{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe29/sbe29158.htm","path":"hin/sbe29/sbe29158.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe29/sbe29158.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1886]\n1 1-5. There are four kinds of P\u00e2kayag\u00f1as, viz. the huta, the ahuta, the prahuta, and the pr\u00e2sita.\n2. On the following five occasions, viz. the wedding, the tonsure (of the child's head), the initiation (of the Brahmak\u00e2rin), the cutting of the beard, and the parting of the hair, (on these occasions) in the outer hall,\n3. On a place that has been smeared (with cow-dung), which is elevated, and which has been sprinkled (with water), he establishes the fire,\n4. Having kindled it by attrition, according to some teachers, at his marriage.\n5. During the northern course of the sun, in the time of the increasing moon, on an auspicious day he shall seize the hand of a girl,\n6 6. Under one of the (three times) three Nakshatras of which a constellation designated as Uttara is first,\n7. Or under (the Nakshatras) Sv\u00e2ti, Mrigasiras, or Rohin\u00ee.\n8. Three (wives are allowed) to a Br\u00e2hmana, in accordance with the order of the castes,\n9. Two to a R\u00e2ganya,\n10. One to a Vaisya,\n11. One S\u00fbdra wife besides to all, according to some (teachers), without using Mantras (at the ceremonies of wedding, &c.).\n12 12. He then makes her put on the (under) garment with (the verse), 'Live to old age; put on the garment! Be a protectress of the human tribes against imprecation. Live a hundred years full of vigour; clothe thyself in wealth and children. Blessed with life put on this garment!'\n13 13. Then the upper garment with (the verse), 'The goddesses who spun, who wove, who spread\nout, and who drew out the threads on both sides, may those goddesses clothe thee for the sake of long life. Blessed with life put on this garment!'\n14 14. (The bride's father?) anoints the two, (while the bridegroom recites the verse,) 'May the Visve dev\u00e2s, may the waters unite our hearts. May M\u00e2tarisvan, may Dh\u00e2tri, may Deshtr\u00ee (the 'showing' goddess) join us.'\n15. (The bridegroom), having accepted her who is given away by her father, takes her and goes away (from that place) with (the verse), 'When thou wanderest far away with thy heart to the regions of the world like the wind, may the gold-winged Vaikarna (i.e. the wind?) grant that thy heart may dwell with me! N.N.!'\n16 16. He then makes them look at each other (while the bridegroom repeats the verses), 'With no evil eye, not bringing death to thy husband, bring luck to the cattle, be full of joy and vigour. Give birth to heroes; be godly and friendly. Bring us luck, to men and animals.\n'Soma has acquired (thee) first (as his wife); after him the Gandharva has acquired (thee). Thy third husband is Agni; the fourth is thy human husband.\n'Soma has given thee to the Gandharva; the Gandharva has given thee to Agni. Wealth and children Agni has given to me, and besides this wife.\n'P\u00fbshan! Lead her to us, the highly blessed one. S\u00e2 na \u00fbr\u00fb usat\u00ee vihara, yasy\u00e2m usantah prahar\u00e2ma sepam yasy\u00e2m u k\u00e2m\u00e2 bahavo nivishty\u00e2 (nivisht\u00e2?) iti.'\n276:1-5 4, 1-5. See S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana-Grihya I, 5, 1-5 and the notes.\n277:6 I.e. under the constellations Uttaraphalgun\u00ee or the two constellations following it, Uttar\u00e2sh\u00e2dh\u00e2 or the two constellations following it, Uttarabh\u00e2drapad\u00e2 or the two constellations following it.\n277:12 The words of the Mantra bhav\u00e2 krisht\u00een\u00e2m abhisastip\u00e2v\u00e2 no doubt are an imitation of Rig-veda I, 76, 3, bhav\u00e2 yag\u00f1\u00e2n\u00e2m abhisastip\u00e2v\u00e2 (where the words are applied to Agni). Thus the use of the masculine abhisastip\u00e2v\u00e2 with reference to the bride may be accounted for.\n277:13 Comp. Atharva-veda XIV, 1, 45. This parallel passage shows us the way to correct the text of this very much corrupted Mantra.\n278:14 The literal translation would be: 'He salves together (sama\u00f1gayati) the two . . . May the waters salve together (sama\u00f1gantu) our hearts.' It was a real anointing of the bridegroom and of the bride, that took place, and we cannot accept Professor Stenzler's translation (based on Gayar\u00e2ma's note: sama\u00f1gayati parasparam sammukh\u00eekaroti), by which the proper signification of sama\u00f1gayati is effaced: Dann heisst (der Vater der Braut) sie beide zusammentreten. See the note on S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana-Grihya I, 12, 5. The parallel passage of the Kh\u00e2dira-Grihya runs thus: aparen\u00e2gnim auduko gatv\u00e2 p\u00e2nigr\u00e2ham m\u00fbrdhany avasi\u00f1ked, vadh\u00fbm ka, sama\u00f1gantv ity avasiktah.\n278:16 Comp. Rig-veda X, 85, 44. 40. 41. 37.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29): P\u00e2raskara-Grihya-S\u00fbtra: I, 4","type":"page"}