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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I PRASNA, I PATALA, 4 SECTION, 13.
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A Raganya (he gives in charge to the gods) with (the verse), 'We give this boy in charge, O Indra, to Brahman, for the sake of great royalty. May he lead him to old age, and may he long watch over royalty.'
A Vaisya (he gives in charge) with (the verse), 'We give this boy in charge, O Indra, to Brahman, for the sake of great wealth. May he lead him to old age, and may he long watch over wealth.'
9. (The teacher) makes him sit down to the west of the fire, facing the north, and makes him eat the remnants of the sacrificial food, with these (Mantras), 'On thee may wisdom, on thee may offspring' (Taitt. Aranyaka, Andhra redaction, X, 44),—altering (the text of the Mantras).
10. Some make (the student) eat 'sprinkled butter.'
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11. (The teacher) looks at (the student) while he is eating, with the two verses, At every pursuit we invoke strong (Indra)' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 1, 2, 1), (and), Him, Agni, lead to long life and splendour' (Taitt. Samh. II, 3, 10, 3).
12. Some make (the boy) eat (that food with these two verses).
13. After (the boy) has sipped water, (the teacher) causes him to touch (water) and recites over him (the verse), 'A hundred autumns are before us, O gods, before ye have made our bodies decay, before (our)
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9. The text of those Mantras runs thus, 'On me may wisdom, &c.'; he alters them so as to say, 'On thee,' &c.
10. Regarding the term 'sprinkled butter,' comp. ÂsvalâyanaGrihya IV, 1, 18. 19.
13. Rig-veda I, 89. 9.
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