Grihya Sutras

SR No.: 007685
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

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GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
water) from west to east with (the words), 'Aditi! Give thy consent!'
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9. On the west side, from south to north, with (the words), Anumati! Give thy consent!' On the north side, from west to east, with (the words), 'Sarasvat!! Give thy consent!'
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10. On all sides, so as to keep his right side turned towards (the fire), with (the Mantra), God Savitri! Give thy impulse!' (Taitt. Samh. I, 7, 7, 1).
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11. Having (thus) sprinkled (water) round (the fire), and having anointed the fuel (with Âgya), he puts it on (the fire) with (the Mantra), This fuel is thy self, Gâtavedas! Thereby thou shalt be inflamed and shalt grow. Inflame us and make us grow; through offspring, cattle, holy lustre, and through the enjoyment of food make us increase. Svâhâ!'
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12. He then sacrifices with the (spoon called) Darvi (the following oblations):
13. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the northerly junction of the pegs (laid round the fire), and fixing his mind on (the formula), 'To Pragâpati, to Manu svâhâ!' (without pronouncing that Mantra), he sacrifices a straight, long, uninterrupted (stream of Âgya), directed towards the south-east.
14. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the southern junction of the pegs (laid round the fire),
II. As to the Mantra, compare Sânkhâyana II, 10, 4, &c.
13, 14. The two oblations described in these Sûtras are the so-called Âghâras; see Sûtra 15, and Pâraskara I, 5, 3; Âsvalâyana I, 10, 13. Regarding the northern and the southern junction of the Paridhi woods, see above, Sutras 3 and 4. According to Mâtridatta, the words 'long, uninterrupted' (Sûtra 13) are to be supplied also in Sûtra 14.
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