The Grihya-Sûtras: Rules of Vedic Domestic Ceremonies, Part I — SBE Vol. 29 (trans. Hermann Oldenberg, 1886)

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18. aniyaktan tv ahatam. 9g. athflamkaéro. 10. sdhassamvesy. 11. amadhumamsfst syan. 12. maithunakshurakr:tyasn4n4valekhanadantadh4vanapadadhavanani vargayen. 13. ndsya kame reta skanden. 14. na goyuktam 4rohen. pd2 404 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 15. Nor (wear) shoes in the village. 16. Wearing the girdle, going the rounds for alms, (carrying) a staff, putting fuel (on the fire), touching water, reverentially saluting (the teacher) in the morning: (these are the) standing (duties). 17. The Godana-vrata, the Vratika-vrata, the Aditya-vrata, the Upanishad-vrata, and the Gyeshthas&ma-vrata (last) one year (each). 18. The Aditya-vrata some (do) not (undergo). 19. They who undergo it, wear one garment. 20. They allow nothing to be between (themselves and) the sun. 21. And they do not descend into water. 22. For the Sakvart verses, twelve, nine, six, or three (years through which the Vrata is to be kept) make up the various possibilities. 23. He (who keeps the S&akvara-vrata) wears dark clothes. 24. He eats dark food. 25. He is entirely addicted to his teacher. 26. He should stand in day-time. 27. He should sit at night. 28. According to some (teachers, the Vrata may last only) one year, if the ancestors (of the student) have learnt (the Sakvart verses). 15. na grdma upanahau. 16. mekhalédhdranabhaikshasaranadandasamidadhanopasparsanapratarabhivada nityam. 17. godénavratikadityavratopanishaggyesh/hasamikas samvatsara. 18, nAdityavratam ekeshim. 19. ye faranty ekavdsaso bhavanty. 20. Aditya# ka nantardadhate. 21. na A4posbhyupayanti. 22. sakvarindm dvadasa nava sha/traya iti vikalpi#. 23. krishmavastrah. 24. krishnabhaksha. 25. a#aryadhinas. 26. tishfhed diva. 27. asita naktam. 28. samvatsaram ekeshdm pfirvais srutés sed. 22-34=III, 2. ro a II PATALA, 5 KHANDA, 35. 405 29. (The teacher) should sing (those verses) to (the student) who has fasted and veiled his eyes (thinking), ‘May (the teacher) not burn me (with the Sakvart verses).’ 30. In the morning they make (the student) look at such things as they expect will not burn him, viz. water, fire, a calf, the sun. 31. At water (he should look) with (the words), ‘Water have I beheld!’ At fire with (the words), ‘Light have I beheld!’ At the calf with (the words), ‘Cattle have I beheld!’ At the sun with (the words), ‘The sky have I beheld!’—thus he should break his silence. 32. A cow is the fee (for the teacher), 33. A brazen vessel, a garment, and a golden ornament. 34. At the Anupravaéantya ceremonies (see Asvalayana-Gvzhya I, 22, 12) he should sacrifice Agya with (the two verses), ‘To the Azz, to the SAman we sacrifice’ (SAma-veda I, 369), and, ‘The lord of the seat’ (Sv. I, 171). 35. If he has touched a fire-altar or a “sacrificial post, if he has humming in his ears, or if his eye

2I, 171). 35. If he has touched a fire-altar or a “sacrificial post, if he has humming in his ears, or if his eye 29. uposhitaya parizaddhakshayanugapayed yatha m4 na pradhakshyatfti. 30. tam pratar abhivikshayanti yany apradhakshyanti manyante=po-gnim vatsam 4dityam. 31. aposbhivyakhyam ity apo gyotir abhivyakhyam ity agnim pasfin abhivyakhyam iti vatsam sur [sic] abhivyakhyam ity ddityam visriged vikam. 32. gaur dakshiz@. 33. kamso vaso rukmas 44. 34. snupravaéanfyeshv rikam sfma Sadasaspatim iti Aagyam guhuyak. 35. 4ityayatpopasparsanakarnakrosakshivepaneshu sfiryabhyuditas sfryabhinimrukta indriyais 4a papasparsaid punar mam ity etabhydm Ahuttr (correct, 4hut??) guhuy4d. 35-37=IlI, 3, 34-36. 406 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. palpitates, or if the sun rises or sets while he is sleeping, or if his organs of sense have been defiled by something bad, he should sacrifice two oblations of Agya with the two (verses), ‘May (my strength) return to me;’ 36. Or two pieces of wood anointed with Agya. 37. Or he may murmur (those verses) at light (offences). Or he may murmur (those verses) at light (offences). End of the Second Pazala. 36. agyalipte va samidhau. 37. gaped va laghushu, gaped va laghushu. dvitiyapasalah. III PATALA, I KHANDA, 13. 407 Parata III, Kuawpa 1. 1. When (the student) is going to take the bath (at the end of his studentship), he seats himself in an enclosure to the east of his teacher's house. 2. The teacher (sits) facing the north, 3. On eastward-pointed (Darbha-grass). 4. Thus one (should act) who is desirous of holy lustre. 5. (The student should sit) in a cow-stable, if he is desirous of cattle, 6, In an assembly-hall, if desirous of renown. 7. Let him boil water with all kinds of herbs, 8. And with scents. g. With that water, which must be lukewarm, the teacher should besprinkle (the student). 10. Or (the student should do so) himself, because that is signified by the Mantra. 11, Some say that both (should do so). 12, The teacher should say (in the Mantra), ‘Therewith (I besprinkle) him,’ (instead of, ‘Therewith I besprinkle myself’). 13. With (the verses), ‘Which in the waters’ (MB. I, 7, t) (the student) should pour out his joined hands full of water ; III, 1, 1. 4plavane purastéd A#aryakulasya parivrita asta. 2. udanmukha 4A4ryah. 3. prégagreshv. 4. evam brahmavaréasak4mo. 5. goshfhe pasukimas. 6. sabhayam yasaskdmak. 7. sarvaushadhenapas phazayet. 8. surabhibhis 4a. 9g. tabhis sitoshnAbhir 4karyo:bhishi#ket. 10. svayam v4 mantrabhivadad. 11. ubhav ity eke. 12. tenemam ity 4é4ryo brfy4d. 13. ye apsv ity apam avigalim avasi#ked. III, 1, 1-32 =Gobhila III, 4, 7 seqq. (4-6, 11, 12, 15, 20 desunt). 408 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 14. And with (the formula), ‘What (is dreadful) in the waters’ (1.1. 2); 15. And silently. 16. With (the formula), ‘The shining one’ (1.1. 3), he should draw (some water) and should besprinkle himself (therewith) ; 17. And with (the verse), ‘By which the wife’ (1.1. 5);

314. And with (the formula), ‘What (is dreadful) in the waters’ (1.1. 2); 15. And silently. 16. With (the formula), ‘The shining one’ (1.1. 3), he should draw (some water) and should besprinkle himself (therewith) ; 17. And with (the verse), ‘By which the wife’ (1.1. 5); 18. And silently. 19. With (the formulas), ‘ Rising’ (1.1. 6-8), he. should worship the sun. 20. He may repeat (the sections of that Mantra) continuously. 21. If he repeats them separately, he should add at the end (of each section), ‘The eye art thou’ (I. 1. 9). 22. With (the verse), ‘Loosen the highest’ (1.1. 10), he should take off the girdle. 23. After he has eaten something, he should have his hair, his beard, the hair of his body, and his nails cut, so as to leave the lock of hair (as required by the custom of his family). 24. Having adorned himself and put on clothes which have not yet been washed, he should put a garland (on his head) with (the formula), ‘Luck’ (lI. 11). 25. The two shoes (he puts on) with (the formula), ‘Leaders are you’ (I. 1. 12). 14. yad apdm iti fa. 15. tishwi# fa. 16. yo rofana iti grihyatmanam abhishi#éed. 17, yena striyam iti 4a. 18. tQshni ko. 19. sdyann ity 4dityam upatish/fet. 20. samasyed va. 21. viharann anusawhareé dakshur asfty. 22. ud uttamam iti mekhalim avamu/ffet. 23. prasya vapayek khikavargam kesasmastulomanakhany. 24. alamkrtoshatavasasa srir iti sragam pratimufifen. 25. netryau stha ity upanahau. III PATALA, I KHANDA, 38. 409 _ 26, With (the formula), ‘The Gandharva art thou’ (1.1. 13), he takes a bamboo staff. 27. He should approach the teacher and look at the assembly (of pupils, &c.) with (the formula), ‘Like an eye-ball’ (1.1. 14). 28. Sitting down, he should touch the senseorgans at his head with (the Mantra), ‘Covered by the lips’ (1.1. 15). 29. Let him touch a chariot yoked with oxen, with (the verse), ‘O tree’ (I. 1. 16). 30. With (the words), ‘He who stands on thee’ (1. 1. 16), he should mount it. 31. Having driven (some distance) in an eastern or northern direction, he should turn round from left to right. 32. Some say that when he has come back, (his teacher should offer to him) the Argha reception. 33. From that time he shall assume a dignified demeanour. 34. nagatalomnyopahasam izéhet. 35. Nor (should he wish for sport) with a girl who is the only child of her mother, 36. Nor with a woman during her courses, 37- Nor with (a woman) who descends from the same 2shis. 38. Let him not eat food which has been brought

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