Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya Sûtra of Hiranyakesin: I, 7, 24

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PATALA 7, SECTION 24.

1. 'Agni! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What is terrible in her, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!

'Vâyu! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What is blameful in her, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!

'Sun! Expiation! Thou art expiation. I, the Brâhmana, entreat thee, desirous of protection. What dwells in her that is death-bringing to her husband, drive that away from here. Svâhâ!

'Sun! Expiation! &c.

'Vâyu! Expiation! &c.

'Agni! Expiation! &c.

'Agni! Expiation! &c.

'Vâyu! Expiation! &c.

'Sun! Expiation! &c.'

6 He then seeks her mouth with his mouth, with (the two verses), 'Honey! Lo! Honey! This is honey! my tongue's speech is honey; in my mouth dwells the honey of the bee; on my teeth dwells concord.

'The (magic charm of) concord that belongs to the kakravâka birds, that is brought out of the

7 A woman that has her monthly courses, keeps through a period of three nights the observances prescribed in the Brâhmana.

8. In the fourth night (the husband) having sipped water, calls (the wife) who has taken a bath, who wears a clean dress and ornaments, and has spoken with a Brâhmana, to himself (with the following verses):

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Footnotes

198:6 With the first verse comp. Taitt. Samh. VII, 5, 10, 1; Kâtyâyana XIII, 3, 21; Lâtyâyana IV, 3, 18.

199:7 Taitt. Samhitâ II, 5, 1, 5.6: Therefore one should not speak with a woman that has her monthly courses, nor sit together with her, nor eat food that she has given him, &c.