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ÂSVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
lasting (?), standing amid prosperity. May, the malevolent ones not attain thee!
"To thee (may) the young child (come), to thee the calf. . . ; to thee (may) the cup of Parisrut (come); (to thee) may they come with pots of curds.'
KANDIKÂ 9. 1. (Over) the bamboo staff, when it is put on (the middle-post, he recites the hemistich),
2. Rightly ascend the post, O staff, bestowing on us long life henceforward.'
3. On four stones, on which Darvâ grass has been spread, he should establish the water-barrel with (the words), 'Arise on the earth '—
4. Or with (the verse), 'The Arangara sounds, three times bound with the strap. It praises the welfare; may it drive away ill.'
5. He then should pour water into it with (the verse), ‘Hither may king Varuna come with the plentiful (waters); at this place may he stay contented; bringing welfare, dropping ghee may they lie down together with Mitra.'
6. He then appeases’ it (in the following way).
7. He puts gold into water into which rice and barley have been thrown, and (with that water) he sprinkles it three times, going round it with his right side turned towards it, with the Santâtîya hymn.
8. And (so he does again three times) pouring out
9, 4. The meaning of Arangara is unknown to me; it seems to be a musical instrument. Comp. Atharva-veda XX, 135, 13.
6. The ground on which the house is to be built. 7. On the Santâtiya hymn, see above, chap. 8. II. 8. This Sûtra is identical with chap. 8, 12.
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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 |