Hiranyakesi-grihya-sutra

by Hermann Oldenberg | 1892 | 37,649 words

Hiranyakeshin (Hiranyakeshi) was the founder of a ritual and scholastic tradition belonging to the Taittiriya branch of the Black Yajurveda. Alternative titles: Hiraṇyakeśin-gṛhya-sūtra (हिरण्यकेशिन्-गृह्य-सूत्र), Hiranyakeshin, Hiraṇyakeśī (हिरण्यकेशी), Hiranyakeshi, Hiranyakesin, Grhya, Hiraṇyakeśīgṛhyasūtra (हिरण्यकेशीगृह्यसूत्र), Hiranyakesigr...

Praśna II, Paṭala 4, Section 13

1. 'This is for thee, father, this honey-sweet wave, rich in water. As great as Agni and the earth are, so great is its measure, so great is its might. As. such a great one I give it. As Agni is imperishable and inexhaustible, thus may it be imperishable and inexhaustible, sweet drink to my father. By that imperishable (wave), that sweet drink, live thou together with those, N.N.! The Ṛcas are thy might.

'This is for thee, grandfather, &c. . . . As great as Vāyu and the air are . . . As Vāyu is imperishable . . . to my grandfather. . . . The Yajus are thy might.

'This is for thee, great-grandfather, &c. . . . As great as Āditya and the heaven are . . . "The Sāmans are thy might.'

2. Returning (from the place where he has performed the Piṇḍa offerings) he puts the substance cleaving (to the Sthālī) into the water-pot and pours it out, with (the verse), 'Go away, O Fathers, friends of Soma, on your hidden, ancient paths. After a month return again to our house and eat our offerings, rich in offspring, in valiant sons.'

3.[1] Thereby the (Śrāddha) celebrated in the middle of the rainy season has been declared.

4. There (oblations of) flesh are prescribed;

5. Of vegetables, if there is no flesh.

End of the Fourth Paṭala.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Mādhyāvarṣam. Comp. the note on Śāṅkhāyana III, 13, 1.

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