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13. ‘A horse art thou, a steed art thou’—with these eleven ‘horses’ names’ (Taitt. Sah. VII, 1, 12) (he mounts) the horse, if (he intends to enter the village) on horseback. 4. With (the formula), ‘With Indra’s thunderbolt I bestride thee; carry (me); carry the time; carry me forward to bliss. An elephant art thou. The elephant’s glory art thou. The elephant’s splendour art thou. May I become endowed with the elephant’s glory, with the elephant’s splendour’ —he mounts) the elephant, if (he intends to proceed to the village) on it. 12, 2. Comp. P&raskara III, 14, 3-6. 3. In this Stra three ‘horses’ names’ are given as the Prattka of the Yagus quoted, ‘Thou art asva, thou art haya, thou art maya.’ Matridatta observes that the third of them is not found in the Taittirtya Samhita, which gives only ten, and not eleven, horses’ names. 4. Paraskara III, 15, 1 seq. I PRASNA,; 4 PATALA; I2 SECTION, 14. 17! 5. He goes to a place where they will do honour to him. 6. With (the verse), ‘May the quarters (of the horizon) stream together with me; may all delight assemble (here). May all wishes that are dear to us, come near unto us; may (our) dear (wishes) stream towards us ’"—he worships the quarters of the horizon, 7. While approaching the person who is going to do honour to him, he looks at him with (the words), ‘Glory art thou; may I become glory with thee.’ 8. Then (the host who is going to offer the Argha reception to the Snataka), having prepared the dwelling-place (for his reception), says to him, ‘ The Argha (will be offered)!’ 9. (The guest) replies, ‘Do so!’ 10. They prepare for him (the Madhuparka or ‘honey mixture’) consisting of three or of five substances. 11, The three substances are, curds, honey, and ghee. 12. The five substances are, curds, honey, ghee, water, and ground grains. 13. Having poured curds into a brass vessel, he pours honey into it, (and then the other substances stated above). 14. Having poured (those substances) into a smaller vessel, and having covered it with a larger (cover than the vessel is), (the host) makes (the guest) accept (the following things) separately, one after the other, viz.a bunch of grass (to sit down on), 5. Asvalayana III, 9, 3; Sankha4yana III, 1, 14. 10 seq. Paraskara I, 3, 5; AsvalayanaI 24, 5 seq. 14. Paraskara, loc. cit.; Asvaldyana, loc. cit., § 7. 172 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. water for washing the feet, the Argha water, water for sipping, and the honey-mixture (Madhuparka). 15. Going after (the single objects which are brought to the guest, the host) in a faultless, not faltering (?) voice, announces (each of those objects to the guest). 16. The bunch of grass (he announces by three times saying), ‘ The bunch of grass !’ 17. (The guest) sits down thereon facing the east, with (the formula), ‘A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher’s seat; may I not withdraw from thee.’ 18. (The host) then utters to him the announcement, ‘ The water for washing the feet!’
2(The guest) sits down thereon facing the east, with (the formula), ‘A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher’s seat; may I not withdraw from thee.’ 18. (The host) then utters to him the announcement, ‘ The water for washing the feet!’ 19. With that (water) a Sddra or a Sidra woman washes his feet; the left foot first for a Brahmaza,. the right for a person of the two other castes, Parata 4, Section 13. 1. With (the formula), ‘The milk of Virag art thou. May the milk of Padya Virag (dwell) in me’ —(the guest) touches the hands of the person that 15. The text is corrupt and the translation very doubtful. The MSS. have, anusamvrigina sosnupaki#kaya vaka. Matridatta’s note, which is also very corrupt, runs thus: anusamvragina saha kfrfddind dravyeza tad agratak kritvanuganté. anusamvrigineti (sic; anugakhamnnusamv°, Dr. Kielhorn’s MS.) pramadapashak. sampradaténupaki#éaya na vidyata upaghatika vag yasya [yasya, Dr. K.’s MS.] seyam anupaki#é4 vak .. . keéid anusamvrigineti (anusamvragineti, Dr. Kirste) pa/AAntaram kritva vagviseshanam ikkhanti yatha mrzshéa vak samskrité vak tath4 éeti. apare yathapa/ham evartham ikksanti—Perhaps we may correct, anusamvriginayanupaki#kaya vasa. Comp. below, I, 4, 13, 16. 17. See above, I, 2, 6, 9. 1g. Paraskara I, 3,10. 11; Asvalayana I, 24,11. 13,1. Comp. Sankhayana III, 7, 5, &c. I PRASNA, 4 PATALA, 13 SECTION, 8. 173 washes his feet, and then he touches himself with (the formula), ‘May in me dwell brilliancy, energy, strength, life, renown, splendour, glory, power!’ 2. (The host) then makes to him the announcement, ‘The Argha water!’ 3. (The guest) accepts it with (the formula), ‘Thou camest to me with glory. Unite me with brilliancy, splendour, and milk. Make me beloved by all creatures, the lord of cattle.’ 4. ‘To the ocean I send you, the imperishable (waters) ; go back to your source. May I not suffer loss in my offspring. May my sap not be shed’— this (verse the guest) recites over the remainder (of the Argha water), when it is poured out (by the person who had offered it to him). 5. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The water for sipping !’ 6. With (the formula), ‘Thou art the first layer for Ambrosia,’ he sips water. 7. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The honey-mixture!’ 8. He accepts that with both hands with the SAvitra (formula), and places it on the ground with (the formula), ‘I place thee on the navel of the earth in the abode of /d4.’ He mixes (the different substances) three times from left to right with his thumb and his fourth finger, with (the formula), ‘What is the honied, highest form of honey which consists in the enjoyment of food, by that honied, 3. Paraskara I, 3, 15. 4. Paraskara I, 3, 14. 6. Asvalayana I, 21,13. 8. Paraskara I, 3, 18 seq.; Asvalayana I, 21, 15 seq.—The SAvitra formula is, ‘On the impulse of the god Savitr:... I take thee.’ Comp. above, I, 3, 11, 7. 174 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
3Paraskara I, 3, 15. 4. Paraskara I, 3, 14. 6. Asvalayana I, 21,13. 8. Paraskara I, 3, 18 seq.; Asvalayana I, 21, 15 seq.—The SAvitra formula is, ‘On the impulse of the god Savitr:... I take thee.’ Comp. above, I, 3, 11, 7. 174 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. highest form of honey may I become highest, honied, and an enjoyer of food.’ He partakes of it three times with (the formula), ‘I eat thee for the sake of brilliancy, of luck, of glory, of power, and of the enjoyment of food, and gives the remainder to a person who is kindly disposed towards him. 9. Or he may eat the whole (Madhuparka). Then he sips water with (the formula), ‘Thou art the covering of Ambrosia.’ 10. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The cow!’ 11. That (cow) is either killed or let loose. 12. If he chooses to let it loose, (he murmurs), ‘This cow will become a milch cow. ‘The mother of the Rudras, the daughter of the Vasus, the sister of the Adityas, the navel of immortality. To the people who understand me, I say, “Do not kill the guiltless cow, which is Aditi.” ‘Let it drink water! Let it eat grass ’— (And) gives order (to the people),‘Om! Let it loose.’ 13. If it shall be killed, (he says), ‘A cow art thou; sin is driven away from thee. Drive away my sin and the sin of N.N.! Kill ye him whoever hates me. He is killed whosoever hates me. Make (the cow) ready!’ 14. If (the cow) is let loose, a meal is prepared with other meat, and he announces it (to the guest) in the words, ‘It is ready!’ 9. Asvalayana I, 21, 27. 28. 7 To seq. Asvalayana I, 21, 30 seq.; Paraskara I, 3, 26 seq. ; S4nkhayana II, 15, 2. 3 note; Gobhila IV, 10, 18 seq. _ 13. N.N., of course, means the host’s nam2. 14 seq. Comp. Gobhila I, 3, 16 seq. ; Apastamba II, 2, 3, 11. I PRASNA, 4 PATALA, 14 SECTION, 2. 175 15. He replies, ‘It is well prepared; it is the Virag; it is food. May it not fail! May I obtain it! May it give me strength! It is well prepared!’ —and adds, ‘Give food to the Brahmamzas!’ 16. After those (Brahmazas) have eaten, (the host) orders blameless (?) food to be brought to him (i.e. to the guest). 17. He accepts that with (the formula), ‘ May the heaven give it to thee; may the earth accept it. May the earth give it to thee; may breath accept it. May breath eat thee; may breath drink thee.’ 18. With (the verse), ‘May Indra and Agni bestow vigour on me’ (Taitt. Sash. III, 3, 3, 3) he eats as much as he likes, and gives the remainder to a person who is kindly disposed towards him. 19. If he desires that somebody may not be estranged from him, he should sip water with (the Mantra), ‘Whereon the past and the future and all worlds rest, therewith I take hold of thee; I (take hold) of thee; through the Brahman I take hold of thee for myself, N. N.!’— Parata 4, SEcTIon 14. 1. And should, after that person has eaten, seize his right hand.
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.
13. ‘A horse art thou, a steed art thou’—with these eleven ‘horses’ names’ (Taitt. Sah. VII, 1, 12) (he mounts) the horse, if (he intends to enter the village) on horseback. 4. With (the formula), ‘With Indra’s thunderbolt I bestride thee; carry (me); carry the time; carry me forward to bliss. An elephant art thou. The elephant’s glory art thou. The elephant’s splendour art thou. May I become endowed with the elephant’s glory, with the elephant’s splendour’ —he mounts) the elephant, if (he intends to proceed to the village) on it. 12, 2. Comp. P&raskara III, 14, 3-6. 3. In this Stra three ‘horses’ names’ are given as the Prattka of the Yagus quoted, ‘Thou art asva, thou art haya, thou art maya.’ Matridatta observes that the third of them is not found in the Taittirtya Samhita, which gives only ten, and not eleven, horses’ names. 4. Paraskara III, 15, 1 seq. I PRASNA,; 4 PATALA; I2 SECTION, 14. 17! 5. He goes to a place where they will do honour to him. 6. With (the verse), ‘May the quarters (of the horizon) stream together with me; may all delight assemble (here). May all wishes that are dear to us, come near unto us; may (our) dear (wishes) stream towards us ’"—he worships the quarters of the horizon, 7. While approaching the person who is going to do honour to him, he looks at him with (the words), ‘Glory art thou; may I become glory with thee.’ 8. Then (the host who is going to offer the Argha reception to the Snataka), having prepared the dwelling-place (for his reception), says to him, ‘ The Argha (will be offered)!’ 9. (The guest) replies, ‘Do so!’ 10. They prepare for him (the Madhuparka or ‘honey mixture’) consisting of three or of five substances. 11, The three substances are, curds, honey, and ghee. 12. The five substances are, curds, honey, ghee, water, and ground grains. 13. Having poured curds into a brass vessel, he pours honey into it, (and then the other substances stated above). 14. Having poured (those substances) into a smaller vessel, and having covered it with a larger (cover than the vessel is), (the host) makes (the guest) accept (the following things) separately, one after the other, viz.a bunch of grass (to sit down on), 5. Asvalayana III, 9, 3; Sankha4yana III, 1, 14. 10 seq. Paraskara I, 3, 5; AsvalayanaI 24, 5 seq. 14. Paraskara, loc. cit.; Asvaldyana, loc. cit., § 7. 172 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. water for washing the feet, the Argha water, water for sipping, and the honey-mixture (Madhuparka). 15. Going after (the single objects which are brought to the guest, the host) in a faultless, not faltering (?) voice, announces (each of those objects to the guest). 16. The bunch of grass (he announces by three times saying), ‘ The bunch of grass !’ 17. (The guest) sits down thereon facing the east, with (the formula), ‘A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher’s seat; may I not withdraw from thee.’ 18. (The host) then utters to him the announcement, ‘ The water for washing the feet!’
2(The guest) sits down thereon facing the east, with (the formula), ‘A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher’s seat; may I not withdraw from thee.’ 18. (The host) then utters to him the announcement, ‘ The water for washing the feet!’ 19. With that (water) a Sddra or a Sidra woman washes his feet; the left foot first for a Brahmaza,. the right for a person of the two other castes, Parata 4, Section 13. 1. With (the formula), ‘The milk of Virag art thou. May the milk of Padya Virag (dwell) in me’ —(the guest) touches the hands of the person that 15. The text is corrupt and the translation very doubtful. The MSS. have, anusamvrigina sosnupaki#kaya vaka. Matridatta’s note, which is also very corrupt, runs thus: anusamvragina saha kfrfddind dravyeza tad agratak kritvanuganté. anusamvrigineti (sic; anugakhamnnusamv°, Dr. Kielhorn’s MS.) pramadapashak. sampradaténupaki#éaya na vidyata upaghatika vag yasya [yasya, Dr. K.’s MS.] seyam anupaki#é4 vak .. . keéid anusamvrigineti (anusamvragineti, Dr. Kirste) pa/AAntaram kritva vagviseshanam ikkhanti yatha mrzshéa vak samskrité vak tath4 éeti. apare yathapa/ham evartham ikksanti—Perhaps we may correct, anusamvriginayanupaki#kaya vasa. Comp. below, I, 4, 13, 16. 17. See above, I, 2, 6, 9. 1g. Paraskara I, 3,10. 11; Asvalayana I, 24,11. 13,1. Comp. Sankhayana III, 7, 5, &c. I PRASNA, 4 PATALA, 13 SECTION, 8. 173 washes his feet, and then he touches himself with (the formula), ‘May in me dwell brilliancy, energy, strength, life, renown, splendour, glory, power!’ 2. (The host) then makes to him the announcement, ‘The Argha water!’ 3. (The guest) accepts it with (the formula), ‘Thou camest to me with glory. Unite me with brilliancy, splendour, and milk. Make me beloved by all creatures, the lord of cattle.’ 4. ‘To the ocean I send you, the imperishable (waters) ; go back to your source. May I not suffer loss in my offspring. May my sap not be shed’— this (verse the guest) recites over the remainder (of the Argha water), when it is poured out (by the person who had offered it to him). 5. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The water for sipping !’ 6. With (the formula), ‘Thou art the first layer for Ambrosia,’ he sips water. 7. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The honey-mixture!’ 8. He accepts that with both hands with the SAvitra (formula), and places it on the ground with (the formula), ‘I place thee on the navel of the earth in the abode of /d4.’ He mixes (the different substances) three times from left to right with his thumb and his fourth finger, with (the formula), ‘What is the honied, highest form of honey which consists in the enjoyment of food, by that honied, 3. Paraskara I, 3, 15. 4. Paraskara I, 3, 14. 6. Asvalayana I, 21,13. 8. Paraskara I, 3, 18 seq.; Asvalayana I, 21, 15 seq.—The SAvitra formula is, ‘On the impulse of the god Savitr:... I take thee.’ Comp. above, I, 3, 11, 7. 174 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
3Paraskara I, 3, 15. 4. Paraskara I, 3, 14. 6. Asvalayana I, 21,13. 8. Paraskara I, 3, 18 seq.; Asvalayana I, 21, 15 seq.—The SAvitra formula is, ‘On the impulse of the god Savitr:... I take thee.’ Comp. above, I, 3, 11, 7. 174 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. highest form of honey may I become highest, honied, and an enjoyer of food.’ He partakes of it three times with (the formula), ‘I eat thee for the sake of brilliancy, of luck, of glory, of power, and of the enjoyment of food, and gives the remainder to a person who is kindly disposed towards him. 9. Or he may eat the whole (Madhuparka). Then he sips water with (the formula), ‘Thou art the covering of Ambrosia.’ 10. Then he utters to him the announcement, ‘The cow!’ 11. That (cow) is either killed or let loose. 12. If he chooses to let it loose, (he murmurs), ‘This cow will become a milch cow. ‘The mother of the Rudras, the daughter of the Vasus, the sister of the Adityas, the navel of immortality. To the people who understand me, I say, “Do not kill the guiltless cow, which is Aditi.” ‘Let it drink water! Let it eat grass ’— (And) gives order (to the people),‘Om! Let it loose.’ 13. If it shall be killed, (he says), ‘A cow art thou; sin is driven away from thee. Drive away my sin and the sin of N.N.! Kill ye him whoever hates me. He is killed whosoever hates me. Make (the cow) ready!’ 14. If (the cow) is let loose, a meal is prepared with other meat, and he announces it (to the guest) in the words, ‘It is ready!’ 9. Asvalayana I, 21, 27. 28. 7 To seq. Asvalayana I, 21, 30 seq.; Paraskara I, 3, 26 seq. ; S4nkhayana II, 15, 2. 3 note; Gobhila IV, 10, 18 seq. _ 13. N.N., of course, means the host’s nam2. 14 seq. Comp. Gobhila I, 3, 16 seq. ; Apastamba II, 2, 3, 11. I PRASNA, 4 PATALA, 14 SECTION, 2. 175 15. He replies, ‘It is well prepared; it is the Virag; it is food. May it not fail! May I obtain it! May it give me strength! It is well prepared!’ —and adds, ‘Give food to the Brahmamzas!’ 16. After those (Brahmazas) have eaten, (the host) orders blameless (?) food to be brought to him (i.e. to the guest). 17. He accepts that with (the formula), ‘ May the heaven give it to thee; may the earth accept it. May the earth give it to thee; may breath accept it. May breath eat thee; may breath drink thee.’ 18. With (the verse), ‘May Indra and Agni bestow vigour on me’ (Taitt. Sash. III, 3, 3, 3) he eats as much as he likes, and gives the remainder to a person who is kindly disposed towards him. 19. If he desires that somebody may not be estranged from him, he should sip water with (the Mantra), ‘Whereon the past and the future and all worlds rest, therewith I take hold of thee; I (take hold) of thee; through the Brahman I take hold of thee for myself, N. N.!’— Parata 4, SEcTIon 14. 1. And should, after that person has eaten, seize his right hand.
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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