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1There are six persons to whom the Arghya reception is due, (namely), mentator that the whole Mantra, and not its single parts, should be repeated each time that he drinks of the Madhuparka. In the Kh&dira-Grthya the text of the Mantra differs, and the rite is described differently (IV, 4, 15). 16, 17. Perhaps these two Sfitras should be rather understood as forming one Sfitra, and should be translated as I have done in KhAadira-Grzhya IV, 4, 16. 19. Iti after abhidhehi ought to be omitted. Comp. the lengthy discussions on this word, pp. 766 seq. of the edition of Gobhila in the Bibliotheca Indica. ‘N.N.’ is the host who offers the Arghya; comp. Khadira-Grrhya IV, 4, 18. 21, 22. In the case of a sacrifice the cow is killed; comp. Sankhayana II, 15, 2. 3 note; Paraskara I, 3, 30. K 2 132 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. 24. A teacher, an officiating priest, a Snataka, a king, the father-in-law, a friend coming as a guest. 25. They should offer the Arghya reception (to such persons not more than) once a year. 26. But repeatedly in the case of a sacrifice and of a wedding. But repeatedly in the case of a sacrifice and of a wedding. End of the Fourth Prap4thaka. End of the Gobhila-Grvzhya-sdtra. 24. Vivahya is explained in the commentary by vivahayitavyogaémata. Comp., however, Sankhdyana II, 15, 1 note. 25, 26. Comp. Sankhayana II, 15, 10 and the note. GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRAVYAKESIN. Digitized by Google INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRANVYAKESIN. AFTER the excellent remarks of Professor Biihler on the position of Hirazyakesin among the Sfitra authors of the Black Yagur-veda (Sacred Books, vol. ii, p. xxiii seq.), I can here content myself with shortly indicating the materials on which my translation of this Grzhya-sitra, which was unpublished when I began to translate it, is based. For the first half of the work I could avail myself, in the first place, of the text, together with the commentary of Matrzdatta, which the late Dr. Schoenberg of Vienna had prepared for publication, and which was based on a number of MSS. collated by him. It is my melancholy duty gratefully to acknowledge here the kindness with which that prematurely deceased young scholar has placed at my disposal the materials he had collected, and the results of his labour which he continued till the last days of his life. For the second half of the Sfitra his death deprived me of this important assistance; here then Professors Kielhorn of Gottingen and Biihler of Vienna have been kind enough to enable me to finish the task of this translation, by lending me two MSS. of the text and two MSS. of Matrddatta’s commentary which they possess. Finally, Dr. J. Kirste of Vienna very kindly sent me the proof-sheets of his valuable edition before it was published. With the aid of these my translation has been revised. Digitized by Google GRIHVA-SOTRA OF HIRAWYAKESIN. Prasna I, Parara 1, Section 1. 1. We shall explain the Upanayana (i.e. the initiation of the student).
2With the aid of these my translation has been revised. Digitized by Google GRIHVA-SOTRA OF HIRAWYAKESIN. Prasna I, Parara 1, Section 1. 1. We shall explain the Upanayana (i.e. the initiation of the student). 2. Let him initiate a Brahmaza at the age of seven years, 3. A Raganya, of eleven, a Vaisya, of twelve. 4. A Bréhmawa in the spring, a Raganya in the summer, a Vaisya in the autumn. 5. In the time of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, preferably (under a constellation) the name of which is masculine, 6. He should serve food to an even number of Brahmazas and should cause them to say, ‘ An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck !’— 7. (Then he) should have the boy satiated, should 1, 2, The statement commonly given in the Grzhya-sitras and Dharma-sttras is, that the initiation of a Brahmana shall take place in his eighth year, though there are differences of opinion whether in the eighth year after conception, or after birth (Asvalayana- Grihya I, 19,1. 2). MAtridatta states that the rule given here in the Grihya-siitra refers to the seventh year after birth. In the Dharma-stitra (comp. Apastamba I, 1, 18) it is stated that the initiation of a Brahmana shall take place in the eighth year after his conception. Comp. the remarks of Professor Bihler, S. B. E., vol. ii, ,,P- xxiii. 4. Apastamba I, 1, 18. 6. Comp. Apastamba I, 13, 8 with Buhler’s note. 138 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. have his hair shaven, and after (the boy) has bathed and has been decked with ornaments— 8. He should dress him in a (néw) garment which has not yet been washed. g. In a place inclined towards the east, (or) inclined towards the north, (or) inclined towards northeast, or in an even (place), he raises (the surface on which he intends to sacrifice), sprinkles it with water, 10. Kindles fire by attrition, or fetches common (worldly) fire, puts the fire down, and puts wood on the fire. 11. He strews eastward-pointed Darbha grass round the fire ; 12. Or (the grass which is strewn) to the west and to the east (of the fire), may be northward-pointed. 13. He (arranges the Darbha blades so as to) lay the southern (blades) uppermost, the northern ones below, if their points are turned (partly) towards the east and (partly) towards the north. 14. Having strewn Darbha grass, to the south of the fire, in the place destined for the Brahman, 15. Having with the two (verses), ‘I take (the fire) to myself,’ and, ‘ The fire which (has entered) ’— taken possession of the fire, 16. And having, to the north of the fire, spread out Darbha grass, he prepares the (following) objects, g. P&raskara I, 1, 2; 4,3; Asvalayana I, 3, 1, &e. II. Asvalayana LL; Sankhdyana I, 8, 1, &c. 13. Gobhila I, 7, 14. 14. Gobhila I, 6, 13 ; PAraskara I, 1, 2, &c. 15. Taittiriya Samhité V, 9,s1.- Comp. also the parallel passages, Satapatha Brahmaaa VII, 3, 2,17; K4tyayana-Sraut. XVII, 3, 27. 16. Gobhila I, 7, 1. I PRASNA, I PATALA, I SECTION, 22. 139
313. Gobhila I, 7, 14. 14. Gobhila I, 6, 13 ; PAraskara I, 1, 2, &c. 15. Taittiriya Samhité V, 9,s1.- Comp. also the parallel passages, Satapatha Brahmaaa VII, 3, 2,17; K4tyayana-Sraut. XVII, 3, 27. 16. Gobhila I, 7, 1. I PRASNA, I PATALA, I SECTION, 22. 139 according as they are required (for the ceremony which he is going to perform) : 17. A stone, a (new) garment which has not yet been washed, a skin (of an antelope, or a spotted deer, &c.), a threefold-twisted girdle of Mudga grass if he is a Brahmaza (who shall be initiated), a bowstring for a R4ganya, a woollen thread for a Vaisya, a staff of Bilva or of Pal4sa wood for a Brahmaza, of Nyagrodha wood for a Raganya, of Udumbara wood for a Vaisya. 18. He binds together the fuel, twenty-one pieces of wood, or as many as there are oblations to be made. 19. Together with that fuel he ties up the (three) branches of wood which are to be laid round the fire, (which should have the shape of) pegs. 20. (He gets ready, besides, the spoon called) Darvt, a bunch of grass, the Agya pot, the pot for the Pramtta water, and whatever (else) is required ; 21. All (those objects) together, or (one after the other) as it happens. 22. At that time the Brahman suspends the sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, sips water, passes by the fire, on its west side, to the south side, throws away a grass blade from the Brahman’s seat, touches water, and sits down with his face turned towards the fire. 17. Sénkhayana II, 1,15 seqq., &c. As to the stone, comp. below, I, 1, 4, 13. 18, Comp. Asvalfyana I, 10, 3, and the passages quoted in the note (vol. xxix, p. 173). 20. Regarding the bunch of grass, see below, I, 2, 6, 9. 22. Gobhila I, 6,14 seq. Comp. the passages quoted in the note. 140 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. 23. He takes as ‘purifiers’ two straight Darbha blades with unbroken points of one span’s length, cuts them off with something else than his nail, wipes them with water, pours water into a vessel over which he has laid the purifiers, fills (that vessel) up to near the brim, purifies (the water) three times with the two Darbha strainers, holding their points to the north, places (the water) on Darbha grass on the north side of the fire, and covers it with Darbha grass. 24, Having consecrated the Prokshamt water by means of the purifiers as before, having placed the vessels upright, and having untied the fuel, he sprinkles (the sacrificial vessels) three times with the whole (Prokshamt water). 25. Having warmed the Darvt spoon (over the fire), having wiped it, and warmed. it again, he puts it down. 26. Having besprinkled (with water) the Darbha grass with which the fuel was tied together, he throws it into the fire. 27. He melts the Agya, pours the Agya into the Agya pot over which he has laid the purifiers, takes some coals (from the fire) towards the north, puts (the Agya) on these (coals), throws light (on the
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1There are six persons to whom the Arghya reception is due, (namely), mentator that the whole Mantra, and not its single parts, should be repeated each time that he drinks of the Madhuparka. In the Kh&dira-Grthya the text of the Mantra differs, and the rite is described differently (IV, 4, 15). 16, 17. Perhaps these two Sfitras should be rather understood as forming one Sfitra, and should be translated as I have done in KhAadira-Grzhya IV, 4, 16. 19. Iti after abhidhehi ought to be omitted. Comp. the lengthy discussions on this word, pp. 766 seq. of the edition of Gobhila in the Bibliotheca Indica. ‘N.N.’ is the host who offers the Arghya; comp. Khadira-Grrhya IV, 4, 18. 21, 22. In the case of a sacrifice the cow is killed; comp. Sankhayana II, 15, 2. 3 note; Paraskara I, 3, 30. K 2 132 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. 24. A teacher, an officiating priest, a Snataka, a king, the father-in-law, a friend coming as a guest. 25. They should offer the Arghya reception (to such persons not more than) once a year. 26. But repeatedly in the case of a sacrifice and of a wedding. But repeatedly in the case of a sacrifice and of a wedding. End of the Fourth Prap4thaka. End of the Gobhila-Grvzhya-sdtra. 24. Vivahya is explained in the commentary by vivahayitavyogaémata. Comp., however, Sankhdyana II, 15, 1 note. 25, 26. Comp. Sankhayana II, 15, 10 and the note. GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRAVYAKESIN. Digitized by Google INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRANVYAKESIN. AFTER the excellent remarks of Professor Biihler on the position of Hirazyakesin among the Sfitra authors of the Black Yagur-veda (Sacred Books, vol. ii, p. xxiii seq.), I can here content myself with shortly indicating the materials on which my translation of this Grzhya-sitra, which was unpublished when I began to translate it, is based. For the first half of the work I could avail myself, in the first place, of the text, together with the commentary of Matrzdatta, which the late Dr. Schoenberg of Vienna had prepared for publication, and which was based on a number of MSS. collated by him. It is my melancholy duty gratefully to acknowledge here the kindness with which that prematurely deceased young scholar has placed at my disposal the materials he had collected, and the results of his labour which he continued till the last days of his life. For the second half of the Sfitra his death deprived me of this important assistance; here then Professors Kielhorn of Gottingen and Biihler of Vienna have been kind enough to enable me to finish the task of this translation, by lending me two MSS. of the text and two MSS. of Matrddatta’s commentary which they possess. Finally, Dr. J. Kirste of Vienna very kindly sent me the proof-sheets of his valuable edition before it was published. With the aid of these my translation has been revised. Digitized by Google GRIHVA-SOTRA OF HIRAWYAKESIN. Prasna I, Parara 1, Section 1. 1. We shall explain the Upanayana (i.e. the initiation of the student).
2With the aid of these my translation has been revised. Digitized by Google GRIHVA-SOTRA OF HIRAWYAKESIN. Prasna I, Parara 1, Section 1. 1. We shall explain the Upanayana (i.e. the initiation of the student). 2. Let him initiate a Brahmaza at the age of seven years, 3. A Raganya, of eleven, a Vaisya, of twelve. 4. A Bréhmawa in the spring, a Raganya in the summer, a Vaisya in the autumn. 5. In the time of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, preferably (under a constellation) the name of which is masculine, 6. He should serve food to an even number of Brahmazas and should cause them to say, ‘ An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck !’— 7. (Then he) should have the boy satiated, should 1, 2, The statement commonly given in the Grzhya-sitras and Dharma-sttras is, that the initiation of a Brahmana shall take place in his eighth year, though there are differences of opinion whether in the eighth year after conception, or after birth (Asvalayana- Grihya I, 19,1. 2). MAtridatta states that the rule given here in the Grihya-siitra refers to the seventh year after birth. In the Dharma-stitra (comp. Apastamba I, 1, 18) it is stated that the initiation of a Brahmana shall take place in the eighth year after his conception. Comp. the remarks of Professor Bihler, S. B. E., vol. ii, ,,P- xxiii. 4. Apastamba I, 1, 18. 6. Comp. Apastamba I, 13, 8 with Buhler’s note. 138 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. have his hair shaven, and after (the boy) has bathed and has been decked with ornaments— 8. He should dress him in a (néw) garment which has not yet been washed. g. In a place inclined towards the east, (or) inclined towards the north, (or) inclined towards northeast, or in an even (place), he raises (the surface on which he intends to sacrifice), sprinkles it with water, 10. Kindles fire by attrition, or fetches common (worldly) fire, puts the fire down, and puts wood on the fire. 11. He strews eastward-pointed Darbha grass round the fire ; 12. Or (the grass which is strewn) to the west and to the east (of the fire), may be northward-pointed. 13. He (arranges the Darbha blades so as to) lay the southern (blades) uppermost, the northern ones below, if their points are turned (partly) towards the east and (partly) towards the north. 14. Having strewn Darbha grass, to the south of the fire, in the place destined for the Brahman, 15. Having with the two (verses), ‘I take (the fire) to myself,’ and, ‘ The fire which (has entered) ’— taken possession of the fire, 16. And having, to the north of the fire, spread out Darbha grass, he prepares the (following) objects, g. P&raskara I, 1, 2; 4,3; Asvalayana I, 3, 1, &e. II. Asvalayana LL; Sankhdyana I, 8, 1, &c. 13. Gobhila I, 7, 14. 14. Gobhila I, 6, 13 ; PAraskara I, 1, 2, &c. 15. Taittiriya Samhité V, 9,s1.- Comp. also the parallel passages, Satapatha Brahmaaa VII, 3, 2,17; K4tyayana-Sraut. XVII, 3, 27. 16. Gobhila I, 7, 1. I PRASNA, I PATALA, I SECTION, 22. 139
313. Gobhila I, 7, 14. 14. Gobhila I, 6, 13 ; PAraskara I, 1, 2, &c. 15. Taittiriya Samhité V, 9,s1.- Comp. also the parallel passages, Satapatha Brahmaaa VII, 3, 2,17; K4tyayana-Sraut. XVII, 3, 27. 16. Gobhila I, 7, 1. I PRASNA, I PATALA, I SECTION, 22. 139 according as they are required (for the ceremony which he is going to perform) : 17. A stone, a (new) garment which has not yet been washed, a skin (of an antelope, or a spotted deer, &c.), a threefold-twisted girdle of Mudga grass if he is a Brahmaza (who shall be initiated), a bowstring for a R4ganya, a woollen thread for a Vaisya, a staff of Bilva or of Pal4sa wood for a Brahmaza, of Nyagrodha wood for a Raganya, of Udumbara wood for a Vaisya. 18. He binds together the fuel, twenty-one pieces of wood, or as many as there are oblations to be made. 19. Together with that fuel he ties up the (three) branches of wood which are to be laid round the fire, (which should have the shape of) pegs. 20. (He gets ready, besides, the spoon called) Darvt, a bunch of grass, the Agya pot, the pot for the Pramtta water, and whatever (else) is required ; 21. All (those objects) together, or (one after the other) as it happens. 22. At that time the Brahman suspends the sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, sips water, passes by the fire, on its west side, to the south side, throws away a grass blade from the Brahman’s seat, touches water, and sits down with his face turned towards the fire. 17. Sénkhayana II, 1,15 seqq., &c. As to the stone, comp. below, I, 1, 4, 13. 18, Comp. Asvalfyana I, 10, 3, and the passages quoted in the note (vol. xxix, p. 173). 20. Regarding the bunch of grass, see below, I, 2, 6, 9. 22. Gobhila I, 6,14 seq. Comp. the passages quoted in the note. 140 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. 23. He takes as ‘purifiers’ two straight Darbha blades with unbroken points of one span’s length, cuts them off with something else than his nail, wipes them with water, pours water into a vessel over which he has laid the purifiers, fills (that vessel) up to near the brim, purifies (the water) three times with the two Darbha strainers, holding their points to the north, places (the water) on Darbha grass on the north side of the fire, and covers it with Darbha grass. 24, Having consecrated the Prokshamt water by means of the purifiers as before, having placed the vessels upright, and having untied the fuel, he sprinkles (the sacrificial vessels) three times with the whole (Prokshamt water). 25. Having warmed the Darvt spoon (over the fire), having wiped it, and warmed. it again, he puts it down. 26. Having besprinkled (with water) the Darbha grass with which the fuel was tied together, he throws it into the fire. 27. He melts the Agya, pours the Agya into the Agya pot over which he has laid the purifiers, takes some coals (from the fire) towards the north, puts (the Agya) on these (coals), throws light (on the
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