{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe30/sbe30054.htm","path":"hin/sbe30/sbe30054.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe30/sbe30054.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1892]\n1. He puts on the two ear-rings, the right one to his right ear, the left one to his left ear, with (the verse which he repeats for each of the two earrings), 'Vir\u00e2g and Svar\u00e2g, and the aiding powers that dwell in our house, the prosperity that dwells in the face of royalty: therewith unite me.'\n2. 2 With (the Mantra), 'With the seasons and the combinations of seasons, for the sake of long life, of\nsplendour, with the sap that dwells in the year: therewith we make them touch the jaws'\u2014he clasps the two ear-rings.\n3. 3 With (the Mantra), 'This herb is protecting, overcoming, and powerful. May it make me shine with golden lustre; (may it make me) beloved among many people; may it make me full of holy lustre. Thou art not a bond'\u2014he ties the pellet (of wood, mentioned above, Section 10, S\u00fbtra 6) to his neck.\n4. 4 He puts on a wreath with the two (verses),\n'Beautiful one, elevate thyself to beauty, beautifying my face. Beautify my face and make my fortune increase'\u2014(and),\n'(The wreath) which Gamadagni has brought to Sraddh\u00e2 to please her, that I put on (my head) together with fortune and splendour.'\n5. 5 'The salve coming from the Trikakud (mountain), born on the Himavat, therewith I anoint you (i.e. the eyes), and with fortune and splendour. (I put?) into myself the demon of the mountain (?)'\u2014with (this verse) he anoints himself with Traikakuda salve, (or) if he cannot get that, with some other (salve).\n6. With (the verse), 'My mind that has fled away' (Taitt. Samhit\u00e2 VI, 6, 7, 2) he looks into a mirror.\n7. 7 With (the formula), 'On the impulse of the god,' &c., he takes a staff of reed (which somebody hands him), and with (the formula), 'Thou art the thunderbolt of Indra. O Asvins, protect me!'\u2014he thrice wipes it off, upwards from below.\n8. With (the formula), 'Speed! Make speed away from us those who hate us, robbers, creeping things, beasts of prey, Rakshas, Pis\u00e2kas. Protect us, O staff, from danger that comes from men; protect us from every danger; from all sides destroy the robbers'\u2014(and with the verse), 'Not naked (i.e. covered with bark) thou art born on all trees, a destroyer of foes. Destroy all hosts of enemies from every side like Maghavan (Indra)'\u2014he swings (the staff) three times from left to right over his head.\n9. 9 With (the formula), 'The divine standing-places are you. Do not pinch me'\u2014he steps into the shoes.\n10. 10 With (the formula), 'Prag\u00e2pati's shelter art thou, the Brahman's covering'\u2014he takes the parasol.\n11. 11 With the verse, 'My staff which fell down in the open air to the ground, that I take up again for the sake of long life, of holiness, of holy lustre'\u2014he takes up his staff, if it has fallen from his hand.\nEnd of the Third Patala.\n167:2 11, 2. The end of the Mantra is corrupt. We ought to read, as p. 168 Dr. Kirste has shown, tena samhanu krinmasi (Av. V, 28, 13). M\u00e2tridatta says, samgrihn\u00eete\u093dpidh\u00e2nen\u00e2pidadh\u00e2ti pratigrahasamgrahanayoh samyuktatv\u00e2d ek\u00e2pavargatv\u00e2t.\n168:3 The Mantra, with the exception of the last words, is identical with the last verse of Section 10, S\u00fbtra 6. Here the MSS. again have oshadhe for oshadhis.\n168:4 Comp. Atharva-veda VI, 137: y\u00e2m Gamadagnir akhanad duhitre, &c.; P\u00e2raskara II, 6, 23.\n168:5 Regarding the Traikakuda salve, comp. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, p. 69, and see Atharva-veda IV, 9, 9.\n169:7 He takes the staff with the well-known S\u00e2vitra formula, 'On the impulse of the god Savitri . . . I take thee.'\n169:9 \u00c2sval\u00e2yana III, 8, 19; P\u00e2raskara II, 6, 30.\n169:10 \u00c2sval\u00e2yana III, 8, 19; P\u00e2raskara II, 6, 29.\n169:11 Instead of yam\u00e2yushe I propose to read \u00e2yushe. Comp. P\u00e2raskara II, 2, 12.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya S\u00fbtra of Hiranyakesin: I, 3, 11","type":"page"}