Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra
by C. G. Kashikar | 1964 | 166,530 words
The English translation of the Bharadvaja-Srauta-Sutra, representing some of the oldest texts on Hindu rituals and rites of passages, dating to at least the 1st millennium BCE. The term Srautasutra refers to a class of Sanskrit Sutra literature dealing with ceremonies based on the Brahmana divisions of the Veda (Sruti). They include Vedic rituals r...
Praśna 4, Kaṇḍikā 2
1. He should stand between the two fires (=Gārhapatya and Āhavanīya) and murmur the verse, “The cattle have come to the seat of gods in between the two fires. I receive them first in their places with my prayer.”[1]
2. (He should pray) to the Gārhapatya fire with the verses, “May the multiformed offspring residing together by the side of Agni, the lord of house, be delighted here. I receive them first in their places with my prayer.—May the multicoloured cattle residing together...”[2]
3. To the Dakṣiṇa fire with the verse, “This fire relating to the Pitṛs has brought oblations to thePitṛs. I receive him first; may he render our food wholesome.”[3]
4. To the Sabhya fire with the verse, “Let the guardians of the assembly enkindle thee who hast victory as thy share uninterruptedly. Do thou, O Sabhya fire, shine so that I may attain a hundred autumns.”[4]
5. To the Āvasathya fire with the verse, “May I produce food from the residential quarters for a hundred autumns. May Ahir Budhnya grant wealth and divine song in my residential quarters.”[5]
6. To all the fires with the formulas, “Here I pronounce the sacrifice to the Vasus with Agni as the eldest; here do I pronounce the sacrifice to the Rudras with Indra as the eldest; here do I pronounce the sacrifice to the Adityas with Varuṇa as the eldest.”[6]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.4.4, 5.
[2]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.4.4,5.
[3]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.4.5.
[4]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.4.5,6.
[5]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.4.6.
[6]:
Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa. III.7.4.6,7.