Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya Sûtra of Gobhila: III, 8

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KÂNDIKÂ 8.

1. 1 On the full-moon day of (the month) Âsvayuga, at the Prishâtaka ceremony, a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Rudra, (is prepared).

2. Of that (milk-rice) let him sacrifice, the first oblation with (the verse), 'To us, O Mitra and Varuna' (Sâma-veda I, 220), the second with (the verse), 'Not in our offspring' (Rig-veda I, 114, 8),

3. 3 And (eight Âgya oblations) with the 'cow's names' (i.e. with the formulas), 'The lovely one art thou,' &c., with each (name) separately.

4. 4 The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite.

5. Having carried the Prishâtaka around the fire, turning his right side towards (the fire), and having caused the Brâhmanas to look at it (i.e. at the Prishâtaka), he should look at it himself with (the verse

9 At the sacrifice of the first fruits a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Indra and Agni, (is prepared).

10. Having sacrificed first a Havis offering of that (milk-rice), he sacrifices over that (oblation) four Âgya oblations with (the verses), 'To him who bears a hundred weapons,' &c. (MB. II, 1, 9-12).

11. 11 The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthâlîpâka rite.

12. The rest of the remnants of the sacrificial food he should give to eat to all (persons present) who have received the initiation (Upanayana).

13. Having 'spread under' water once, he should cut off two portions of the boiled rice-grains.

14. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhrigu.

15. And over (these portions) water (is poured).

16. 16 (After the food has been prepared in this

Footnotes

92:1 8, 1 seq. The Prishâtaka ceremony; comp. Khâdira-Grihya III, 3, 1 seq. A Prishâtaka is a mixture of milk or of curds with Âgya; comp. Khâd. l.l. 3; Grihya-samgraha II, 59; Sâṅkhâyana IV, 16, 3 note.

92:3 The 'cow's names' are given in the Grihya-samgraha II, 60; of the nine names given there the last is omitted at the Prishâtaka ceremony.

92:4 See above, chap. 7, 20 and the note.

93:9 9 seq. The sacrifice of the first fruits; comp. Khâdira-Grihya III, 3, 6 seq.

93:11 See chap. 7, 20 and the note.

93:16 16, 20. Instead of asamsvâdam, samsvâdayeran, I read