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1(i) Comp. Atharva-veda III, 23, 1. I PRASNA, 7 PATALA, 26 SECTION, 6. 201 Parata 7, SECTION 261. 1. The fire which (the sacrificer keeps) from the time of his marriage, is called the Aupdsana (or sacred domestic fire). 2. With this fire the sacred domestic ceremonies are performed. 3. On account of his worship devoted to this (fire the sacrificer) is considered as an AhitAgni (i. e. as one who has set up the Srauta fires), and on account of his fortnightly aru sacrifices (on the days of the new and full moon) as one who offers the sacrifices of the new and full moon (as prescribed in the Srauta ritual); so (is it taught). 4. If (the service at the domestic fire) has been interrupted for twelve days, the sacrificer ought to set the fire up again. 5. Or he should count all the sacrifices (that have been left out), and should offer them. 6. (The punarddhana or repeated setting up of the fire is performed in the following way): in an enclosed space, having raised (the surface), sprinkled it (with water), strewn it with sand, and covered it with Udumbara or Plaksha branches, he silently brings together the things belonging to (the sacrifice) according as he is able to get them, produces fire by attrition out of a sacrificially pure piece of wood, or gets a common fire, places it in a big vessel, sets it in a blaze, and puts (fuel) on it with the words, ‘Bhos! Bhuvak! Suvak! Om! Fixity!’ } This chapter is left out in M4tridatta’s commentary; it seems to be a later addition. The division of the Sftras is my own. 26, 3. For tasyaup4sanena I think we should read tasyop4sanena. 202 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. 7. He then puts wood on the fire, performs (the rites) down to the Vy4hvzti oblations, and offers two ‘mind oblations’ (i.e. oblations for making up for defects) with (the two Mantras), ‘If a defect (mind4) has arisen in me,’ (and), ‘Agni has given me back my eye’ (Taitt. Samh. III, 2, 5, 4). 8. He offers three ‘tantu oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘ Stretching the weft (tantu) ’ (Taitt. Samzh. III, 4, 2, 2), ‘Awake, Agni!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5), ‘The thirty-three threads of the weft’ (I, 5, 10, 4). 9. He offers four ‘abhydvartin oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘Agni who turns to us (abhy4vartin) !’ ‘Agni Angiras!’ ‘Again with sap,’ ‘With wealth’ (Taitt. Sawh. IV. 2, 1, 2. 3). 10. Having made oblations with the single Vy4hvztis and with (the three Vy4hvztis together), and having made an oblation with the verse, ‘Thou art quick, Agni, and free from imprecation. Verily (satyam) thou art quick. Held by us in our quick mind (manas), with thy quick (mind) thou carriest the offering (to the gods). Being quick bestow medicine on us! Svaha!’—this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Pragdpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),—he quickly repeats in his mind the dasahotrd formula (Taitt. Aramy. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the
2Svaha!’—this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Pragdpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),—he quickly repeats in his mind the dasahotrd formula (Taitt. Aramy. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the ro. As to the Mantra, ‘ Thou art quick, &c.,’ comp. above, I, 1, 3, 5, and the note on Sankhayana I, 9,12. I cannot see why the oblation made with this Mantra is called saptavati (alluding to the number seven); possibly we ought to read satyavatf (containing the word satyam, ‘verily’). Can the words sagraham hutva mean, ‘having performed the worship of the planets (graha) at his sacrifice ’? I PRASNA, 7 PATALA, 26 SECTION, 18. 203 oblations), ‘This, O Varuza’ (&c.; see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sftra). Then he serves food to the Brahmaaas and causes them to say, ‘An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!’ he then performs in the known way the sacrifice of a mess of cooked food to Agni. 11. Here he gives an optional gift to his Guru: a pair of clothes, a milch cow, or a bull. 12, If he sets out on a journey, he makes the fire enter himself or the two kindling-sticks in the way that has been described (in the Srauta-sfitra). 13. Or let him make it enter a piece of wood, in the same way as into the kindling-sticks. 14. A piece of Khadira wood, or of Paldsa, or of Udumbara, or of Asvattha wood— 15. With one of these kinds of wood he fetches, where he turns in (on his journey), fire from the house of a Srotriya, and puts the (piece of wood) into which his fire has entered, on (that fire), with the two verses, ‘ He who has received the oblations’ (Taitt. Samh. IV, 6, 5, 3), and ‘Awake!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5). 16. The way in which he sacrifices has been ex+ plained (in the Srauta-sitra). 17. If one half-monthly sacrifice has been omitted, he should have a sacrifice to (Agni) Pathikvzt performed over this (fire). If two (half-monthly sacrifices), to (Agni) Vaisvanara and Pathikvzt. If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again. 18, If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again. 12. Comp. Sankh4yana V, 1, 1. 204 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. - Prasna I, Parata 8, SECTION 27.
3If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again. 18, If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again. 12. Comp. Sankh4yana V, 1, 1. 204 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. - Prasna I, Parata 8, SECTION 27. 1. If he will have a house built, he should during the northerly course of the sun, in the time of the increasing moon, under the constellation Rohiat and under the three constellations designated as Uttara (Uttara-Phalgunt, Uttara-Asha@a, Uttara-Prosh¢hapada) put wood on the fire, perform the rites down to the Vydhzzti oblations, and should sacrifice with (the verses), ‘ This, O Varuza’ (&c. ; see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sdtra). Then he serves food to the Brahmazas and causes them to say, ‘An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!’ he puts on a garment that has not yet been washed, touches water, takes a shovel with (the formula), ‘On the impulse of the god Savitvz’ (Taitt. Sah. I, 3, 1, 1), draws lines thrice from the left to the right round (the places where the pits for the posts shall be dug) with (the formula), ‘A line has been drawn’ (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 1, 1), digs the pits (in which the posts shall be erected) as it is fit, and casts the earth (dug out of those pits) towards the inside (of the buildingground). 2. He erects the southern door-post with (the verse), ‘Here I erect a firm house; it stands in peace, streaming ghee. Thus may we walk in thee, O house, blessed with heroes, with all heroes, with unharmed heroes ;’ 3. The northern (door-post) with (the verse), ‘Stand here firmly, O house, rich in horses and cows, rich in delight; rich in sap, overflowing with milk be set up, for the sake of great happiness.’ I PRASNA, 8 PATALA, 28 SECTION, I. 205 4. With (the verse), ‘To thee (may) the young child (go), to thee the calf with its companion, to thee the golden cup; to thee may they go with pots of curds ’—he touches the two posts, after they have been erected. 5. In the same way (Sdtras 2. 3) he erects the two chief posts, 6. And touches them as above (Siatra 4). 7. He fixes the beam of the roof on the posts with (the formula), ‘Rightly ascend the post, O beam, erect, shining, drive off the enemies. Give us treasures and valiant sons.’ 8. When the house has got its roof, he touches it with (the verse), ‘ The consort of honour, a blissful refuge, a goddess, thou hast been erected by the gods in the beginning ; clothed in grass, cheerful thou art; bring us bliss, to men and animals.’ g. Then, under the constellation Anurddha, the ground (on which the house stands) i is expiated (in the following way). 10. By night he puts wood on the fire in an inner room (of the house), performs the rites down to the Vy4hz7ti oblations, and sacrifices (with the following Mantras) : Parata 8, SECTION 28. 1. The two verses commencing ‘ Vastoshpati!’ (Taitt. Samh. III, 4, 10, 1). 27, 4. The text has the reading gagat4 saha; comp. the note on Sankhdyana III, 2, 9.
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.
1(i) Comp. Atharva-veda III, 23, 1. I PRASNA, 7 PATALA, 26 SECTION, 6. 201 Parata 7, SECTION 261. 1. The fire which (the sacrificer keeps) from the time of his marriage, is called the Aupdsana (or sacred domestic fire). 2. With this fire the sacred domestic ceremonies are performed. 3. On account of his worship devoted to this (fire the sacrificer) is considered as an AhitAgni (i. e. as one who has set up the Srauta fires), and on account of his fortnightly aru sacrifices (on the days of the new and full moon) as one who offers the sacrifices of the new and full moon (as prescribed in the Srauta ritual); so (is it taught). 4. If (the service at the domestic fire) has been interrupted for twelve days, the sacrificer ought to set the fire up again. 5. Or he should count all the sacrifices (that have been left out), and should offer them. 6. (The punarddhana or repeated setting up of the fire is performed in the following way): in an enclosed space, having raised (the surface), sprinkled it (with water), strewn it with sand, and covered it with Udumbara or Plaksha branches, he silently brings together the things belonging to (the sacrifice) according as he is able to get them, produces fire by attrition out of a sacrificially pure piece of wood, or gets a common fire, places it in a big vessel, sets it in a blaze, and puts (fuel) on it with the words, ‘Bhos! Bhuvak! Suvak! Om! Fixity!’ } This chapter is left out in M4tridatta’s commentary; it seems to be a later addition. The division of the Sftras is my own. 26, 3. For tasyaup4sanena I think we should read tasyop4sanena. 202 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. 7. He then puts wood on the fire, performs (the rites) down to the Vy4hvzti oblations, and offers two ‘mind oblations’ (i.e. oblations for making up for defects) with (the two Mantras), ‘If a defect (mind4) has arisen in me,’ (and), ‘Agni has given me back my eye’ (Taitt. Samh. III, 2, 5, 4). 8. He offers three ‘tantu oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘ Stretching the weft (tantu) ’ (Taitt. Samzh. III, 4, 2, 2), ‘Awake, Agni!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5), ‘The thirty-three threads of the weft’ (I, 5, 10, 4). 9. He offers four ‘abhydvartin oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘Agni who turns to us (abhy4vartin) !’ ‘Agni Angiras!’ ‘Again with sap,’ ‘With wealth’ (Taitt. Sawh. IV. 2, 1, 2. 3). 10. Having made oblations with the single Vy4hvztis and with (the three Vy4hvztis together), and having made an oblation with the verse, ‘Thou art quick, Agni, and free from imprecation. Verily (satyam) thou art quick. Held by us in our quick mind (manas), with thy quick (mind) thou carriest the offering (to the gods). Being quick bestow medicine on us! Svaha!’—this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Pragdpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),—he quickly repeats in his mind the dasahotrd formula (Taitt. Aramy. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the
2Svaha!’—this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Pragdpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),—he quickly repeats in his mind the dasahotrd formula (Taitt. Aramy. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the ro. As to the Mantra, ‘ Thou art quick, &c.,’ comp. above, I, 1, 3, 5, and the note on Sankhayana I, 9,12. I cannot see why the oblation made with this Mantra is called saptavati (alluding to the number seven); possibly we ought to read satyavatf (containing the word satyam, ‘verily’). Can the words sagraham hutva mean, ‘having performed the worship of the planets (graha) at his sacrifice ’? I PRASNA, 7 PATALA, 26 SECTION, 18. 203 oblations), ‘This, O Varuza’ (&c.; see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sftra). Then he serves food to the Brahmaaas and causes them to say, ‘An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!’ he then performs in the known way the sacrifice of a mess of cooked food to Agni. 11. Here he gives an optional gift to his Guru: a pair of clothes, a milch cow, or a bull. 12, If he sets out on a journey, he makes the fire enter himself or the two kindling-sticks in the way that has been described (in the Srauta-sfitra). 13. Or let him make it enter a piece of wood, in the same way as into the kindling-sticks. 14. A piece of Khadira wood, or of Paldsa, or of Udumbara, or of Asvattha wood— 15. With one of these kinds of wood he fetches, where he turns in (on his journey), fire from the house of a Srotriya, and puts the (piece of wood) into which his fire has entered, on (that fire), with the two verses, ‘ He who has received the oblations’ (Taitt. Samh. IV, 6, 5, 3), and ‘Awake!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5). 16. The way in which he sacrifices has been ex+ plained (in the Srauta-sitra). 17. If one half-monthly sacrifice has been omitted, he should have a sacrifice to (Agni) Pathikvzt performed over this (fire). If two (half-monthly sacrifices), to (Agni) Vaisvanara and Pathikvzt. If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again. 18, If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again. 12. Comp. Sankh4yana V, 1, 1. 204 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. - Prasna I, Parata 8, SECTION 27.
3If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again. 18, If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again. 12. Comp. Sankh4yana V, 1, 1. 204 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. - Prasna I, Parata 8, SECTION 27. 1. If he will have a house built, he should during the northerly course of the sun, in the time of the increasing moon, under the constellation Rohiat and under the three constellations designated as Uttara (Uttara-Phalgunt, Uttara-Asha@a, Uttara-Prosh¢hapada) put wood on the fire, perform the rites down to the Vydhzzti oblations, and should sacrifice with (the verses), ‘ This, O Varuza’ (&c. ; see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sdtra). Then he serves food to the Brahmazas and causes them to say, ‘An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!’ he puts on a garment that has not yet been washed, touches water, takes a shovel with (the formula), ‘On the impulse of the god Savitvz’ (Taitt. Sah. I, 3, 1, 1), draws lines thrice from the left to the right round (the places where the pits for the posts shall be dug) with (the formula), ‘A line has been drawn’ (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 1, 1), digs the pits (in which the posts shall be erected) as it is fit, and casts the earth (dug out of those pits) towards the inside (of the buildingground). 2. He erects the southern door-post with (the verse), ‘Here I erect a firm house; it stands in peace, streaming ghee. Thus may we walk in thee, O house, blessed with heroes, with all heroes, with unharmed heroes ;’ 3. The northern (door-post) with (the verse), ‘Stand here firmly, O house, rich in horses and cows, rich in delight; rich in sap, overflowing with milk be set up, for the sake of great happiness.’ I PRASNA, 8 PATALA, 28 SECTION, I. 205 4. With (the verse), ‘To thee (may) the young child (go), to thee the calf with its companion, to thee the golden cup; to thee may they go with pots of curds ’—he touches the two posts, after they have been erected. 5. In the same way (Sdtras 2. 3) he erects the two chief posts, 6. And touches them as above (Siatra 4). 7. He fixes the beam of the roof on the posts with (the formula), ‘Rightly ascend the post, O beam, erect, shining, drive off the enemies. Give us treasures and valiant sons.’ 8. When the house has got its roof, he touches it with (the verse), ‘ The consort of honour, a blissful refuge, a goddess, thou hast been erected by the gods in the beginning ; clothed in grass, cheerful thou art; bring us bliss, to men and animals.’ g. Then, under the constellation Anurddha, the ground (on which the house stands) i is expiated (in the following way). 10. By night he puts wood on the fire in an inner room (of the house), performs the rites down to the Vy4hz7ti oblations, and sacrifices (with the following Mantras) : Parata 8, SECTION 28. 1. The two verses commencing ‘ Vastoshpati!’ (Taitt. Samh. III, 4, 10, 1). 27, 4. The text has the reading gagat4 saha; comp. the note on Sankhdyana III, 2, 9.
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