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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA.
9. (Repeating the formula): ‘Firm art thou. May I, N. N., become firm in the house of N. N., my husband'-she should pronounce her husband's and her own name.
10. And (he shows her besides the star) Arundhati.
11. (She says): 'I (N. N.) am held fast,' &c., as above (Sutra 9).
12. He then addresses her with the verse, 'Firm is the sky' (MB. I, 3, 7).
13. After she has been addressed (thus), she respectfully calls her Guru by his Gotra name..
14. Thus she breaks her silence.
15. From that time through a period of three nights they should both avoid eating saline or pungent food, and should sleep together on the ground without having conjugal intercourse.
16. Here, they say, an Argha reception (should be offered to the young husband).
17. Some say (that this reception should be offered) when the bridegroom and his companions) have arrived (at the house of the bride's father).
18. The first food which he eats, should be food
10. Âsvalâyana-Grihya I, 7, 22. 11. The play on words (Arundhati-ruddha) is untranslatable.
13. Her Guru' means, according to the commentary, her husband. The commentary quotes the well-known sentence: patir eko guruh strînâm. Perhaps we may also take the Guru for the Brâhmana in whose house they stay. Comp. also chap. 4, 11.
14. Comp. above, Satra 4.
16, 17. Khâdira-Gríhya I, 4,7. 8. Comp. Sânkhâyana-Gríhya I, 12, 10 note. The Gobhila commentary states that this Argha reception should be offered by the bride's father. On the different opinions of the Sankhayana commentaries see the note quoted.
18. Khâdira-Grihya I, 4, 1o.
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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 |