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 III, Kaṇḍikā 4

1[1]. He satiates the deities: 'Prajāpati, Brahman, the Vedas, the gods, the Ṛṣis, all metres, the word Om, the word Vaṣaṭ, the Vyāhṛtis, the Sāvitrī, the sacrifices, Heaven and Earth, the air, days and nights, the numbers, the Siddhas, the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the fields, herbs, trees, Gandharvas and Apsaras, the snakes, the birds, the cows, the Sādhyas, the Vipras, the Yakṣas, the Rakṣas, the beings that have these (Rakṣas, &c.) at their end.'

2[2]. Then the Ṛṣis: 'The (Ṛṣis) of the hundred (Ṛcas), the (Ṛṣis) of the middle (Maṇḍalas), Gṛtsamada, Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Atri, Bharadvāja, Vasiṣṭha, the Pragāthas, the Pavamāna hymns, the (Ṛṣis) of the short hymns, and of the long hymns.'

3. (Then) with the sacrificial cord suspended over the right shoulder:

4[3]. 'Sumantu, Jaimini, Vaiśampāyana, Paila, the Sūtras, the Bhāṣyas, the Bhārata, the Mahābhārata, the teachers of law, Jānanti, Bāhavi, Gārgya, Gautama, Śākalya, Bābhravya, Māṇḍavya, Māṇḍūkeya, Gārgī Vācaknavī, Vaḍavā Prātītheyī, Sulabhā Maitreyī, Kahola Kauṣītaka, Mahākauṣītaka, Paiṅgya, Mahāpaiṅgya, Suyajña Śāṅkhāyana, Aitareya, Mahaitareya, the Śākala (text), the Bāṣkala (text), Sujātavaktra, Audavāhi, Mahaudavāhi, Saujāmi, Śaunaka, Āśvalāyana—and whatsoever other teachers there are, may they all satiate themselves.'

5[4]. After he has satiated the Fathers man by man, and has returned to his house, what he gives (then), that is the sacrificial fee.

6[5]. And it is also understood (in the Śruti), 'May he be standing, walking, sitting, or lying, (the texts belonging to) whatsoever sacrifice he repeats, that sacrifice indeed he has offered.'

7. It is understood (in the Śruti), 'Regarding this (Svādhyāya) there are two cases in which the study (of the sacred texts) is forbidden: when he is impure himself, and when the place is.'

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

4, 1. Comp. Śāṅkhāyana-Gṛhya IV, 9. Nārāyaṇa: 'Having finished (the Svādhyāya) he satiates with water oblations these deities.'

[2]:

Śāṅkhāyana-Gṛhya IV, 10. Śāṅkhāyana has pāvamānāḥ, the (Ṛṣis) of the Pavamāna hymns,' but pragāthāḥ as Āśvalāyana has, and not as we should expect, prāgāthāḥ.

[3]:

The names from Kahola Kauṣītaki down to Āśvalāyana stand in the accusative; tarpayāmi, 'I satiate N.N.' is to be supplied.

[4]:

Nārāyaṇa: 'He satiates his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and goes to his house. What he then gives, for instance, food offered to guests, or given as alms (to religious beggars), is considered as the sacrificial fee for the Brahmayajña.'

[5]:

Comp. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa XI, 5, 7, 3. 4.

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