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

Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.

1And 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). 12. uktam upastaran4bhigharazam yatha svishfakrito. 13. ssh/akayai sv4heti guhuyat. 14. sarvangebhyosvadanany uddhérayen. 15. na savyat sakthno na klomna#. 16. savyam sakthi nidh4ya. 17. préthan mekshan4bhy4m avadanani sthalipaka# fa srapayitva. 18. kamse rasam prasravya. 19. plakshasakhdsv avad4nani kritvai. 20. skaikasmat kamsesvadyet. 21. sthalipakaé 4a. 22. daturgrthitam ash/agrzhitam vatra (vagyam? vatram, vatra the MSS.) guhuyad Agnav iti. 23. kamsat parabhir dvabhyam dvabhyam ekaikim &huti. 14-24=:IV, 1, 3-17. Ee2 420 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 24. The oblation to (Agni) Svish¢akrzt with the eighth (verse). 25. Ata sacrifice to the Fathers the omentum is sacrificed with (the verse), ‘ Carry the omentum’ (MB. II, 3, 16). 26. At one to the gods with (the verse), ‘ GAtavedas!’ (1. 1.17.) 27. If (the deity is) unknown, (in the formula for) assigning (the oblation, instead of the name of a deity the name of) that (ceremony is put)— 28. As (for instance), ‘To the Ashéaka,’ 29. An animal is the sacrificial fee at (the sacrifice of) an animal ; 30. A full vessel at (that of) a mess of cooked food. Kuanpa 5, 1. On the ninth or tenth (of the dark fortnight) the Anvashéakya (ceremony is performed). 2. To the south-east (of the house) they partition off (a place with mats or the like), and to the northern part of that (place) he should carry a fire which has been kindled by attrition. 3. Let him take one portion of rice, let him remove the husks once, and let him cook it, stirring it up from right to left. 24. sauvishfakritam ash/amy4. 25. vaha vap4m iti pitrye vap4homo. 26. Gataveda iti daivatye. 27. tadadesam andgf#ate. 28. yathashéakayé iti, 29. pasur eva pasor dakshinf. 30. sthalipakasya pfirzapatram. 5, 1. navamim dasamim vanvash/akyam. 2. dakshiazapfirvabhage parivarya tatrottarardhe mathitvagnim pranayet. 3. sakridgrzhitin vrihin sakretphalikrztan prasavyam ud4yuva# srapayed. 25-28=IV, 4, 22-24 (29 deest). 30=I, 9, 6. ro. 5, 1-12 =Gobhila IV, 2. \h Ill PATALA, 5 KHANDA, 13. 421 4. And some flesh of that thigh (see above, chap. 4, 16). 5. He should take it from the fire in a southern direction, and should omit the second sprinkling (of Agya) on it. 6. To the west of the fire he should dig, in the southern part (of the place mentioned in Sfitra 2) three pits, four inches in depth and breadth. 7. He should carry the fire to the east of them. 8. He should strew (Darbha-grass round the fire), g. And (into) the pits. 10. Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of southward-pointed grass so that it is inclined towards the south, he should put (a mat) on it. 11. On that (grass) he should place the sacrificial implements, one by one.

2And (into) the pits. 10. Having spread out to the west of the fire a layer of southward-pointed grass so that it is inclined towards the south, he should put (a mat) on it. 11. On that (grass) he should place the sacrificial implements, one by one. 12. Cutting off (the prescribed portions of the sacrificial food, and putting those portions) into the brazen vessel he should sacrifice, picking out (portions of the Havis) with the pot-ladle, with (the formulas), ‘Svah4 to Soma Pitrzmat! Svaha4 to Agni Kavyavéhana!’ (MB. IT, 3, 1, 2.) 13. With his left hand he should lay down a firebrand on the southern side of the pits (Sdtra 6), with 4. amushma& fa sakthno mamsam iti. 5. dakshinodvdsya na pratyabhigharayet. 6. paskid agner dakshi#as tisrah karshQs khanyaé faturangulam adhas tiryak 4a. 7. tasdm purast&d agnim pramayet. 8. strimuyat. 9. karshfs ka. 10. paskid agne svastaram dakshinAgrais trinair dakshinapravanam Astirya bri‘stm upari nidadhyat. 11. tasminn ekaikam 4haret. 12. kamse samavadaya mekshanenopaghatam guhuyat svaha Somaya pitr¢mate svahagnaye kavyavahan4yeti. 13. savyenolmukam dakshizataA karshfr nidadhy4d apahaté iti. 13-34=I1V, 3 (23 deest). 422 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SUTRA. (the formula), ‘(The Asuras have been) driven away’ (MB. II, 3, 3). 14. (He should perform the different rites) in the eastern pit for his father, 15. In the middle for his grandfather, 16. In the last for his great-grandfather. 17. Let him pour out vessels of water, from right to left, into the pits, pronouncing the name of each one (of his ancestors), with (the formula), ‘N. N.! Wash thyself, and they who follow thee here, and they whom thou followest. To thee Svadha!’ 18. In the same way he should put down the Pizdas for them and should murmur, ‘Here, O Fathers, enjoy yourselves; show your manly vigour each for his part’ (MB. II, 3, 6). 19. After he has spoken thus, he should turn to the north, doubling his left arm, turning round from right to left. 20. Holding his breath and fixing his thoughts on something good he should, while turning back (in the same way), murmur: ‘The Fathers have enjoyed themselves; they have shown their manly vigour each for his part’ (MB. II, 3, 7). 21. He should sprinkle collyrium on three Darbha- 14. pfirvasyam karshvam pitur. 15. madhyamay&m pitémahasyo. 16. sttamdyam prapitamahasyo. 17. sdapatrazy apasalavi karshishu ninayed ekaikasya ndmoktvasdv avanenikshva ye Aatra tvinu yams 4a tvam anu tasmai te svaheti (correct, svadheti). 18. tathaiva pizdan nidhaya gaped atra pitaro madayadhvam yathbhagam Avrishéyadhvam ity. 19. uktvodann Avarteta savyam bahum upasamhritya prasavyam dvrityo. 20. spatamya kalyanam dhydyann abhiparyavartam4no gaped amimadanta pitaro yathabhigam 4Avr7shayishateti. 21. tisro darbhapi#g(lir afganena nighréshya karshdshu nidadhyad yathapindam. ib vA III PATALA, 5 KHANDA, 30. 423 blades, and should put them down into the pits in the same way as the Pizdas, 22. And sesamum oil and perfumes.

321. tisro darbhapi#g(lir afganena nighréshya karshdshu nidadhyad yathapindam. ib vA III PATALA, 5 KHANDA, 30. 423 blades, and should put them down into the pits in the same way as the Pizdas, 22. And sesamum oil and perfumes. 23. For the Pizdas and the following offerings he should alter the formula (Sfatra 17) accordingly. 24. Now (follows) the deprecation. 25. On the eastern pit he lays his hands, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of life! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of vital breath !’ (MB. IT, 3, 8.) 26. On the middle, turning the inside of the left hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of terror! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap!’ (MB. 1. 1.) 27. On the western, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of comfort (svadha)! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of wrath!’ (MB. II, 3, 9.) 28. Joining his hands— 29. (He should murmur the formula), ‘ Adoration to you’ (MB. II, 3, 9). 30. He should lay down threads into the pits in the same way as the Pizdas, with (the formula), ‘ This (garment) to you.’ 22. tailam surabhi fa. 23. piadaprabhreti yathartham fthed. 24. atha nihnavanam. 25. pfirvasyam karshvdm dakshivottanau pant kritva namo va pitaro givaya namo vaf pitaras s(shdyeti. 26. savyottanau madhyam4yam namo va pitaro ghoraya namo vah pitaro rasdyeti. 27. dakshizottanau passimayam namo vah pitara svadhayai namo va pitaro manyava ity. 28. afgalim kritva 29. namo vaiti. 30. sfitratantiin karshfshu nidadhyad yathapindam etad va ity. ‘ 424 KHADIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 31. He should recite over the pits (the verse), ‘ Bringing strength’ (MB. II, 3, 13). 32. The middle Pizda he should give to his wife to eat, if she is desirous of a son, with (the verse), ‘Give fruit.’ 33. With (the verse), ‘(GAtavedas) has been our messenger’ (MB. II, 3, 15), he should throw the firebrand into the fire. 34. They should take the sacrificial vessels back two by two. 35. The same is the rite of the Pizdapitrzyagia. 36. Let him cook the Havis in the (sacred) domestic fire. 37. From that fire (let him take the fire which) he carries forward (see above, Sitra 2). 38. (Here is only) one pit. 39. No layer of grass (Satra 10). 40. Of the mess of cooked food sacred to Indrani he should sacrifice with (the verse), ‘ The Ekash/aka’ (MB. II, 3,19). He should sacrifice with (the verse), ‘The Ekashéaka.’ End of the Third Padala. 31. firgam vahantir iti karshir anumantrayeta. 32. madhyamam pizdam putrakamam prasayed ddhattety. 33. abhfin no dfita ity ulmukam agnau prakshiped. 34. dvandvam patrany atihareyur. 35. esha eva pindapitriyagfakalpo. 36. grihyesgnau havis srapayet. 37. tata evatipravayed. 38. eka karshfr. 39. na svastara. 40. IndrdmyA sthdlipakasyaikash/aketi guhuyad ekash/aketi guhuyat. tritiyapasalah.

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.