Sankhayana-grihya-sutra
by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 37,785 words
The Grihya-sutra ascribed to Shankhayana, which has been edited and translated into German in the XVth volume of the "Indische Studien", is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bashkala recension, and among the Brahmana texts, on the Kaushitaka. Alternative titles: 艢膩峁卥h膩yana-g峁沨ya-s奴tra (啶多ぞ啶權啶栢ぞ啶え-啶椸啶灌啶�-啶膏啶む啶�), Shank...
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Adhy膩ya III, Kha峁囜笉a 2
1[1]. If he wishes to have a house built, he draws with an Udumbara branch three times a line round (the building-ground) with (the words), 'Here I include the dwellings for the sake of food,' and sacrifices in (its) centre on an elevated spot,
2. (With the texts,) 'Who art thou? Whose art thou? To whom do I sacrifice thee, desirous of (dwelling in the) village? Sv膩h膩!
'Thou art the gods' share on this (earth). From here have sprung the fathers who have passed away. The ruler has sacrificed, desirous of (dwelling in the) village, not omitting anything that belongs to the gods. Sv膩h膩!'
3. Having had the pits for the posts dug,
4. He pours water-gruel into them,
5. And with (the verse), 'This branch of the immortal one I erect, a stream of honey, promoting wealth. The child, the young one, cries to it; the cow shall low to it, the unceasingly fertile one'—he puts an Udumbara branch which has been besmeared with ghee into the pit for the right door-post.
6. 'This branch of the world I establish, a stream of honey, promoting wealth. The child, the young one, cries to it; the cow shall low to it that has a young calf'—thus to the left.
7. In the same way at the two (pits) to the south, to the west, and to the north.
8. With (the verse), 'This branch of this tree, that drops ghee, I erect in the immortal. The child, the young one, cries to it; cows shall flock to it, unceasingly fertile ones'—he erects the chief post.
9[2]. 'May the young child come to it, may the calf . . . .; may they come to it with a cup of Parisrut, with pots of curds.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
2, 1 seqq. On the house of the Vedic Indians, comp. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, pp. 148 seqq.
[2]:
On parisrut, see Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, p. 281. The words bhuvanas pari give no sense; P膩raskara probably gives the true reading, 膩 vatso jagadai岣� saha (III, 4, 4; comp. S奴tra 8: Vas奴峁兣� ca Rudr膩n 膧dity膩n 莫艣膩na峁� jagadai岣� saha; jagada is explained in Jayar膩ma's commentary by anuga, anucara). The word jagada of course was exposed to all sorts of corruptions; p. 94 thus the text of 膧艣val膩yana has j膩yat膩峁� saka; the Atharva-veda (III, 12, 7) jagat膩 saha; and from this jagat to the bhuvana found in our text the way is not very long.