The Grihya-Sûtras: Rules of Vedic Domestic Ceremonies, Part I — SBE Vol. 29 (trans. Hermann Oldenberg, 1886)
The translator’s English as printed (Hermann Oldenberg). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
31. And if a fellow-pupil has died.
32. On the falling of a meteor, or after an earthquake, or an eclipse of the sun or of the moon, on these occasions one should know (that studying is forbidden) until the same time next day.
33. The Ka¢kas and Kauthumas, however, state
23. snuvakyad kuryur rigadibhif prastévais 44. 24. snuganam rahasydnam. 25. vidyutstanayitnuvargam. 26. ardhapansamfn m4sin adhitya paushim utsargas. 27. tata frdhvam mantranadhyayo (correct, abhrénddhy4yo). 28. vidyutstanayitnuvrishfiteshu (correct, °prushiteshu or °prnshiteshu; see Ludwig’s note on Rigveda VIII, 1, 12) 4a. 29. trisannipate trisandhyam. 30. ash/akdm amavasyim katurmasir udagayane fa pakshinim ratrim. 31. sabrahmadariai 4a preta. 32. ulkapate bhftmifale gyotishos sopasarga eteshv 4kdlikam vidyat. 33. karshvan tu Kashakauthum4d.
Ag
vp. 415 that (when rain has fallen, studying is forbidden) as long as the water stands in the ditches.
Kuawpa 3,
1. On the full-moon day of Asvayuga milk-rice sacred to Rudra (is prepared).
2. He should offer it with (the Mantra), ‘Not to our children.’
3. Let him pour Agya into milk; this is called a Pyzshataka.
4. Therewith he should besprinkle the cows when they have come home, with (the Mantra), ‘May Mitra and Varuza’ (SA4ma-veda I, 220).
5. That night he should let the calves join their mothers.
6. At the sacrifice of the first-fruits, milk-rice sacred to Indra and Agni (is prepared).
7, Let him sacrifice Agya with the four (verses),
‘To the bearer of the hundred weapons’ (MB. II, 1,
9 seqq.),
8. And afterwards with (the verse), ‘May Agni eat’ (1.1.15).
g. All of them who have received the initiation, should eat the remainder of that (sacrificial food).
10. Having ‘spread under’ water, he should cut off two portions of the new fruits.
8, 1. Asvayugim Rudrfya payaso. 2. m4 nas toka iti guhuyét. 3. payasy avanayed 4gyam tat prishatakam. 4. tendbhyAgat4 g4 ukshed 4 no Mitravarumeti. 5. vatsdms ka matrzbhis saha vdsayet tim ratrim. 6. navayagfie pfyasa aindragnak. 7. satéyudhayeti datasrzbhir 4gyam guhuyad. 8. uparish4ad Agnif prasnatv iti fa. 9. tasya sesham prasniyur yavanta upeté. ro. upastiryapo dvir navasyAvadyet.
3, 1-15=Gobhila III, 8 (3 deest).
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11. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of
Bhvzgu.
12. Over (these portions) water (is poured).
13. He should swallow (some part of that food)
three times without chewing it, with (the Mantra),
‘From the good’ (I. 1. 13);
14. Or at (the partaking of) barley with (the
Mantra), ‘ This barley’ (I. 1. 16).
15. With (the Mantra), ‘This art thou’ (1.1. 14), let him touch the different sense-organs at his head.
16. The Agrahayana ceremony has been explained by the Sravawa (ceremony).
17. Let him (not ?) murmur (the Mantra), ‘Adoration to the Earth’ (see chap. 2, 6).
18. In the evening let him make an oblation of milk-rice with (the verse), ‘As the first’ (MB. IT, 2, 1).
16. The Agrahayana ceremony has been explained by the Sravawa (ceremony).
17. Let him (not ?) murmur (the Mantra), ‘Adoration to the Earth’ (see chap. 2, 6).
18. In the evening let him make an oblation of milk-rice with (the verse), ‘As the first’ (MB. IT, 2, 1).
19. Turning downwards his two hands (so as to touch the sacrificial grass) he should murmur (the Mantra), ‘In worldly strength’ (I. 1. 2, 3).
20. Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of northward-pointed grass, so that it is inclined towards the north, the householder sits down on that layer,
21, (And) the other persons in due order.
22. Then, without an interval, their wives,
- 11. trir BhrzgQv4m. 12. apa# koparishfad. 13. bhadrén na ity asamkhadya pragiret tris trir. 14. etam u tyam iti va yavandm.
- 15. amossiti mukhydn praz4n abhimrised. 16. &grahayanam karma sravanenaiva vyakhyatam. 17. namak Prithivya iti gapet (read, iti na gapet?). 18. pradoshe payasasya guhuyat prathameti.
- 1g. nyankau pani kritva prati kshatra iti gapet. 20. paskad agne svastaram udagagrais trzvair udakpravanmam 4stirya tasminn 4starane grihapatir Aste. 21. snupfirvam itare. 22. snantara bharyaA.
16-31=III, 9 and 10, 1-17 (29 deest).
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23. And their children.
24. The householder, turning his hands downwards (so as to touch the layer of grass), should murmur (the Mantra), ‘ Be soft’ (1.1. 4).
25. When he has finished that (verse), they should lie down on their right sides. They should turn round three times, turning themselves towards themselves (i.e. turning round forwards, not backwards, and thus returning to their former position ?).
26. Let them repeat the auspicious hymns.
27. Then let them do what they like.
28. The eighth days of the three dark fortnights after the Agrahdyamt are called the Ashéakas.
29. On (each of) these a mess of cooked food (is° sacrificed),
30. And eight cakes on the first.
31. These he should bake ina dish without turning them round.
32. On the last (Ash¢ak4) vegetables (are offered).
(So also) at the Anvaharya (Sraddha).
33. Let him sacrifice with (the formula), ‘To the
Ashéaka Sva4hé !’
Kuanpa 4,
1. On the middle (AshéakA) a cow (is sacrificed).
23. putras a. 24. nyankau paazt kritva syoneti grchapatir gapet. 25. samAptdyam dakshinaih parsvaih samviseyus tris trir abhyatmam Avritya. 26. svastyayandni kuryus. 27. tato yathartham syfd. 28. firdhvam 4grahdyany4s tisras tdmisrashfamyo ssh/aké ity Afakshate. 29. tasu sthalipaka. 30. ash/au Aapipas prathamayfm. 31. tan aparivartayan kapdle srapayed. 32. uttamayam sikam anvaharye. 33. ssh/akAyai svaheti guhuyat.
4, 1. madhyamay4m gaus.
32, 33=1V, 4, 17. 21.
4, 1-13=Gobhila III, ro, 18 seqq.
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2. He should place that (cow) to the east of the fire, facing the west, and should sacrifice (Agya) with (the verse), ‘What, O beasts’ (MB. IT, 2, 5).
3. After having made that oblation he should recite over (the cow the verse), ‘May to thee’ (1.1. 6).
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2. He should place that (cow) to the east of the fire, facing the west, and should sacrifice (Agya) with (the verse), ‘What, O beasts’ (MB. IT, 2, 5).
3. After having made that oblation he should recite over (the cow the verse), ‘May to thee’ (1.1. 6).
4. Let him sprinkle it with water in which barley is, with (the formula), ‘Agreeable to the Ash¢aka I sprinkle thee!’
5. Having sprinkled it and carried a fire-brand round it, he should give the Prokshamt water (to the cow) to drink,
6. Going in a northern direction (from the fire) he should kill (the cow), the head of which is turned to the west, the feet to the north.
7. After it has been killed, he should sacrifice
(Agya) with (the verse), ‘If the beast’ (1.1. 8).
8. His wife should wash the apertures of its body.
9. After (the cow’s body) has been opened, so that two purifiers (i.e. grass-blades) have been put under (the knife), he should have the omentum drawn out.
10. Seizing it with one branch and with another forked branch of a sacrificially pure tree he should roast it.
11. When it has ceased to drop, he should hew
(the cow) to pieces.
2, tam purastad agne# pratyanmukhim avasthapya guhuyad yat pasava iti. 3. hutva Adnumantrayetdnu tveti. 4. yavamatibhir adbhiz prokshed ash/akayai tva gush/am (correct, gushAm) prokshamiti. 5. prokshyolmukena parihritya prokshantZ payayed. 6. udann utsr¢pya pratyaksirasam (°sim, “sim the MSS.) udakpadim samgfapayet. 7. samgfaptayam guhuyad yat pasur iti, 8. tasy4s patnt srotamsi prakshalayet. 9. pavitre antardh4yotkritya vapam uddharayed. 10. yag@iyasya vr/kshasya visakhasakhabhyam parigrihyagnau srapayet. 14. prasrityAm visased.
va
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12. The ‘spreading under’ and sprinkling (of Agya) on (the omentum) has been described. (It is done) as at the Svish¢akvzt oblation (see II, 1, 24).
13. He should sacrifice with (the formula), ‘To
. the Ashéaka Sv4h4!’
14. The Avadanas (or portions which have to be cut off) he should have taken from all its limbs.
15. Not from the left thigh and the lungs.
16. The left thigh he keeps (for the Anvash¢akya).
17. He should cook the Avadanas and a mess of sacrificial food, (stirring up the ones and the other) with two different pot-ladles.
18. The juice he lets drop into a brazen vessel.
19. The Avadanas he puts on branches of the
Plaksha tree.
20. From each (Avadana) he should cut off (the prescribed portions, and should put them) into a brazen vessel ;
21. And from the mess of cooked food.
22. Let him take four portions or eight portions of
Agya(?) and let him sacrifice it with (the verses),
‘Into Agni’ (MB. II, 2, 9 seqq.).
23. Let him make oblations out of the brazen vessel, each oblation with two of the following (verses).
31. And if a fellow-pupil has died.
32. On the falling of a meteor, or after an earthquake, or an eclipse of the sun or of the moon, on these occasions one should know (that studying is forbidden) until the same time next day.
33. The Ka¢kas and Kauthumas, however, state
23. snuvakyad kuryur rigadibhif prastévais 44. 24. snuganam rahasydnam. 25. vidyutstanayitnuvargam. 26. ardhapa#samfn m4sin adhitya paushim utsargas. 27. tata frdhvam mantranadhyayo (correct, abhrénddhy4yo). 28. vidyutstanayitnuvrishfiteshu (correct, °prushiteshu or °pr#shiteshu; see Ludwig’s note on Rigveda VIII, 1, 12) 4a. 29. trisannipate trisandhyam. 30. ash/akdm amavasyim katurmasir udagayane fa pakshinim ratrim. 31. sabrahmadariai 4a preta. 32. ulkapate bhftmifale gyotishos sopasarga eteshv 4kdlikam vidyat. 33. karshvan tu Kashakauthum4d.
Ag
vp. 415 that (when rain has fallen, studying is forbidden) as long as the water stands in the ditches.
Kuawpa 3,
1. On the full-moon day of Asvayuga milk-rice sacred to Rudra (is prepared).
2. He should offer it with (the Mantra), ‘Not to our children.’
3. Let him pour Agya into milk; this is called a Pyzshataka.
4. Therewith he should besprinkle the cows when they have come home, with (the Mantra), ‘May Mitra and Varuza’ (SA4ma-veda I, 220).
5. That night he should let the calves join their mothers.
6. At the sacrifice of the first-fruits, milk-rice sacred to Indra and Agni (is prepared).
7, Let him sacrifice Agya with the four (verses),
‘To the bearer of the hundred weapons’ (MB. II, 1,
9 seqq.),
8. And afterwards with (the verse), ‘May Agni eat’ (1.1.15).
g. All of them who have received the initiation, should eat the remainder of that (sacrificial food).
10. Having ‘spread under’ water, he should cut off two portions of the new fruits.
8, 1. Asvayugim Rudrfya payaso. 2. m4 nas toka iti guhuyét. 3. payasy avanayed 4gyam tat prishatakam. 4. tendbhyAgat4 g4 ukshed 4 no Mitravarumeti. 5. vatsdms ka matrzbhis saha vdsayet tim ratrim. 6. navayagfie pfyasa aindragnak. 7. satéyudhayeti datasrzbhir 4gyam guhuyad. 8. uparish4ad Agnif prasnatv iti fa. 9. tasya sesham prasniyur yavanta upeté. ro. upastiryapo dvir navasyAvadyet.
3, 1-15=Gobhila III, 8 (3 deest).
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11. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of
Bhvzgu.
12. Over (these portions) water (is poured).
13. He should swallow (some part of that food)
three times without chewing it, with (the Mantra),
‘From the good’ (I. 1. 13);
14. Or at (the partaking of) barley with (the
Mantra), ‘ This barley’ (I. 1. 16).
15. With (the Mantra), ‘This art you’ (1.1. 14), let him touch the different sense-organs at his head.
16. The Agrahayana ceremony has been explained by the Sravawa (ceremony).
17. Let him (not ?) murmur (the Mantra), ‘Adoration to the Earth’ (see chap. 2, 6).
18. In the evening let him make an oblation of milk-rice with (the verse), ‘As the first’ (MB. IT, 2, 1).
16. The Agrahayana ceremony has been explained by the Sravawa (ceremony).
17. Let him (not ?) murmur (the Mantra), ‘Adoration to the Earth’ (see chap. 2, 6).
18. In the evening let him make an oblation of milk-rice with (the verse), ‘As the first’ (MB. IT, 2, 1).
19. Turning downwards his two hands (so as to touch the sacrificial grass) he should murmur (the Mantra), ‘In worldly strength’ (I. 1. 2, 3).
20. Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of northward-pointed grass, so that it is inclined towards the north, the householder sits down on that layer,
21, (And) the other persons in due order.
22. Then, without an interval, their wives,
- 11. trir BhrzgQv4m. 12. apa# koparishfad. 13. bhadrén na ity asamkhadya pragiret tris trir. 14. etam u tyam iti va yavandm.
- 15. amossiti mukhydn praz4n abhimrised. 16. &grahayanam karma sravanenaiva vyakhyatam. 17. namak Prithivya iti gapet (read, iti na gapet?). 18. pradoshe payasasya guhuyat prathameti.
- 1g. nya#kau pani kritva prati kshatra iti gapet. 20. paskad agne svastaram udagagrais trzvair udakpravanmam 4stirya tasminn 4starane grihapatir Aste. 21. snupfirvam itare. 22. snantara bharyaA.
16-31=III, 9 and 10, 1-17 (29 deest).
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23. And their children.
24. The householder, turning his hands downwards (so as to touch the layer of grass), should murmur (the Mantra), ‘ Be soft’ (1.1. 4).
25. When he has finished that (verse), they should lie down on their right sides. They should turn round three times, turning themselves towards themselves (i.e. turning round forwards, not backwards, and thus returning to their former position ?).
26. Let them repeat the auspicious hymns.
27. Then let them do what they like.
28. The eighth days of the three dark fortnights after the Agrahdyamt are called the Ashéakas.
29. On (each of) these a mess of cooked food (is° sacrificed),
30. And eight cakes on the first.
31. These he should bake ina dish without turning them round.
32. On the last (Ash¢ak4) vegetables (are offered).
(So also) at the Anvaharya (Sraddha).
33. Let him sacrifice with (the formula), ‘To the
Ashéaka Sva4hé !’
Kuanpa 4,
1. On the middle (AshéakA) a cow (is sacrificed).
23. putras a. 24. nya#kau paazt kritva syoneti grchapatir gapet. 25. samAptdyam dakshinaih parsvaih samviseyus tris trir abhyatmam Avritya. 26. svastyayandni kuryus. 27. tato yathartham syfd. 28. firdhvam 4grahdyany4s tisras tdmisrashfamyo ssh/aké ity Afakshate. 29. tasu sthalipaka. 30. ash/au Aapipas prathamayfm. 31. tan aparivartayan kapdle srapayed. 32. uttamayam sikam anvaharye. 33. ssh/akAyai svaheti guhuyat.
4, 1. madhyamay4m gaus.
32, 33=1V, 4, 17. 21.
4, 1-13=Gobhila III, ro, 18 seqq.
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2. He should place that (cow) to the east of the fire, facing the west, and should sacrifice (Agya) with (the verse), ‘What, O beasts’ (MB. IT, 2, 5).
3. After having made that oblation he should recite over (the cow the verse), ‘May to you’ (1.1. 6).
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2. He should place that (cow) to the east of the fire, facing the west, and should sacrifice (Agya) with (the verse), ‘What, O beasts’ (MB. IT, 2, 5).
3. After having made that oblation he should recite over (the cow the verse), ‘May to you’ (1.1. 6).
4. Let him sprinkle it with water in which barley is, with (the formula), ‘Agreeable to the Ash¢aka I sprinkle you!’
5. Having sprinkled it and carried a fire-brand round it, he should give the Prokshamt water (to the cow) to drink,
6. Going in a northern direction (from the fire) he should kill (the cow), the head of which is turned to the west, the feet to the north.
7. After it has been killed, he should sacrifice
(Agya) with (the verse), ‘If the beast’ (1.1. 8).
8. His wife should wash the apertures of its body.
9. After (the cow’s body) has been opened, so that two purifiers (i.e. grass-blades) have been put under (the knife), he should have the omentum drawn out.
10. Seizing it with one branch and with another forked branch of a sacrificially pure tree he should roast it.
11. When it has ceased to drop, he should hew
(the cow) to pieces.
2, tam purastad agne# pratyanmukhim avasthapya guhuyad yat pasava iti. 3. hutva Adnumantrayetdnu tveti. 4. yavamatibhir adbhiz prokshed ash/akayai tva gush/am (correct, gushAm) prokshamiti. 5. prokshyolmukena parihritya prokshantZ payayed. 6. udann utsr¢pya pratyaksirasam (°sim, “sim the MSS.) udakpadim samgfapayet. 7. samgfaptayam guhuyad yat pasur iti, 8. tasy4s patnt srotamsi prakshalayet. 9. pavitre antardh4yotkritya vapam uddharayed. 10. yag@iyasya vr/kshasya visakhasakhabhyam parigrihyagnau srapayet. 14. prasrityAm visased.
va
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12. The ‘spreading under’ and sprinkling (of Agya) on (the omentum) has been described. (It is done) as at the Svish¢akvzt oblation (see II, 1, 24).
13. He should sacrifice with (the formula), ‘To
. the Ashéaka Sv4h4!’
14. The Avadanas (or portions which have to be cut off) he should have taken from all its limbs.
15. Not from the left thigh and the lungs.
16. The left thigh he keeps (for the Anvash¢akya).
17. He should cook the Avadanas and a mess of sacrificial food, (stirring up the ones and the other) with two different pot-ladles.
18. The juice he lets drop into a brazen vessel.
19. The Avadanas he puts on branches of the
Plaksha tree.
20. From each (Avadana) he should cut off (the prescribed portions, and should put them) into a brazen vessel ;
21. And from the mess of cooked food.
22. Let him take four portions or eight portions of
Agya(?) and let him sacrifice it with (the verses),
‘Into Agni’ (MB. II, 2, 9 seqq.).
23. Let him make oblations out of the brazen vessel, each oblation with two of the following (verses).
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