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I ADHYAYA, 13 KANDIKÂ, 2.
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3. With the Rik, 'Where thou knowest, O tree' (Rig-veda V, 5, 10), let him make two lumps (of food), put them on a carrying-pole, hand them over to the messenger, and say to him, 'Carry this Bali to that (Kaitya).'
4. (He gives him the lump) which is destined for the messenger, with (the words), 'This to thee.'
5. If there is anything dangerous between (them and the Kaitya), (he gives him) some weapon also.
6. If a navigable river is between (them and the Kaitya, he gives him) also something like a raft with (the words), 'Hereby thou shalt cross.'
7. At the Dhanvantari sacrifice let him offer first a Bali to the Purohita, between the Brahman and the fire.
KANDIKA 13.
1. The Upanishad (treats of) the Garbhalambhana, the Pumsavana, and the Anavalobhana (i. e. the ceremonies for securing the conception of a child, the male gender of the child, and for preventing disturbances which could endanger the embryo).
2. If he does not study (that Upanishad), he
or whether the whole rite was purely symbolical, and based on the principle: In sacris ficta pro veris accipiuntur.
3. Comp. Pâraskara III, II, 10.
6. Pâraskara III, II, II,
7. Comp. above, chap. 3, 6.
13, 1, Nârâyana evidently did not know the Upanishad here referred to; he states that it belongs to another Sâkhâ. Comp. Professor Max Müller's note on Brihad Aranyaka VI, 4, 24 (S. B. E., vol. xv, p. 222).
2. 'He should give her the two beans as a symbol of the testicles, and the barley grain as a symbol of the penis.' Nârâyana.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |