{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe30/sbe30091.htm","path":"hin/sbe30/sbe30091.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe30/sbe30091.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1892]\n1. 1 For Brahman, Prag\u00e2pati, Brihaspati, Agni, V\u00e2yu, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, king Indra, king Yama, king Varuna, king Soma, king Vaisravana, for the Vasus, the Rudras, the \u00c2dityas, the Visve dev\u00e2s, the S\u00e2dhyas, the Ribhus, the Bhrigus, the Maruts, the Atharvans, the A\u1e45giras: for these divine beings.\n2. 2 Visv\u00e2mitra, Gamadagni, Bharadv\u00e2ga and Gautama, Atri, Vasishtha, Kasyapa: these are the seven Rishis.\n3. Wearing their sacrificial cords below (round their body) they arrange towards the north, at a place that is inclined towards the north, seats of northward-pointed Darbha grass, so that they end in the east, for Visv\u00e2mitra, Gamadagni, Bharadv\u00e2ga, Gautama, Atri, Vasishtha, Kasyapa.\n4. Between Vasishtha and Kasyapa they arrange (a seat) for Arundhat\u00ee, (the wife of Vasishtha);\n5. Towards the south, in a place inclined towards the east, for Agastya.\n6. Then for the (following) teachers, ending with those who teach (only) one Veda (?), viz. for Krishna Dvaip\u00e2yana, G\u00e2t\u00fbkanya, Taruksha, Trinabindu, Varmin, Var\u00fbthin, V\u00e2gin, V\u00e2gasravas, Satyasravas, Susravas, Sutasravas, Somasushm\u00e2yana, Satvavat, Brihaduktha V\u00e2madev(y)a, V\u00e2giratna, Haryagv\u00e2yana, Udamaya, Gautama, Rina\u00f1gaya, Rita\u00f1gaya, Krita\u00f1gaya, Dhana\u00f1gaya, Babhru, Tryaruna, Trivarsha, Tridh\u00e2tu, Sibinta, Par\u00e2sara, Vishnu, Rudra, Skanda, K\u00e2sisvara, Gvara, Dharma, Artha, K\u00e2ma, Krodha, Vasishtha, Indra, Tvashtri, Kartri, Dhartri, Dh\u00e2tri, Mrityu, Savitri, S\u00e2vitr\u00ee, and for each Veda, for the Rig-veda, the Yagur-veda, the S\u00e2ma-veda, the Atharva-veda, the Itih\u00e2sa and Pur\u00e2na.\n7. Towards the south, with their sacrificial cords suspended over their right shoulders, in a place inclined towards the south, they arrange seats of southward-pointed Darbha grass, so that they end in the west\u2014\n243:1 19, 1. According to M\u00e2tridatta, they prepare a seat for Brahman with the words, 'For Brahman I prepare (a seat),' and so on. Comp. chap. 20, 3.\n244:2 This is a frequently quoted versus memorialis.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya S\u00fbtra of Hiranyakesin: II, 8, 19","type":"page"}