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. I ADHYAYA, 16 KHANDA, 3.
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branches' (Rig-veda III, 8, 11), he mutters near a big tree;
17. 'The good protectress' (Rig-veda X, 63, 10), when she ascends a ship;
18. “Carrying stones' (Rig-veda X, 53, 8), when she crosses a river;
19. Optionally (he) also (murmurs the same verse, if that is done) with the harnessed chariot ;
20. 'Up may your wave' (Rig-veda III, 33, 13), at deep places (in the river);
21. And (at such places) let her not look out.
22. The seven verses, 'Here may delight' (Rigveda X, 85, 27 seq.), when she has reached the house, omitting the verses already employed.
KHANDA 16. 1. 'A bull's hide'—this has been declared.
2. On that hide the husband makes her sit down and sacrifices, while she takes hold of him, four oblations (with the following formulas),
3. With god Agni, with the earth-world of the worlds, and the Rig-veda of the Vedas: therewith I appease thee, N. N., svâhâ !
With god Vậyu, with the air-world of the worlds,
16, 1. In chap. 15, 22 it is said that the bride arrives at the house; in 16, 12, that she enters the house. Probably we are to understand, therefore, that the sacrifice prescribed in this chapter, Satras 2 seq., is performed before the house, like the Vâstoshpatîya karman (below, III, 4). The words,'has been declared,' refer to the Srauta-sâtra (IV, 16, 2), "Having spread a red bull's skin, with the neck to the north or to the east, with the hair outside, behind the fire, they sit down,' &c.
2. On anvârambha comp. the quotation in the note on chap. II, 2.
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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 |