Asvalayana-grihya-sutra
by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 27,388 words
Most of the questions referring to the Grihya-sutra of Ashvalayana will be treated of more conveniently in connection with the different subjects which we shall have to discuss in our General Introduction to the Grihya-sutras. Alternative titles: Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (आश्वलायन-गृह्य-सूत्र), Ashvalayana, grhya, Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra (आश्वलायनगृह्य...
Adhyāya I, Kaṇḍikā 4
1[1]. During the northern course of the sun, in the time of the increasing moon, under an auspicious Nakṣatra the tonsure (of the child's head), the initiation (of a Brahmacārin), the cutting of the beard, and marriage (should be celebrated).
2. According to some (teachers), marriage (may be celebrated) at any time.
3. Before those (ceremonies) let him sacrifice four Ājya oblations—
4. With the three (verses), 'Agni, thou purifiest life' (Rig-veda I X, 66, 10 seq.), and with (the one verse), 'Prajāpati, no other one than thou' (Rig-Veda X, 121, 10).
5[2]. Or with the Vyāhṛtis.
6[3]. According to some (teachers), the one and the other.
7[4]. No such(oblations), according to some (teachers).
8. At the marriage the fourth oblation with the verse, 'Thou (O Agni) art Aryaman towards the girls' (Rig-veda V, 3, 2).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
4, 1. Sāṅkh.-Gṛhya I, 5, 2-5.
[2]:
With the words, bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, and with the three words together.
[3]:
Thus eight oblations are offered, four with the four Ṛcas quoted in the fourth Sūtra, and four with the Vyāhṛtis.
[4]:
Neither the oblations with the Ṛcas nor those with the Vyāhṛtis.