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III ADHYÂYA, 7 KANDIKÂ, 3.
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against a sacrificial post, he should sacrifice two Agya oblations with (the verses),
May my faculties return into me, may life return, may prosperity return; may my goods return to me; may the divine power return into me. Svâhâ !
These fires that are stationed on the (altars called) Dhishnyâs, may they be here in good order, each on its right place. (Agni) Vaisvânara, grown strong, the standard of immortality, may he govern my mind in my heart. Svâhâ !'
9. Or (he may sacrifice) two pieces of wood,
10. Or murmur (the same two verses without any oblation).
KANDIKÂ 7. 1. If the sun sets while he is sleeping without being sick, he should spend the rest of the night keeping silence, without sitting down, and should worship the sun (when it rises) with the five (verses), “The light, Osun, by which thou destroyest darkness' (Rig-veda X, 37, 4 seq.).
2. If (the sun) rises (while he is sleeping without being sick), being fatigued without having done any work, or having done work that is not becoming, he should keep silence, &c., as before, and perform his worship (to the sun) with the following four (verses, Rig-veda X, 37, 9 seq.).
3. Invested with the sacrificial cord, constantly fulfilling the prescribed duties regarding the use of
7, 2. Perhaps we should correct the text, akarmasrântam anabhipe karmani và vậgyata iti, wc.
3 seq. See Sånkhåyana-Grihya II, 9. There the same word anvashtamadesa occurs.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |