०१ साधारणनियमाः

अथातो गृह्यकर्माण्युपदेक्ष्यामः १

1. ¹ Now henceforth we shall explain the domestic sacrifices.

यज्ञोपवीतिनाचान्तोदकेन कृत्यम् २

2. He should perform (the ceremonies) wearing the sacrificial cord on his left shoulder and having sipped water.

उदगयने पूर्वपक्षे पुण्येऽहनि प्राग् आवर्तनाद् अह्नः कालं विद्यात् ३

3. During the northern course of the sun, at the time of the increasing moon, on an auspicious day, before noon: this he should know as the (proper) time (for performing the ceremonies).

यथादेशं च ४

4. And as the prescription (is stated with regard to the time of the single ceremonies).

सर्वाण्य् एवान्वाहार्यवन्ति ५

5. ² All (ceremonies) are accompanied by the Anvāhārya (Śrāddha).

अपवर्गेऽभिरूपभोजनं यथाशक्ति ६

6. ³ At the end (of each ceremony) he should feed worthy (Brāhmaṇas) according to his ability.

ब्रह्मचारी वेदमधीत्यान्त्यां समिधमभ्याधास्यन् ७

7. ⁴ A student, after he has studied the Veda, when going to put the last piece of wood (on the fire),—

जायाया वा पाणिं जिघृक्षन् ८

8. Or to seize a wife’s hand (i.e. to marry her),—

अनुगुप्ता अप आहृत्य प्रागुदक्प्रवणं देशं समं वा परिसमुह्योपलिप्य मध्यतः प्राचीं लेखामुल्लिख्योदीचीं च संहतां पश्चाद्मध्ये प्राचीस्तिस्र उल्लिख्याभ्युक्षेत् ९

9. ⁵ Should fetch water from a hidden place, should sweep a place which is inclined towards north-east, or which is level, and should besmear it (with cow-dung). Beginning from the centre of it he should draw a line from west to east, (another line) from south to north which touches that line at its western end, and three lines from west to east (touching the northwards-turned line at three different points) in its midst (i.e. at neither of its ends). He then should besprinkle (those lines with water).

लक्षणावृदेषा सर्वत्र १०

10. In this way the Lakṣaṇa (i.e. the preparation of the place for the sacred fire) is performed everywhere.

भूर्भुवःस्वरित्यभिमुखमग्निं प्रणयन्ति ११

11. With the words ‘Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ,’ they carry the fire forward (to that place) so that they have it in front of them.

प्रेते वा गृहपतौ परमेष्ठिकरणम् १२

12. ⁶ Or after the householder has died, the chief (of the family) should do it (i.e. he should set up the sacred fire).

तथा तिथिनक्षत्रपर्वसमवाये १३

13. In this way, on the coincidence of an (auspicious) Tithi and an (auspicious) Nakṣatra, (or of such a Nakṣatra) and a Parvan—

दर्शे वा पौर्णमासे वाग्निसमाधानं कुर्वीत १४

14. On the full-moon day or on the new-moon day: then he should celebrate the setting up of his (sacred domestic) fire.

वैश्यकुलाद्वाम्बरीषाद्वाग्निमाहृत्याभ्यादध्यात् १५

15. ⁷ He should get fire from a Vaiśya’s house or from a frying-pan, and should set it up (as his sacred fire);

अपि वा बहुयाजिन एवागाराद्ब्राह्मणस्य वा राजन्यस्य वा वैश्यस्य वा १६

16. Or (he should fetch it) from the house of one who offers many sacrifices, be it a Brāhmaṇa, or a Rājanya, or a Vaiśya.

अपि वान्यं मथित्वाभ्यादध्यात् १७

17. Or he may kindle another fire by attrition and may set it up.

पुण्यस्त्वेवानर्धुको भवतीति १८

18. That is pure, but it does not bring prosperity.

यथा कामयेत तथा कुर्यात् १९

19. He may do what he likes (of the things stated as admissible in the last Sūtras.

स यदेवान्त्यां समिधमभ्यादधाति जायाया वा पाणिं जिघृक्षन्जुहोति तमभिसंयच्छेत् २०

20. ⁸ When he puts (at the end of his studentship) the last piece of wood (on the fire), or when he sacrifices when going to seize the hand of a wife, that fire he should keep.

स एवास्य गृह्योऽग्निर्भवति २१

21. That becomes his (sacred) domestic fire.

तेन चैवास्य प्रातराहुतिर्हुता भवतीति २२

22. ⁹ Thereby his morning oblation has been offered.

सायमाहुत्युपक्रम एवात ऊर्ध्वं गृह्येऽग्नौ होमो विधीयते २३

23. ¹⁰ Beginning from that time the sacrificing (of regular morning and evening oblations) in the domestic fire is prescribed, so that he begins with an evening oblation.

पुरा प्रादुष्करणवेलायाः सायम्प्रातरनुगुप्ता अप आहरेत्परिचरणीयाः २४

24. Before the time has come for setting the fire in a blaze, he should fetch in the evening and in the morning from a hidden place the water with which the different acts (such as sipping water) are performed.

अपि वा सायम् २५

25. Or (he should fetch water only) in the evening.

अपि वा कुम्भाद्वा मणिकाद्वा गृह्णीयात् २६

26. Or he should draw it out of a water-pot or of a barrel.

पुरास्तमयादग्निं प्रादुष्कृत्यास्तमिते सायमाहुतिं जुहुयात् २७

27. ¹¹ Before sunset he should set the fire in a blaze, and sacrifice the evening oblation after sunset.

पुरोदयात्प्रातः प्रादुष्कृत्योदितेनुदिते वा प्रात राहुतिं जुहुयात् २८

28. In the morning he should set the fire in a blaze before sunrise, and should sacrifice the morning oblation before sunrise or after it.