part) with higher voice each time, 18, The second (part) with lower voice each time. 19. In this way he shall offer day by day with the spoon, in small portions, a Bali of the flour of fried barley with water, down to the Pratyavarohama (or the ceremony of the ‘redescent’), at night, keeping silence. 20. And (his wife) shall put (it) down silently. 21. The close of the ceremony is the same as the - beginning. 22. With (the verse), ‘The good protectress’ (Rigveda X, 63, 10), let him ascend the (high) couch. 17,18. The text has ukdaistardam—ufhaistardm, and ntkaistardm—nikaistaradm. Nardyanza(comp.the text of his scholion, Pp. 155 of the German edition) understands this in a different way ; he says that in the water-pot mentioned in the fifth Sftra two different sthanas are to be distinguished, a higher part of it anda lower (uttaradharatay4). Now when the sacrificer, for instance, as prescribed in Sfitra 6, invites the Lord of the celestial Serpents, and the celestial Serpents to wash themselves, the pouring out of water would have to be performed first thrice for the Lord of the celestial Serpents in the higher place, then thrice for the celestial Serpents in the lower place.
319. On the Pratyavarohana see chap. 17. 20. Narayana: vagyamayukt4 yagamanapatnt evam balidravy4- dikam upas4dayet. 22, ‘From the Sravani till the Agrahayant (see chap. 17, 1) one shall not sleep on the ground out of fear of the snakes.’ Narayana. [29] K 130 SANKHAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. Kuawnpa 16, 1. On the full moon day of Asvayuga a milk-rice oblation to Indra. 2. Having sacrificed Agya with (the words), ‘To the two Asvins svaha! To the two Asvayug svaha! To the full moon of Asvayuga svaha! To the autumn svaha! To Pasupati svaha! To the tawny one svaha ! ’— 3. He shall sacrifice a mixture of curds and butter with this hymn, ‘The cows came hither’ (Rig-veda VI, 28), verse by verse. 4. That night they let the calves join their mothers. 5. Then feeding of the Brahmamas. Kuanpa 17. 1. On the Agrahdyamt full moon day he shall redescend, 2. (Or) under (the Nakshatra) Rohiai, or under the Prosh¢hapadas. 3. In the morning, having taken a handfull of Samt leaves, Madhika flowers, reeds, Apamarga plants, and of Sirisha, Udumbara, Kusa shoots, and jujube fruits, and an earth-clod (taken) out of a furrow, 4. Having put (all that) into a water-pot, 16, 3. Ghritamisram dadhi pr’shatakam. Narayaza. Comp. the Grhya-samgraha II, 59. 17, 1. The Pratyavarohama (i.e. redescent) here described is the ceremony performed at the end of the time during which sleeping on high bedsteads is prescribed (chap. 15, 22). Beginning from the Sravavt full moon till the Pratyavarohama, the offerings to the Serpents mentioned above have to be repeated every day (chap. 15, 19); the Pratyavarohama is the concluding ceremony of these rites devoted to the Serpents. IV ADHYAYA, 18 KHANDA, 3. 131 5. And, after he has quickly repeated the Mahavyahvztis and the Savitri, having repeatedly immersed (it) therein with this hymn, ‘May he burn away from us pain’ (Rig-veda I, 97), he shall drive away the evil from the persons standing under his protection, from left to right, and pour out (the water) to the north. 6. A Madhuparka is the fee for the sacrifice. Kuanpa 18. 1. ‘May summer, winter and spring, autumn and rainy season be well-ordered to us. May we be under the safe protection of these seasons, and may they last (to us) through a hundred years. Svaha! ‘ Beat away, Owhite one, with thy foot, with the forefoot and with the hind-foot, these seven daughters of Varuza and all that belong to the king’s tribe. Svaha! ‘To the white one, the son of Vidarva sv4ha! To Vidarva svaha! To Takshaka Vaisdleya svaha! To VisAla svaha !’—with (these words) he sacrifices (oblations) of Agya. 2. ‘May a good winter, a good spring, a good summer be bestowed (on us). May the rains be to us happy rains; may the autumns be blessed to us.’ 3. With (the verse), ‘Blessing on us, Mitra’ (Rigveda I, 90, 9), he sweeps (the floor) with a Palasa branch, 5. Saranyebhyo griéhebhya# (read, gréhyebhyak) sarvebhyah sak4sat, &c. Narfyana.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
No commentary for this page.