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1And thus he should offer (a celebration like the Anvashéakya) to the Fathers every month, observing uneven numbers (i.e. selecting a day with an uneven number, inviting an uneven number of Brahmanzas, &c.). 11. He should give food at least to nine (Brahmamas), 12. Or to an uneven number ; 13. To an even number on auspicious occasions or on the performance of meritorious deeds (such as the consecration of ponds, &c.); 14. To an uneven number on other (occasions). 15. The rite is performed from left to right. Barley is to be used instead of sesamum. KawpikA 6. 1. When going to mount a chariot he should touch the wheels with his two hands separately with (the words), ‘I touch thy two fore-feet. Thy two wheels are the Bvzhat and the Rathantara (S4mans).’ g. Comp. the note on Saénkha4yana-Grshya III, 13, 1. 10. Comp. Sankha4yana-Grehya IV, 1, 1. 13. Sankhayana-Grehya IV, 4, 4. 15. Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 4, 6. 9. 6, 1. ‘ He should touch at the same time the right wheel with his right hand, the left wheel with his left hand.’ N4rayama. (29) P 210 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 2. ‘Thy axle is the Vamadevya’—with (these words he touches) the two (naves) in which the axle rests. 3. He should mount (the chariot) with the right foot first, with (the words), ‘ With V4yu’s strength I mount thee, with Indra’s power and sovereignty.’ 4. He should touch the reins, or if the horses have no reins, (he should touch) the horses with a staff, with (the words), ‘With Brahman’s splendour I seize you. With truth I seize you.’ 5. When (the horses) put themselves in motion, he should murmur, ‘Go forward to thousandfold successful vigour, divine chariot, carry us forward!’ —(and the verse), ‘ Free, strong be thy limbs!’ (Rigveda VI, 47, 26.) 6. With this (verse he should touch also) other articles of wood. 7. ‘May the two oxen be strong, the axle firm’ (Rig-veda III, 53, 17)—with (this verse) he should touch (each) part of the chariot (alluded to in that verse). 8. With (the verse), ‘The earth, the good protectress, the unattained heaven’ (Rig-veda X, 63, 10) (he should ascend) a ship. g. With a new chariot he should drive round a widely known tree or round a pool that does not dry up, with his right side turned towards it, and then should fetch branches which bear fruits, 2. On the Vedic form of the chariot and of the wheels, comp. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, p. 247. 6. According to N4rdyaaa this Sitra would refer only to other vehicles of wood, which he is directed to touch with that Az’ when going to mount them. Perhaps the commentator is right; the wording of the A7z& is well in keeping with his explanation. II ADHYAYA, 7 KANDIKA, 8, 211 10. Or something else that belongs to the household. 11. (He then) should drive (in that chariot) to an assembly. 12, Having murmured, while looking at the sun, (the verse), ‘Make our renown highest’ (Rig-veda IV, 31, 15), he should descend.
2II ADHYAYA, 7 KANDIKA, 8, 211 10. Or something else that belongs to the household. 11. (He then) should drive (in that chariot) to an assembly. 12, Having murmured, while looking at the sun, (the verse), ‘Make our renown highest’ (Rig-veda IV, 31, 15), he should descend. 13. ‘To the bull among my equals’ (Rig-veda X, 166, 1)—(this verse he should murmur) while approaching (that assembly ?). 14. ‘May we be called to-day Indra’s best friends’ (Rig-veda I, 167, 10)—when the sun is setting. 15. ‘ Thus I address you, O daughters of heaven, while you arise’ (Rig-veda IV, 51, 11)—when day appears. KawpikA 7. 1. Now the examination of the ground (where he intends to build a house). 2. (It must be) non-salinous soil of undisputed property, 3. With herbs and trees, 4. On which much Kusa and Virava grass grows. 5. Plants with thorns and with milky juice he should dig out with their roots and remove them— 6. And in the same way the following (sorts of plants), viz.A pam4rga, potherbs, Tilvaka, ParivyAdha. 7. A spot where the waters, flowing together from all sides to the centre of it, flow round the restingplace, having it on their right side, and then flow off to the east without noise—that possesses all auspicious qualities. 8. Where the waters flow off, he should have the provision-room built. P 2 212 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. g. Thus it becomes rich in food. to. On a spot which is inclined towards the south, he should have the assembly-room constructed ; thus there will be no gambling in it. 11. (But others say that) in such (an assemblyroom) the young people become gamblers, quarrelsome, and die early. 12. Where the waters flow together from all directions, that assembly-room (situated on such a spot) brings luck and is free from gambling. KawpikA 8. 1. Now he should examine the ground in the following ways. 2. He should dig a pit knee-deep and fill it again with the same earth (which he has taken out of it). 3. If (the earth) reaches out (of the pit, the ground is) excellent ; if it is level, (it is) of middle quality ; if it does not fill (the pit, it is) to be rejected. 4. After sunset he should fill (the pit) with water and leave it so through the night. 5. If (in the morning) there is water in it, (the ground is) excellent; if it is moist, (it is) of middle quality ; if it is dry, (it is) to be rejected. - 6. White (ground), of sweet taste, with sand on the surface, (should be elected) by a Bréhmama, 7. Red (ground) for a Kshatriya. 8. Yellow (ground) for a Vaisya. 9. He should draw a thousand furrows on it and should have it measured off as quadrangular, with equal sides to each (of the four) directions ; 10. Or as an oblong quadrangle. II ADHYAYA, 8 KANDIKA, 16, 213 14. With a Samt branch or an Udumbara branch he sprinkles it (with water), going thrice round it, so that his right side is turned towards it, reciting the Santatiya hymn.
3Or as an oblong quadrangle. II ADHYAYA, 8 KANDIKA, 16, 213 14. With a Samt branch or an Udumbara branch he sprinkles it (with water), going thrice round it, so that his right side is turned towards it, reciting the Santatiya hymn. 12. And (so he does again three times) pouring out water without interruption, with the three verses, ‘O waters, ye are wholesome’ (Rig-veda X, 9, 1 seqq.). 13. In the interstices between the bamboo staffs he should have the (single) rooms constructed. 14. Into the pits in which the posts are to stand, he should have an Avaké, i.e. (the water-plant called) Sipala put down; then fire will not befall him: thus it is understood (in the Sruti). 15. Having put (that plant) into the pit in which the middle-post is to stand, he should spread (on it) eastward-pointed and northward-pointed Kusa grass and should sprinkle (on that grass) water into which rice and barley have been thrown, with (the words), ‘To the steady one, the earth-demon, svaha!’ 16. He then should, when (the middle-post) is being erected, recite over it (the two verses), ‘Stand here, fixed in the ground, prosperous, long- 8, 11. The hymn of which all verses (except a few) commence with, and frequently contain, the word sam (Rig-veda VII, 35). 13. The bamboo staffs (vamsa) rest on the chief posts (sthfix4) ; see chap. 9, I. 2. 15. Comp. chap. 1, 4. 16. Comp. Sankh4yana-Grzhya ITI, 3, 1 and the note there. How stamiravatim should be corrected and translated is quite uncertain. Instead of poshasva Prof. Stenzler proposes to read poshasya, as Sankhayana has; I have adopted this correction.— In the second verse gAyat4m saha seems to be corrupt; comp. my note on Sankh4yana III, 2,9. Instead of parisritak we should read, as Sankh4yana, Paraskara, and the Atharva-veda (III, 12, 7) have, parisrutad. 214 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. lasting (?), standing amid prosperity. May, the malevolent ones not attain thee! ‘To thee (may) the young child (come), to thee the calf. ..; to thee (may) the cup of Parisrut (come) ; (to thee) may they come with pots of curds.’ KawplkA 9, 1. (Over) the bamboo staff, when it is put on (the middle-post, he recites the hemistich), 2. ‘ Rightly ascend the post, O staff, bestowing on us long life henceforward.’ 3. On four stones, on which Darvaé grass has been spread, he should establish the water-barrel with (the words), ‘Arise on the earth ’— 4. Or with (the verse), ‘The Arangara sounds, three times bound with the strap. It praises the welfare ; may it drive away ill’ 5. He then should pour water into it with (the verse), ‘Hither may king Varuza come with the plentiful (waters); at this place may he stay contented; bringing welfare, dropping ghee may they lie down together with Mitra.’ 6. He then ‘appeases’ it (in the following way).
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.
1And thus he should offer (a celebration like the Anvashéakya) to the Fathers every month, observing uneven numbers (i.e. selecting a day with an uneven number, inviting an uneven number of Brahmanzas, &c.). 11. He should give food at least to nine (Brahmamas), 12. Or to an uneven number ; 13. To an even number on auspicious occasions or on the performance of meritorious deeds (such as the consecration of ponds, &c.); 14. To an uneven number on other (occasions). 15. The rite is performed from left to right. Barley is to be used instead of sesamum. KawpikA 6. 1. When going to mount a chariot he should touch the wheels with his two hands separately with (the words), ‘I touch thy two fore-feet. Thy two wheels are the Bvzhat and the Rathantara (S4mans).’ g. Comp. the note on Saénkha4yana-Grshya III, 13, 1. 10. Comp. Sankha4yana-Grehya IV, 1, 1. 13. Sankhayana-Grehya IV, 4, 4. 15. Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 4, 6. 9. 6, 1. ‘ He should touch at the same time the right wheel with his right hand, the left wheel with his left hand.’ N4rayama. (29) P 210 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 2. ‘Thy axle is the Vamadevya’—with (these words he touches) the two (naves) in which the axle rests. 3. He should mount (the chariot) with the right foot first, with (the words), ‘ With V4yu’s strength I mount thee, with Indra’s power and sovereignty.’ 4. He should touch the reins, or if the horses have no reins, (he should touch) the horses with a staff, with (the words), ‘With Brahman’s splendour I seize you. With truth I seize you.’ 5. When (the horses) put themselves in motion, he should murmur, ‘Go forward to thousandfold successful vigour, divine chariot, carry us forward!’ —(and the verse), ‘ Free, strong be thy limbs!’ (Rigveda VI, 47, 26.) 6. With this (verse he should touch also) other articles of wood. 7. ‘May the two oxen be strong, the axle firm’ (Rig-veda III, 53, 17)—with (this verse) he should touch (each) part of the chariot (alluded to in that verse). 8. With (the verse), ‘The earth, the good protectress, the unattained heaven’ (Rig-veda X, 63, 10) (he should ascend) a ship. g. With a new chariot he should drive round a widely known tree or round a pool that does not dry up, with his right side turned towards it, and then should fetch branches which bear fruits, 2. On the Vedic form of the chariot and of the wheels, comp. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, p. 247. 6. According to N4rdyaaa this Sitra would refer only to other vehicles of wood, which he is directed to touch with that Az’ when going to mount them. Perhaps the commentator is right; the wording of the A7z& is well in keeping with his explanation. II ADHYAYA, 7 KANDIKA, 8, 211 10. Or something else that belongs to the household. 11. (He then) should drive (in that chariot) to an assembly. 12, Having murmured, while looking at the sun, (the verse), ‘Make our renown highest’ (Rig-veda IV, 31, 15), he should descend.
2II ADHYAYA, 7 KANDIKA, 8, 211 10. Or something else that belongs to the household. 11. (He then) should drive (in that chariot) to an assembly. 12, Having murmured, while looking at the sun, (the verse), ‘Make our renown highest’ (Rig-veda IV, 31, 15), he should descend. 13. ‘To the bull among my equals’ (Rig-veda X, 166, 1)—(this verse he should murmur) while approaching (that assembly ?). 14. ‘May we be called to-day Indra’s best friends’ (Rig-veda I, 167, 10)—when the sun is setting. 15. ‘ Thus I address you, O daughters of heaven, while you arise’ (Rig-veda IV, 51, 11)—when day appears. KawpikA 7. 1. Now the examination of the ground (where he intends to build a house). 2. (It must be) non-salinous soil of undisputed property, 3. With herbs and trees, 4. On which much Kusa and Virava grass grows. 5. Plants with thorns and with milky juice he should dig out with their roots and remove them— 6. And in the same way the following (sorts of plants), viz.A pam4rga, potherbs, Tilvaka, ParivyAdha. 7. A spot where the waters, flowing together from all sides to the centre of it, flow round the restingplace, having it on their right side, and then flow off to the east without noise—that possesses all auspicious qualities. 8. Where the waters flow off, he should have the provision-room built. P 2 212 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. g. Thus it becomes rich in food. to. On a spot which is inclined towards the south, he should have the assembly-room constructed ; thus there will be no gambling in it. 11. (But others say that) in such (an assemblyroom) the young people become gamblers, quarrelsome, and die early. 12. Where the waters flow together from all directions, that assembly-room (situated on such a spot) brings luck and is free from gambling. KawpikA 8. 1. Now he should examine the ground in the following ways. 2. He should dig a pit knee-deep and fill it again with the same earth (which he has taken out of it). 3. If (the earth) reaches out (of the pit, the ground is) excellent ; if it is level, (it is) of middle quality ; if it does not fill (the pit, it is) to be rejected. 4. After sunset he should fill (the pit) with water and leave it so through the night. 5. If (in the morning) there is water in it, (the ground is) excellent; if it is moist, (it is) of middle quality ; if it is dry, (it is) to be rejected. - 6. White (ground), of sweet taste, with sand on the surface, (should be elected) by a Bréhmama, 7. Red (ground) for a Kshatriya. 8. Yellow (ground) for a Vaisya. 9. He should draw a thousand furrows on it and should have it measured off as quadrangular, with equal sides to each (of the four) directions ; 10. Or as an oblong quadrangle. II ADHYAYA, 8 KANDIKA, 16, 213 14. With a Samt branch or an Udumbara branch he sprinkles it (with water), going thrice round it, so that his right side is turned towards it, reciting the Santatiya hymn.
3Or as an oblong quadrangle. II ADHYAYA, 8 KANDIKA, 16, 213 14. With a Samt branch or an Udumbara branch he sprinkles it (with water), going thrice round it, so that his right side is turned towards it, reciting the Santatiya hymn. 12. And (so he does again three times) pouring out water without interruption, with the three verses, ‘O waters, ye are wholesome’ (Rig-veda X, 9, 1 seqq.). 13. In the interstices between the bamboo staffs he should have the (single) rooms constructed. 14. Into the pits in which the posts are to stand, he should have an Avaké, i.e. (the water-plant called) Sipala put down; then fire will not befall him: thus it is understood (in the Sruti). 15. Having put (that plant) into the pit in which the middle-post is to stand, he should spread (on it) eastward-pointed and northward-pointed Kusa grass and should sprinkle (on that grass) water into which rice and barley have been thrown, with (the words), ‘To the steady one, the earth-demon, svaha!’ 16. He then should, when (the middle-post) is being erected, recite over it (the two verses), ‘Stand here, fixed in the ground, prosperous, long- 8, 11. The hymn of which all verses (except a few) commence with, and frequently contain, the word sam (Rig-veda VII, 35). 13. The bamboo staffs (vamsa) rest on the chief posts (sthfix4) ; see chap. 9, I. 2. 15. Comp. chap. 1, 4. 16. Comp. Sankh4yana-Grzhya ITI, 3, 1 and the note there. How stamiravatim should be corrected and translated is quite uncertain. Instead of poshasva Prof. Stenzler proposes to read poshasya, as Sankhayana has; I have adopted this correction.— In the second verse gAyat4m saha seems to be corrupt; comp. my note on Sankh4yana III, 2,9. Instead of parisritak we should read, as Sankh4yana, Paraskara, and the Atharva-veda (III, 12, 7) have, parisrutad. 214 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. lasting (?), standing amid prosperity. May, the malevolent ones not attain thee! ‘To thee (may) the young child (come), to thee the calf. ..; to thee (may) the cup of Parisrut (come) ; (to thee) may they come with pots of curds.’ KawplkA 9, 1. (Over) the bamboo staff, when it is put on (the middle-post, he recites the hemistich), 2. ‘ Rightly ascend the post, O staff, bestowing on us long life henceforward.’ 3. On four stones, on which Darvaé grass has been spread, he should establish the water-barrel with (the words), ‘Arise on the earth ’— 4. Or with (the verse), ‘The Arangara sounds, three times bound with the strap. It praises the welfare ; may it drive away ill’ 5. He then should pour water into it with (the verse), ‘Hither may king Varuza come with the plentiful (waters); at this place may he stay contented; bringing welfare, dropping ghee may they lie down together with Mitra.’ 6. He then ‘appeases’ it (in the following way).
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.
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