Sankhayana-grihya-sutra
by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 37,785 words
The Grihya-sutra ascribed to Shankhayana, which has been edited and translated into German in the XVth volume of the "Indische Studien", is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bashkala recension, and among the Brahmana texts, on the Kaushitaka. Alternative titles: Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (शाङ्खायन-गृह्य-सूत्र), Shank...
Adhyāya IV, Khaṇḍa 12
1. Every day he shall respectfully salute his teacher,
3. A Śrotriya when meeting him,
4. When he returns from a journey, (also) one who is not a Śrotriya.
5[1]. In the words, 'I am N.N., sir!' pronouncing his own name, crossing his hands (so as to seize with his right hand the right foot, and with his left hand the left of the other person).
6[2]. (The person who has been thus saluted, in reply addressing him with his name,) 'N.N.!' and seizing his hands, pronounces a wish to him.
7. Let him not go to a sacrifice without being chosen (thereto).
8. And let him beware of (doing) wrong.
9. Let him not go to assemblies of people.
10[3]. If he has come upon (such assemblies), let him not point out (anything evil) against (anybody).
11. He shall not be a reviler, nor slanderous, nor a wanderer from house to house, nor a prattler.
12. He shall not walk alone,
13. Nor naked,
14. Nor with veiled hands.
15. Gods’-houses (he shall walk round) keeping the right side turned to them.
16[4]. Let him not run.
17. Let him not spit.
18. Let him not scratch himself.
19. Let him not look on urine and excrements.
20. Let him sit with veiled head,
21. Not on the bare (ground),
22. If he has only one garment, suspending his sacrificial cord on his ear,
23. Not turning his face to the sun,
24. Nor his rump,
25. In the day-time with his face to the north, at night to the south.
26. He shall not (eject) phlegm into water, nor in the neighbourhood (of water).
27. He shall not climb up a tree.
28. He shall not look down into a well.
29. He shall not go to an execution-place,
30. And in no case to a cemetery.
31. Let him bathe day by day with his clothes on.
32. When he has bathed, let him put on another garment before he is dry.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
12, 5. Nārāyaṇa: 'As to how that respectful salutation (abhivādana) should he performed, he says . . . with his own right hand he touches the right foot of the Ācārya or other person (whom he salutes), and with his left hand the left foot (comp. Manu II, 72) (and says), "I am N.N. (amukaśarman) of the Gotra N.N., sir! I offer my respectful salutation!"'
[2]:
'The Ācārya or other person seizes the hands of the saluting person,' &c. Nārāyaṇa.
[3]:
See Nārāyaṇa's commentary, p. 154 of the German edition.
[4]:
According to Nārāyaṇa we should have to supply, 'while it is raining,' which is countenanced by a number of parallel texts, for instance, Āśv.-Gṛhya III, 9, 6.