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1Therewith he (or she) receives the (cut-off) hair. 5. He then pours cold and warm water together. 6. Having poured warm water into cold water he moistens the hair near the right ear with (the formula), ‘May the waters moisten thee for life’ (Taitt. Samh. I, 2, 1, 1). 7. With (the formula), ‘Herb, protect him!’ (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he puts an herb, with its point upwards, into (the hair). 8, With (the formula), ‘Axe, do no harm to him!’ (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he touches (that herb) with the razor. 9. With (the words), ‘ Heard by the gods, I shave that (hair)’ (Taitt. Samzh., loc. cit.) he shaves him. 10. In the same way (he moistens, &c.) the other (sides of his head) from left to right. 11, Behind with (the Mantra), ‘The razor with which Savitzz, the knowing one, has shaven (the beard) of king Soma and Varuma, with that, ye Brahmamzas, shave his (head); make that he be united with vigour, with wealth, with glory.’ On the left side with (the Mantra), ‘(The razor) with which Pfshan has shaven (the beard) of Bvzhaspati, of Agni, of Indra, for the sake of long life, with that I shave thy (head), N. N.!’ 6, 3, 4. Some consider, according to Métridatta, these two Sfitras as one. He says (p. 149 of Dr. Kirste’s edition), uttarata ity etad4di pratigrzhntity etadantam va sitram, dhfrayams tendsya kesAn pratipa¢hitavyam (read, pratigrzhn titi pashitavyam). 6. As to dakshinam goda4nam unatti, comp. the note on P4raskara II, 1, 9. Comp. also above, I, 3, 9, 12. 7 seq. See above, I, 3, 9, 13 seq. 218 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. Before with (the Mantra), ‘That he may long live in joy, and may long see the suf.’ 12, After the hair has been shaven, they arrange the locks (which are left over), according to custom or according to what family he belongs. 13. A person who is kindly disposed towards him, gathers the (cut-off) hair and buries it in a cowstable, or near an Udumbara tree, or in a clump of Darbha grass, with (the Mantra), ‘Where Pidshan, Brzhaspati, Savityz, Soma, Agni (dwell), they have in many ways searched where they should depose it, between heaven and earth, the waters and heaven.’ 14. He makes a gift to a Brahmaza according to his liberality. 15. To the barber (he gives) boiled rice with butter. 16. In the same way the Godanakarman (or the ceremony of shaving the beard) is performed in the sixteenth year. 17. He has him shaven including the top-lock. 18. Some declare that he leaves there the toplock. 19. Or he performs the God4na sacred to Agni. 20. He gives a cow to his Guru. End of the First Padala. 13. Comp. I, 3, 9, 18. 14. Literally, according to his faith (yath4sraddham). 19. Agnigodano v4 kumfro bhavati upasamadhanadi puxydhavakanantam agnikaryam iva va bhavatity arthad. Matridatta. Comp., however, the note on Apastamba-Grihya VI, 16, 13. II PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 7 SECTION, 2. 219 Prasna II, Parata 2, Section 7. 1. Now (follows) the expiation for attacks of the dog-demon (epilepsy) (on the boy).
2Matridatta. Comp., however, the note on Apastamba-Grihya VI, 16, 13. II PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 7 SECTION, 2. 219 Prasna II, Parata 2, Section 7. 1. Now (follows) the expiation for attacks of the dog-demon (epilepsy) (on the boy). 2. When the attack assails (the boy, the performer of the ceremony) arranges his sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, sips water, and fetches water with a cup that has not yet been used (in order to pour it upon the boy). In the middle of the hall he elevates (the earth at) that place in which they use to gamble; he besprinkles it with water, casts the dice, scatters them (on all sides), makes a heap of them, spreads them out, makes an opening in the thatched roof of the hall, takes the boy in through that (opening), lays him on his back on the dice, and pours a mixture of curds and salt-water upon him, while they beat a gong towards the south. (The curds and water are poured on the sick boy with the following Mantras), ‘Kurkura, Sukurkura, the Kurkura with the dark fetter. ... ‘Sarameya runs about, looking, as it were, upon the sea. He, the Suvirivza (?), wears golden ornaments on his neck and on his breast, the most excellent (ornaments) of dogs (?). ‘Suviriza, let him loose! Let him loose, Ekavratya! Let him loose, doggy! Let him loose, Kat! ‘Z7eka and Sasaramafamka and Tdla and Vitdla and the white one and the red one. Let him loose! .... the brown and red one. ‘On those two single ones the sarasyakds (?) run 7, 1. svagrahos pasm4ra unmattah Sarameya ity eke. Matr?datta.—Comp. Paraskara I, 16, 24; Apastamba VI, 18, 1. 2. The Mantras are partly unintelligible. As to kurkura comp. the note on P4raskara I, 16, 24. 220 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. down in the third heaven from here. Ahat! Go away. Sisarama! Saérameya! Adoration to thee, Stsara ! ‘Your mother is called the messenger; your father is the mazdakaka (mazdfkaka, the frog ?). Khat! Go away, &c. ‘ Your mother is called dul4 (the staggering one ?); your father is the mazdakaka. Khat! Go away, &c. ‘The stallions (stamp with) their feet. Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. hat! Go away, &c. ‘The carpenter hammers at (the chariots) that have wheels (?). Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. Ahat! Go away,’ &c. 3. Then (the performer of the ceremony) says, ‘Choose a boon.’ 4. (The father or ‘brother of the boy replies), ‘I choose the boy.’ 5. They should do so, when the attack assails him, three times in the day, in the morning, at noon, and in the afternoon, and when he has recovered. End of the Second Padala. Prasna II, Parata 3, Section 8. 1. Now (follows) the sacrifice of the sdlagava (or spit-ox, for propitiating Rudra and averting plague in cattle). 2. In the fortnight of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, he puts wood on the fire, strews (Darbha grass) on the entire surface around the fire, cooks a mess of sacrificial food with milk, 5. There can be little doubt as to the correctness of the reading agadaA instead of 4gatah. .
3There can be little doubt as to the correctness of the reading agadaA instead of 4gatah. . 8, 1. Comp. Asvalayana IV, 8; Paraskara II], 8; Apastamba VII, 20, II PRASNA, 3 PATALA, 8 SECTION, 7. 221 sprinkles it (with Agya), takes it from the fire, builds two huts to the west of the fire, and has the spit-ox led to the southerly (hut) with (the verse), ‘May the fallow steeds, the harmonious ones, bring thee hither, together with the white horses, the bright, wind-swift, strong ones, that are as quick as thought. Come quickly to my offering, Sarva! Om!’ 3. To the northerly (hut he has) the ‘bountiful one’ (led) ;—(i. e. the consort of the spit-ox) ; 4. To the middle (between the two huts) the ‘conqueror’ (i.e. a calf of those two parents). 5. He gives them water to drink in the same order in which they have been led (to their places), prepares three messes of boiled rice, ‘spreading under’ and sprinkling (Agya) on them, and touches (the three beasts with those portions of rice) in the order in which they have been led (to their places), with (the Mantras), ‘May he, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one sviha! May she, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svaha! May the conqueror touch it. To the conqueror svahé !’ 6. After he has performed (the rites) down to the Vyahvzti oblations, he takes the messes of boiled rice (to the fire) and sacrifices them (the first with the Mantra), ‘To the god Bhava sv4h4! To the god Rudra svah4! To the god Sarva svaha! To the god fsana... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhima svaha! To the great god sv4ha!’ 7. Then he sacrifices the consort’s rice to the consort (of Rudra, with the Mantra), ‘To the consort 3, 4. The text has midAushfm, gayantam. 222 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. of the god Bhava svaha! To the consort of the god Rudra... Sarva... {sana... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhima .. . of the great god svaha!’ 8. Then he sacrifices of the middle portion of rice with (the Mantra), ‘To the conqueror svahi! To the conqueror sv4hé !’ 9. Then he cuts off from all the three portions of rice and sacrifices the Svish¢akrzt oblation with (the Mantra), ‘To Agni Svish¢akrzt svaha!’ 10. Around that fire they place their cows so that they can smell the smell of that sacrifice. 11. ‘With luck may they walk round our full face’—with (these words) he walks round all (the objects mentioned, viz. the fire, the three beasts, and the other cows), so as to turn his right side towards them, and worships (the silagava) with the (eleven) Anuvakas, ‘Adoration to thee, Rudra, to the wrath’ (Taitt. Samh. IV, 5), or with the first and last of them. Parata 8, SECTION 9. 1. Now follows the distribution of Paldsa leaves (at different places). 2. ‘ Protector of the house, touch them! To the protector of the house sv4h4! Protectress of the
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.
1Therewith he (or she) receives the (cut-off) hair. 5. He then pours cold and warm water together. 6. Having poured warm water into cold water he moistens the hair near the right ear with (the formula), ‘May the waters moisten thee for life’ (Taitt. Samh. I, 2, 1, 1). 7. With (the formula), ‘Herb, protect him!’ (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he puts an herb, with its point upwards, into (the hair). 8, With (the formula), ‘Axe, do no harm to him!’ (Taitt. Samh., loc. cit.) he touches (that herb) with the razor. 9. With (the words), ‘ Heard by the gods, I shave that (hair)’ (Taitt. Samzh., loc. cit.) he shaves him. 10. In the same way (he moistens, &c.) the other (sides of his head) from left to right. 11, Behind with (the Mantra), ‘The razor with which Savitzz, the knowing one, has shaven (the beard) of king Soma and Varuma, with that, ye Brahmamzas, shave his (head); make that he be united with vigour, with wealth, with glory.’ On the left side with (the Mantra), ‘(The razor) with which Pfshan has shaven (the beard) of Bvzhaspati, of Agni, of Indra, for the sake of long life, with that I shave thy (head), N. N.!’ 6, 3, 4. Some consider, according to Métridatta, these two Sfitras as one. He says (p. 149 of Dr. Kirste’s edition), uttarata ity etad4di pratigrzhntity etadantam va sitram, dhfrayams tendsya kesAn pratipa¢hitavyam (read, pratigrzhn titi pashitavyam). 6. As to dakshinam goda4nam unatti, comp. the note on P4raskara II, 1, 9. Comp. also above, I, 3, 9, 12. 7 seq. See above, I, 3, 9, 13 seq. 218 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. Before with (the Mantra), ‘That he may long live in joy, and may long see the suf.’ 12, After the hair has been shaven, they arrange the locks (which are left over), according to custom or according to what family he belongs. 13. A person who is kindly disposed towards him, gathers the (cut-off) hair and buries it in a cowstable, or near an Udumbara tree, or in a clump of Darbha grass, with (the Mantra), ‘Where Pidshan, Brzhaspati, Savityz, Soma, Agni (dwell), they have in many ways searched where they should depose it, between heaven and earth, the waters and heaven.’ 14. He makes a gift to a Brahmaza according to his liberality. 15. To the barber (he gives) boiled rice with butter. 16. In the same way the Godanakarman (or the ceremony of shaving the beard) is performed in the sixteenth year. 17. He has him shaven including the top-lock. 18. Some declare that he leaves there the toplock. 19. Or he performs the God4na sacred to Agni. 20. He gives a cow to his Guru. End of the First Padala. 13. Comp. I, 3, 9, 18. 14. Literally, according to his faith (yath4sraddham). 19. Agnigodano v4 kumfro bhavati upasamadhanadi puxydhavakanantam agnikaryam iva va bhavatity arthad. Matridatta. Comp., however, the note on Apastamba-Grihya VI, 16, 13. II PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 7 SECTION, 2. 219 Prasna II, Parata 2, Section 7. 1. Now (follows) the expiation for attacks of the dog-demon (epilepsy) (on the boy).
2Matridatta. Comp., however, the note on Apastamba-Grihya VI, 16, 13. II PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 7 SECTION, 2. 219 Prasna II, Parata 2, Section 7. 1. Now (follows) the expiation for attacks of the dog-demon (epilepsy) (on the boy). 2. When the attack assails (the boy, the performer of the ceremony) arranges his sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, sips water, and fetches water with a cup that has not yet been used (in order to pour it upon the boy). In the middle of the hall he elevates (the earth at) that place in which they use to gamble; he besprinkles it with water, casts the dice, scatters them (on all sides), makes a heap of them, spreads them out, makes an opening in the thatched roof of the hall, takes the boy in through that (opening), lays him on his back on the dice, and pours a mixture of curds and salt-water upon him, while they beat a gong towards the south. (The curds and water are poured on the sick boy with the following Mantras), ‘Kurkura, Sukurkura, the Kurkura with the dark fetter. ... ‘Sarameya runs about, looking, as it were, upon the sea. He, the Suvirivza (?), wears golden ornaments on his neck and on his breast, the most excellent (ornaments) of dogs (?). ‘Suviriza, let him loose! Let him loose, Ekavratya! Let him loose, doggy! Let him loose, Kat! ‘Z7eka and Sasaramafamka and Tdla and Vitdla and the white one and the red one. Let him loose! .... the brown and red one. ‘On those two single ones the sarasyakds (?) run 7, 1. svagrahos pasm4ra unmattah Sarameya ity eke. Matr?datta.—Comp. Paraskara I, 16, 24; Apastamba VI, 18, 1. 2. The Mantras are partly unintelligible. As to kurkura comp. the note on P4raskara I, 16, 24. 220 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. down in the third heaven from here. Ahat! Go away. Sisarama! Saérameya! Adoration to thee, Stsara ! ‘Your mother is called the messenger; your father is the mazdakaka (mazdfkaka, the frog ?). Khat! Go away, &c. ‘ Your mother is called dul4 (the staggering one ?); your father is the mazdakaka. Khat! Go away, &c. ‘The stallions (stamp with) their feet. Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. hat! Go away, &c. ‘The carpenter hammers at (the chariots) that have wheels (?). Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. Ahat! Go away,’ &c. 3. Then (the performer of the ceremony) says, ‘Choose a boon.’ 4. (The father or ‘brother of the boy replies), ‘I choose the boy.’ 5. They should do so, when the attack assails him, three times in the day, in the morning, at noon, and in the afternoon, and when he has recovered. End of the Second Padala. Prasna II, Parata 3, Section 8. 1. Now (follows) the sacrifice of the sdlagava (or spit-ox, for propitiating Rudra and averting plague in cattle). 2. In the fortnight of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, he puts wood on the fire, strews (Darbha grass) on the entire surface around the fire, cooks a mess of sacrificial food with milk, 5. There can be little doubt as to the correctness of the reading agadaA instead of 4gatah. .
3There can be little doubt as to the correctness of the reading agadaA instead of 4gatah. . 8, 1. Comp. Asvalayana IV, 8; Paraskara II], 8; Apastamba VII, 20, II PRASNA, 3 PATALA, 8 SECTION, 7. 221 sprinkles it (with Agya), takes it from the fire, builds two huts to the west of the fire, and has the spit-ox led to the southerly (hut) with (the verse), ‘May the fallow steeds, the harmonious ones, bring thee hither, together with the white horses, the bright, wind-swift, strong ones, that are as quick as thought. Come quickly to my offering, Sarva! Om!’ 3. To the northerly (hut he has) the ‘bountiful one’ (led) ;—(i. e. the consort of the spit-ox) ; 4. To the middle (between the two huts) the ‘conqueror’ (i.e. a calf of those two parents). 5. He gives them water to drink in the same order in which they have been led (to their places), prepares three messes of boiled rice, ‘spreading under’ and sprinkling (Agya) on them, and touches (the three beasts with those portions of rice) in the order in which they have been led (to their places), with (the Mantras), ‘May he, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one sviha! May she, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svaha! May the conqueror touch it. To the conqueror svahé !’ 6. After he has performed (the rites) down to the Vyahvzti oblations, he takes the messes of boiled rice (to the fire) and sacrifices them (the first with the Mantra), ‘To the god Bhava sv4h4! To the god Rudra svah4! To the god Sarva svaha! To the god fsana... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhima svaha! To the great god sv4ha!’ 7. Then he sacrifices the consort’s rice to the consort (of Rudra, with the Mantra), ‘To the consort 3, 4. The text has midAushfm, gayantam. 222 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. of the god Bhava svaha! To the consort of the god Rudra... Sarva... {sana... Pasupati... Ugra... Bhima .. . of the great god svaha!’ 8. Then he sacrifices of the middle portion of rice with (the Mantra), ‘To the conqueror svahi! To the conqueror sv4hé !’ 9. Then he cuts off from all the three portions of rice and sacrifices the Svish¢akrzt oblation with (the Mantra), ‘To Agni Svish¢akrzt svaha!’ 10. Around that fire they place their cows so that they can smell the smell of that sacrifice. 11. ‘With luck may they walk round our full face’—with (these words) he walks round all (the objects mentioned, viz. the fire, the three beasts, and the other cows), so as to turn his right side towards them, and worships (the silagava) with the (eleven) Anuvakas, ‘Adoration to thee, Rudra, to the wrath’ (Taitt. Samh. IV, 5), or with the first and last of them. Parata 8, SECTION 9. 1. Now follows the distribution of Paldsa leaves (at different places). 2. ‘ Protector of the house, touch them! To the protector of the house sv4h4! Protectress of the
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