Gobhila-grihya-sutra
by Hermann Oldenberg | 1892 | 44,344 words
The Sutra of Gobhila presupposes, beside the Samhita of the Sama-veda, another collection of Mantras which evidently was composed expressly with the purpose of being used at Grihya ceremonies. Alternative titles: Gobhila-gṛhya-sūtra (गोभिल-गृह्य-सूत्र), Grhya, Gobhilagṛhyasūtra (गोभिलगृह्यसूत्र), Gobhilagrihyasutra, Gobhilagrhyasutra....
Prapāṭhaka II, Kāṇḍikā 4
2.[2] On the way he should address crossways, rivers and unevennesses (of the soil), big trees, and burial grounds, with (the verse), 'May no waylayers meet us' (ibid. 12).
3.[3] If the axle breaks, or something that is bound gets loose, or if the chariot is overturned, or if some other accident happens, they should put wood on the fire which they carry with themselves, should make oblations (of Ājya) with the Vyāhṛtis, should procure a new piece (instead of that which has been damaged), and should besmear it with the remnants of the Ājya (that has been offered), with (the verse), 'He who without binding' (Sāma-veda I, 244).
4. Having sung the Vāmadevya, he should mount (again).
5. When they have arrived, the Vāmadevya (is sung).
6. When (the bride) has reached the house, Brāhmaṇa women of good character, whose husbands and sons are living, make her descend (from the chariot), and make her sit down on a bull's hide with (the verse which the husband recites), 'Here, ye cows, bring forth calves' (MB. I, 3, 13).
7. They should place a boy in her lap.
8.[4] Into the joined hands of that (boy) they should throw lotus-roots (?),
9. Or fruits.
10.[5] After she has made that boy rise, she sacrifices the eight 'firm' Ājya oblations with (the formula), 'Here is steadiness' (MB. I, 3, 14).
11. When she has finished, she puts a piece of wood (on the fire) and respectfully salutes the Gurus, according to seniority, with their Gotra names. Then they may do what they like.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The way of the bridegroom with the bride to their new home, and their arrival.
[2]:
Perhaps a part of this Sūtra is based on a half Sloka, the two parts of which have been transposed in the prose version, mahāvṛkṣān śmaśānaṃ ca nadīś ca viṣamāṇi ca.
[3]:
Comp. Pāraskara I, 10.
[4]:
The explanation of śakaloṭa as śālūka is doubtful. Prof. Weber believes that we ought to read śakaloṣṭān (lumps of dung); see Indische Studien, V, 371.
[5]:
'Firm' oblations seem to mean oblations by which the wife obtains a firm abode in her husband's house. Comp. Indische Studien, V, 376.