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 3

1[1]. He then should recite for himself (the following texts, viz.) the Ṛcas, the Yajus, the Sāmans, the Atharvan and Aṅgiras hymns, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kalpa (Sūtras), the Gāthās, the (texts in honour of kings and heroes, called) Nārāśaṃsīs, the Itihāsas and Purāṇas.

2. In that he recites the Ṛcas, he thereby satiates the gods with oblations of milk—in that (he recites) the Yajus, with oblations of ghee—the Sāmans, with oblations of honey—the Atharvan and Aṅgiras hymns, with oblations of Soma—the Brāhmaṇas, Kalpas, Gāthās, Nārāśaṃsīs, Itihāsas and Purāṇas, with oblations of ambrosia.

3. In that he recites the Ṛcas, rivers of milk flow, as a funeral oblation, to his Fathers. In that (he recites) the Yajus, rivers of ghee—the Sāmans, rivers of honey—the Atharvan and Aṅgiras hymns, rivers of Soma—the Brāhmaṇas, Kalpas, Gāthās, Nārāśaṃsīs, Itihāsas and Purāṇas, rivers of ambrosia.

4. After he has recited (those texts) as far as he thinks fit, he should finish with the following (verse),

'Adoration to Brahman! Adoration be to Agni! Adoration to the Earth! Adoration to the Herbs! Adoration to the Voice! Adoration to the Lord of the Voice! Adoration I bring to great Viṣṇu!'

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

3, 1. On this and the following paragraphs comp. chiefly Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa XI, 5, 6. Other enumerations, contained in the Veda itself, of the texts that were considered as forming the Veda or as attached to the body of the Veda, are found in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa XIV, 5, 4, 10 (Sacred Books, XV, 111), and in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad VII, 1 (Sacred Books, I, 109)

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