{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe29/sbe29187.htm","path":"hin/sbe29/sbe29187.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe29/sbe29187.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1886]\n1 1. Now (follows) the Sravana ceremony,\n2. On the full-moon day of the Sr\u00e2vana month.\n3. He cooks a mess of sacrificial food, fried grains, and a cake in one dish, pounds the greater part of the grains, sacrifices the two \u00c2gya portions, and two (other) \u00c2gya oblations (with the following verses):\n4 4. 'Beat away, O white one, with thy foot, with the fore-foot and with the hind-foot, these seven [children] of Varuna and all (daughters) of the king's tribe. Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!'\n5 5. 'Within the dominion of the white one, the Serpent has seen nobody. To the white one, the son of Vidarva, adoration! Sv\u00e2h\u00e2!'\n6. He makes oblations of the mess of cooked sacrificial food to Vishnu, to Sravana, to the full moon of Sr\u00e2vana, and to the rainy season,\n7. (And oblations) of the grains with (the verse), 'Accompanied with grains' (V\u00e2g. Samh. XX, 29).\n8. He sacrifices flour, over which ghee has been poured, to the serpents (with the following Mantras):\n9. 'To the lord of the serpents belonging to Agni, of the yellowish, terrestrial ones, sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n'To the lord of the white serpents belonging to V\u00e2yu, of the aerial ones, sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n'To the lord of the overpowering serpents belonging to S\u00fbrya, of the celestial ones, sv\u00e2h\u00e2!\n10. The (cake) in one dish he offers entirely (without leaving a remainder for the sacrificer) with (the formula), 'To the firm one, the son of the Earth, sv\u00e2h\u00e2!'\n11 11. After he has eaten (of the sacrificial food), he throws a portion of the flour into a basket, goes out, besmears an elevated spot outside the hall (with cowdung), says, while a fire-brand is held (before him), 'Do not step between (myself and the fire),' and without speaking (anything except the Mantras), he causes the serpents to wash themselves, (pouring out water for them, with the formulas:)\n12. 'Lord of the serpents belonging to Agni, of the yellowish, terrestrial ones, wash thyself!\n'Lord of the white serpents belonging to V\u00e2yu, of the aerial ones, wash thyself!\n'Lord of the overpowering serpents belonging to S\u00fbrya, of the celestial ones, wash thyself!'\n13 13. Each time after the washing has been done, he offers to the serpents a Bali of flour, picking out\n[paragraph continues] (portions of it) with (the spoon called) Darv\u00ee (with the formulas):\n14. 'Lord of the serpents belonging to Agni, of the yellowish, terrestrial ones, this is thy Bali!\n'Lord of the white serpents belonging to V\u00e2yu, of the aerial ones, this is thy Bali!\n'Lord of the overpowering serpents belonging to S\u00fbrya, of the celestial ones, this is thy Bali!'\n15 15. After he has made them wash themselves as above, he combs them with combs (with the formulas)\n16. 'Lord of the serpents belonging to Agni, of the yellowish, terrestrial ones, comb thyself!\n'Lord of the white serpents belonging to V\u00e2yu, of the aerial ones, comb thyself!\n'Lord of the overpowering serpents belonging to S\u00fbrya, of the celestial ones, comb thyself!'\n17. (He offers) collyrium, ointment, and garlands with (the same formulas), putting at their end, respectively, the words, 'Salve thy eyes!' 'Anoint thyself!' 'Put on garlands!'\n18. The remainder of the flour he pours out on the elevated spot (mentioned in S\u00fbtra 11), pours water on it out of a water-pot, and worships the\nserpents with the three (verses), 'Adoration be to the serpents' (V\u00e2g. Samh. XIII, 6 seqq.).\n19. At that distance in which he wishes the serpents not to approach (the house), he should three times walk round the house, sprinkling an uninterrupted stream of water round it, with the two (verses), 'Beat away, O white one, with thy foot' (S\u00fbtras 4 and 5).\n20. He gives away the (spoon called) Darv\u00ee (S\u00fbtra 13) and the basket (S\u00fbtra 11), having washed and warmed them.\n21. Near the door (of the house) they clean themselves with the three (verses), 'O waters, ye are' (V\u00e2g. Samh. XI, 50 seqq.).\n22 22. Having put away that remainder of flour in a hidden place, he should from that time daily till the \u00c2grah\u00e2yan\u00ee, after sunset, when he has performed the service to the fire, offer to the serpents a Bali of flour, picking out (portions of it) with the Darv\u00ee (spoon).\n23 23. When he is offering (the Bali), let no one step between (the sacrificer and the Bali).\n24 24. With the Darv\u00ee (spoon) he rinses his mouth. Having washed it, he puts it away.\n20. According to the commentators he gives these things to the man who holds the fire-brand (S\u00fbtra 11).\n25 25. They eat the (rice) grains which must not form one coherent mass.\n26. Then (follows) the feeding of the Br\u00e2hmanas.\n327:1 14, 1 seqq. Comp. S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana IV, 5; \u00c2sval\u00e2yana II, 1; Gobhila III, 7.\n327:4 \u00c2sval\u00e2yana II, 3, 3; S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana IV, 18, 1. For V\u00e2runaih and r\u00e2gab\u00e2ndhavaih I read V\u00e2run\u00eeh, r\u00e2gab\u00e2ndhav\u00eeh. Prag\u00e2h is an interpolation.\n327:5 \u00c2sval\u00e2yana, loc. cit. One is rather tempted to correct ahir dadamsa ka\u00f1kana, but R\u00e2makandra's Paddhati on S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana gives the reading dadarsa, as the P\u00e2raskara MSS. do.\n328:11 The ceremony with the fire-brand seems to stand in connection with the rule given by \u00c2sval\u00e2yana, II, 1, 13, that before the sacrificer has given himself in charge' to the serpents, nobody is allowed to step between him and the Bali destined for the serpents. Comp. also below, S\u00fbtra 23.\n328:13 I have translated upagh\u00e2tam by 'picking out.' On the full p. 329 technical meaning of the term, which implies the omission of the upastarana and abhigh\u00e2rana, see Bloomfield's note on Grihya-samgraha I, 111 (Zeitschrift der deutschen Morgenl\u00e4ndischen Gesellschaft, XXXV, 568).\n329:15 The words as above refer to S\u00fbtra 11. Pralikhati, which I have translated 'he combs them,' is the same act for which S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana (IV, 15, 7) says, phanena keshtayati. I think Professor Stenzler is wrong in translating: Er scharrt (das Mehl) mit K\u00e4mmen zusammen. Gayar\u00e2ma says: pralekhanam ka kramena pratimantram balikand\u00fbyanam ka\u1e45kataih. t\u00e2ni ka vaika\u1e45kat\u00eey\u00e2ni pr\u00e2desam\u00e2tr\u00e2ny ekatodant\u00e2ni k\u00e2shth\u00e2ni bhavanti.\n330:22 The \u00c2grah\u00e2yan\u00ee is the full-moon day of M\u00e2rgas\u00eersha, on which the Pratyavarohana ceremony is celebrated. See below, III, 2; Weber, die vedischen Nachrichten von den Naxatra, II, 332. The expression darvyopagh\u00e2tam is the same that has occurred above in S\u00fbtra 13.\n330:23 Comp. \u00c2sval\u00e2yana-Grihya II, 1, 13, and see above, S\u00fbtra 11.\n330:24 Praksh\u00e2lya seems to me to refer to the Darv\u00ee; see S\u00fbtra 20.\n331:25 Asamsy\u00fbt\u00e2h. Comp. B\u00f6htlingk-Roth sv. sam-s\u00eev.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 1 (SBE29): P\u00e2raskara-Grihya-S\u00fbtra: II, 14","type":"page"}