{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe29/sbe29137.htm","path":"hin/sbe29/sbe29137.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe29/sbe29137.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1886]\n1 1. He satiates the deities: 'Prag\u00e2pati, Brahman, the Vedas, the gods, the Rishis, all metres, the word Om, the word Vashat, the Vy\u00e2hritis, the S\u00e2vitr\u00ee, 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 S\u00e2dhyas, the Vipras, the Yakshas, the Rakshas, the beings that have these (Rakshas, &c.) at their end.'\n2 2. Then the Rishis: 'The (Rishis) of the hundred (Rikas), the (Rishis) of the middle (Mandalas), Gritsamada,\n[paragraph continues] Visv\u00e2mitra, V\u00e2madeva, Atri, Bharadv\u00e2ga, Vasishtha, the Prag\u00e2thas, the Pavam\u00e2na hymns, the (Rishis) of the short hymns, and of the long hymns.'\n3. (Then) with the sacrificial cord suspended over the right shoulder:\n4 4. 'Sumantu, Gaimini, Vaisamp\u00e2yana, Paila, the S\u00fbtras, the Bh\u00e2shyas, the Bh\u00e2rata, the Mah\u00e2bh\u00e2rata, the teachers of law, G\u00e2nanti, B\u00e2havi, G\u00e2rgya, Gautama, S\u00e2kalya, B\u00e2bhravya, M\u00e2ndavya, M\u00e2nd\u00fbkeya, G\u00e2rg\u00ee V\u00e2kaknav\u00ee, Vadav\u00e2 Pr\u00e2t\u00eethey\u00ee, Sulabh\u00e2 Maitrey\u00ee, Kahola Kaush\u00eetaka, Mah\u00e2kaush\u00eetaka, Pai\u1e45gya, Mah\u00e2pai\u1e45gya, Suyag\u00f1a S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana, Aitareya, Mahaitareya, the S\u00e2kala (text), the B\u00e2shkala (text), Sug\u00e2tavaktra, Audav\u00e2hi, Mahaudav\u00e2hi, Saug\u00e2mi, Saunaka, \u00c2sval\u00e2yana\u2014and whatsoever other teachers there are, may they all satiate themselves.'\n5 5. After he has satiated the Fathers man by man, and has returned to his house, what he gives (then), that is the sacrificial fee.\n6 6. And it is also understood (in the Sruti), 'May he be standing, walking, sitting, or lying, (the texts belonging to) whatsoever sacrifice he repeats, that sacrifice indeed he has offered.'\n7. It is understood (in the Sruti), 'Regarding this (Sv\u00e2dhy\u00e2ya) there are two cases in which the study (of the sacred texts) is forbidden: when he is impure himself, and when the place is.'\n219:1 4, 1. Comp. S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana-Grihya IV, 9. N\u00e2r\u00e2yana: 'Having finished (the Sv\u00e2dhy\u00e2ya) he satiates with water oblations these deities.'\nPrag\u00e2pati and the following words stand in the nominative; the verb to be supplied is tripyatu (tripyantu), 'may he (they) satiate himself (themselves).'\n219:2 S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana-Grihya IV, 10. S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana has p\u00e2vam\u00e2n\u00e2h, the (Rishis) of the Pavam\u00e2na hymns,' but prag\u00e2th\u00e2h as \u00c2sval\u00e2yana has, and not as we should expect, pr\u00e2g\u00e2th\u00e2h.\n220:4 The names from Kahola Kaush\u00eetaki down to \u00c2sval\u00e2yana stand in the accusative; tarpay\u00e2mi, 'I satiate N.N.' is to be supplied.\n220:5 N\u00e2r\u00e2yana: '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 Brahmayag\u00f1a.'\n220:6 Comp. Satapatha Br\u00e2hmana XI, 5, 7, 3. 4.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29): \u00c2sval\u00e2yana-Grihya-S\u00fbtra: III, 4","type":"page"}