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13. A king and a chieftain (sit down) in the same way (as a Brahmaza), with the next two (formulas, M. II, 9, 8. 9), according to the characteristics (contained in them). 4. (The host) announces (to the guest), ‘The water for washing the feet!’ 5. (The guest) should recite the next (verse, II, 9, 10) over (that water) and should stretch out the right foot first to a Brahmaaa, the left to a Sddra. 6. Having touched the person who washes him, he should touch himself (i.e. his own heart) with the next (formula, M. II, 9, 11). 7. (The host, taking the Argha water) in an 13, 2. See above, IV, 11, 7. 5- Comp. Asvaldyana-Grchya I, 24, 11. 12. 278 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. earthen vessel which he holds with two bunches of grass, announces (to the guest), ‘The Argha water !’ 8. (The guest) should recite the next (formula, II, 9, 12) over (that water) and should murmur the next Yagus (II, 9, 13), while a part (of the water) is poured over his joined hands. g. Over the rest (of the water) which is poured out towards the east, he recites the next (verse, M. II, 9, 14). 10. (The host) pours together curds and honey in a brass vessel, covers it with a larger (brass cover), takes hold of it with two bunches of grass, and announces (to the guest), ‘The honey-mixture !’ 11, Some take three substances, (those stated before) and ghee. 12. Some take five, (the three stated before), and grains, and flour. 13. The guest recites the next two (formulas, M. II, 10, 1. 2) over (the honey-mixture) and sips water with the two Yagus (II, 10, 3. 4) before (eating) and afterwards; with the next (verse, II, 10, 5) he should partake three times (of the food) and should give the remainder to a person towards whom he is kindly disposed. 14. A king ora chieftain should only accept it and (give it) to his Purohita. 15. (The host) announces the cow with (the word), ‘The cow!’ 16. After the guest has recited the next (formula, M. II, 10, 6) over (the cow, the host) cooks its omentum, and having performed the ‘spreading under’ and the sprinkling over (of Agya), he sacrifices it with the next (verse, M. II, 10, 7) with a Paldsa leaf from the middle or the end (of the stalk). 6 PATALA, 14 SECTION, 3. . 279 17. If the guest chooses to let (the cow) loose, he murmurs the next (formulas, II, 10, 8-11) in a low voice (and says) loudly, ‘Om! Let it loose!’ (II, 10, 12). 18. (In this case) he recites the next (formulas, M. II, 10, 13-17) in a low voice over the food which is announced to him (instead of the cow), (and says) loudly, ‘Om! Make it ready!’ (II, 10, 18). 19. For his teacher, for a Aztvig, for his fatherin-law, for a king he ought to perform this (Arghya ceremony) as often as they visit his house, if at least one year has elapsed (since they came last). 20. For a renowned teacher (of the Veda the ceremony should be performed) once. Parata 6, SEcTION 14,
220. For a renowned teacher (of the Veda the ceremony should be performed) once. Parata 6, SEcTION 14, 1. The Stmantonnayana (or parting of the pregnant wife’s hair, is performed) in her first pregnancy, in the fourth month. 2. (The husband) serves food to Brahmazas and causes them to pronounce auspicious wishes ; then, after (the ceremonies) from the putting (of wood) on the fire down to the Agyabhaga oblations (have been performed), he offers the oblations (indicated in the) next (Mantras, M. II, 11, 1-8), while (the wife) takes hold of him, and enters upon the (performance) of the Gaya and following oblations. 3. Having performed (the rites) down to the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire), he makes her sit down to the west of the fire, facing the east, and parts her hair upwards (i. e. beginning from the front) with a porcupine’s quill that has three white spots, 280 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. with three Darbha blades, and with a bunch of unripe Udumbara fruits, with the Vyahvztis or with the two next (verses, II, 11, 9. 10). 4. He says to two lute-players, ‘Sing !’ 5. Of the next two (verses, II, 11, 11. 12) the first (is to be sung on this occasion) among the (people of the) Salvas. 6. The second (is to be used) for Brahmazas; and the river near which they dwell is to be named. 7. He ties barley-grains with young shoots (to the head of the wife); then she keeps silence until the stars appear. , 8. When the stars have appeared, he goes (with his wife) towards the east or north, touches a calf, and murmurs the Vydhvztis; then she breaks her silence. 9. The Pumsavana (i.e. the ceremony to secure the birth of a male child) is performed when the pregnancy has become visible, under the constellation Tishya. 10. From a branch of a Nyagrodha tree, which points eastward or northward, he takes a shoot with two (fruits that look like) testicles. The putting (of wood) on the fire, &c., is performed as at the Simantonnayana (Satra 2). 11. He causes a girl who has not yet attained maturity to pound (the Nyagrodha shoot) on an upper mill-stone with another upper mill-stone, and to pour water on it; then he makes his wife lie 6. Asvalayana I,14, 7; Paraskara I, 15, 8. Comp. Zeitschrift der D. M. Gesellschaft, XX XIX, 88. 4, 8. Sudarsanarya mentions that instead of the singular, ‘She keeps silence, she breaks her silence,’ some read the dual, so that the husband and his wife are referred to. 6 PATALA, I5 SECTION, 4. 281 down on her back to the west of the fire, facing the east, and inserts (the pounded substance) with his thumb into her right nostril, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 13). 12, Then she will give birth to a son. 13. Here follows the ceremony to secure a quick deliverance.
3281 down on her back to the west of the fire, facing the east, and inserts (the pounded substance) with his thumb into her right nostril, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 13). 12, Then she will give birth to a son. 13. Here follows the ceremony to secure a quick deliverance. 14. With a shallow cup that has not been used before, he draws water in the direction of the river's current; at his wife’s feet he lays down a Taryanti plant ; he should then touch his wife, who is soon to be delivered, on the head, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 14), and should sprinkle her with the water, with the next (three) verses (II, 11, 15-17). 15. Yadi gardyu na pated evamvihitabhir evadbhir uttarabhy4m (II, 11, 18. 19) avokshet. ParaLa 6, Section 15. 1. After he has touched the new-born child with the Vatsapra hymn (Taitt. Samh. IV, 2, 2; M. II, 11, 20), and has taken him on his lap with the next Yagus (M. II, 11, 21), with the next (three) (verses— II, 11, 22; 12, 1. 2—one by one) he addresses the child, kisses him on his head, and murmurs (the third verse) into his right ear. 2. And he gives him a Nakshatra name. 3. That is secret. 4. He pours together honey and ghee; into this (mixture) he dips a piece of gold which he has tied with a noose to a Darbha blade. With the next (three) formulas (II, 12, 3-5) he gives the boy (by 15, 1. We ought to read uttar4bhir, not uttarabhyam. Comp. below, Sfttra 12. 282 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. means of the piece of gold, some of the mixture) to eat. With the next five (verses, II, 12, 6-10) he bathes him. Then he pours curds and ghee together and gives him this (mixture which is called) ‘sprinkled butter’ (pz¢shad4gya) to eat out of a brass vessel, with the Vy4hvztis to which the syllable ‘Om’ is added as the fourth (II, 12, 11-14). The remainder he should mix with water and pour out in a cow-stable. 5. With the next (verse, M. II, 13, 1) he places (the child) in the mother’s lap; with the next (I], 13, 2) he causes her to give him her right breast ; with the next two (verses, II, 13, 3. 4) he touches the earth, and after (the child) has been laid down, (he touches him) with the next (formula, II, 13, 5). 6. With the next Yagus (II, 13, 6) he places a water-pot at (the child’s) head, sacrifices mustard seeds and rice-chaff with his joined hands three times with each of the next (formulas, II, 13, 7-14, 2), repeating each time the word Sv4hA, and says (to the people who are accustomed to enter the room in which his wife lies), ‘Whenever you enter, strew silently (mustard seeds with rice-chaff) on the fire.’ 7. This is to be done until the ten days (after the child’s birth) have elapsed. 8. On the tenth day, after (the mother) has risen and taken a bath, he gives a name to the son. The father and the mother (should pronounce that name first).
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 king and a chieftain (sit down) in the same way (as a Brahmaza), with the next two (formulas, M. II, 9, 8. 9), according to the characteristics (contained in them). 4. (The host) announces (to the guest), ‘The water for washing the feet!’ 5. (The guest) should recite the next (verse, II, 9, 10) over (that water) and should stretch out the right foot first to a Brahmaaa, the left to a Sddra. 6. Having touched the person who washes him, he should touch himself (i.e. his own heart) with the next (formula, M. II, 9, 11). 7. (The host, taking the Argha water) in an 13, 2. See above, IV, 11, 7. 5- Comp. Asvaldyana-Grchya I, 24, 11. 12. 278 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. earthen vessel which he holds with two bunches of grass, announces (to the guest), ‘The Argha water !’ 8. (The guest) should recite the next (formula, II, 9, 12) over (that water) and should murmur the next Yagus (II, 9, 13), while a part (of the water) is poured over his joined hands. g. Over the rest (of the water) which is poured out towards the east, he recites the next (verse, M. II, 9, 14). 10. (The host) pours together curds and honey in a brass vessel, covers it with a larger (brass cover), takes hold of it with two bunches of grass, and announces (to the guest), ‘The honey-mixture !’ 11, Some take three substances, (those stated before) and ghee. 12. Some take five, (the three stated before), and grains, and flour. 13. The guest recites the next two (formulas, M. II, 10, 1. 2) over (the honey-mixture) and sips water with the two Yagus (II, 10, 3. 4) before (eating) and afterwards; with the next (verse, II, 10, 5) he should partake three times (of the food) and should give the remainder to a person towards whom he is kindly disposed. 14. A king ora chieftain should only accept it and (give it) to his Purohita. 15. (The host) announces the cow with (the word), ‘The cow!’ 16. After the guest has recited the next (formula, M. II, 10, 6) over (the cow, the host) cooks its omentum, and having performed the ‘spreading under’ and the sprinkling over (of Agya), he sacrifices it with the next (verse, M. II, 10, 7) with a Paldsa leaf from the middle or the end (of the stalk). 6 PATALA, 14 SECTION, 3. . 279 17. If the guest chooses to let (the cow) loose, he murmurs the next (formulas, II, 10, 8-11) in a low voice (and says) loudly, ‘Om! Let it loose!’ (II, 10, 12). 18. (In this case) he recites the next (formulas, M. II, 10, 13-17) in a low voice over the food which is announced to him (instead of the cow), (and says) loudly, ‘Om! Make it ready!’ (II, 10, 18). 19. For his teacher, for a Aztvig, for his fatherin-law, for a king he ought to perform this (Arghya ceremony) as often as they visit his house, if at least one year has elapsed (since they came last). 20. For a renowned teacher (of the Veda the ceremony should be performed) once. Parata 6, SEcTION 14,
220. For a renowned teacher (of the Veda the ceremony should be performed) once. Parata 6, SEcTION 14, 1. The Stmantonnayana (or parting of the pregnant wife’s hair, is performed) in her first pregnancy, in the fourth month. 2. (The husband) serves food to Brahmazas and causes them to pronounce auspicious wishes ; then, after (the ceremonies) from the putting (of wood) on the fire down to the Agyabhaga oblations (have been performed), he offers the oblations (indicated in the) next (Mantras, M. II, 11, 1-8), while (the wife) takes hold of him, and enters upon the (performance) of the Gaya and following oblations. 3. Having performed (the rites) down to the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire), he makes her sit down to the west of the fire, facing the east, and parts her hair upwards (i. e. beginning from the front) with a porcupine’s quill that has three white spots, 280 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. with three Darbha blades, and with a bunch of unripe Udumbara fruits, with the Vyahvztis or with the two next (verses, II, 11, 9. 10). 4. He says to two lute-players, ‘Sing !’ 5. Of the next two (verses, II, 11, 11. 12) the first (is to be sung on this occasion) among the (people of the) Salvas. 6. The second (is to be used) for Brahmazas; and the river near which they dwell is to be named. 7. He ties barley-grains with young shoots (to the head of the wife); then she keeps silence until the stars appear. , 8. When the stars have appeared, he goes (with his wife) towards the east or north, touches a calf, and murmurs the Vydhvztis; then she breaks her silence. 9. The Pumsavana (i.e. the ceremony to secure the birth of a male child) is performed when the pregnancy has become visible, under the constellation Tishya. 10. From a branch of a Nyagrodha tree, which points eastward or northward, he takes a shoot with two (fruits that look like) testicles. The putting (of wood) on the fire, &c., is performed as at the Simantonnayana (Satra 2). 11. He causes a girl who has not yet attained maturity to pound (the Nyagrodha shoot) on an upper mill-stone with another upper mill-stone, and to pour water on it; then he makes his wife lie 6. Asvalayana I,14, 7; Paraskara I, 15, 8. Comp. Zeitschrift der D. M. Gesellschaft, XX XIX, 88. 4, 8. Sudarsanarya mentions that instead of the singular, ‘She keeps silence, she breaks her silence,’ some read the dual, so that the husband and his wife are referred to. 6 PATALA, I5 SECTION, 4. 281 down on her back to the west of the fire, facing the east, and inserts (the pounded substance) with his thumb into her right nostril, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 13). 12, Then she will give birth to a son. 13. Here follows the ceremony to secure a quick deliverance.
3281 down on her back to the west of the fire, facing the east, and inserts (the pounded substance) with his thumb into her right nostril, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 13). 12, Then she will give birth to a son. 13. Here follows the ceremony to secure a quick deliverance. 14. With a shallow cup that has not been used before, he draws water in the direction of the river's current; at his wife’s feet he lays down a Taryanti plant ; he should then touch his wife, who is soon to be delivered, on the head, with the next Yagus (II, 11, 14), and should sprinkle her with the water, with the next (three) verses (II, 11, 15-17). 15. Yadi gardyu na pated evamvihitabhir evadbhir uttarabhy4m (II, 11, 18. 19) avokshet. ParaLa 6, Section 15. 1. After he has touched the new-born child with the Vatsapra hymn (Taitt. Samh. IV, 2, 2; M. II, 11, 20), and has taken him on his lap with the next Yagus (M. II, 11, 21), with the next (three) (verses— II, 11, 22; 12, 1. 2—one by one) he addresses the child, kisses him on his head, and murmurs (the third verse) into his right ear. 2. And he gives him a Nakshatra name. 3. That is secret. 4. He pours together honey and ghee; into this (mixture) he dips a piece of gold which he has tied with a noose to a Darbha blade. With the next (three) formulas (II, 12, 3-5) he gives the boy (by 15, 1. We ought to read uttar4bhir, not uttarabhyam. Comp. below, Sfttra 12. 282 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF APASTAMBA. means of the piece of gold, some of the mixture) to eat. With the next five (verses, II, 12, 6-10) he bathes him. Then he pours curds and ghee together and gives him this (mixture which is called) ‘sprinkled butter’ (pz¢shad4gya) to eat out of a brass vessel, with the Vy4hvztis to which the syllable ‘Om’ is added as the fourth (II, 12, 11-14). The remainder he should mix with water and pour out in a cow-stable. 5. With the next (verse, M. II, 13, 1) he places (the child) in the mother’s lap; with the next (I], 13, 2) he causes her to give him her right breast ; with the next two (verses, II, 13, 3. 4) he touches the earth, and after (the child) has been laid down, (he touches him) with the next (formula, II, 13, 5). 6. With the next Yagus (II, 13, 6) he places a water-pot at (the child’s) head, sacrifices mustard seeds and rice-chaff with his joined hands three times with each of the next (formulas, II, 13, 7-14, 2), repeating each time the word Sv4hA, and says (to the people who are accustomed to enter the room in which his wife lies), ‘Whenever you enter, strew silently (mustard seeds with rice-chaff) on the fire.’ 7. This is to be done until the ten days (after the child’s birth) have elapsed. 8. On the tenth day, after (the mother) has risen and taken a bath, he gives a name to the son. The father and the mother (should pronounce that name first).
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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