Āpastambagṛhyasūtra with Haradatta's Anākulāvṛtti and Sudarśana's Gṛhyatātparyadarśanavyākhyā (with commentary) · Chapter 36

śravaṇāpakṣe śravaṇasya māsasya pūrvapakṣa ityarthaḥ /
oṣadhīṣu jātāsu pravarṣaṇādrūḍhāsu hastena nakṣatreṇa paurṇamāsyāṃ vā śrāvaṇasya kartavyamityarthaḥ /
adhyāyasyopākaraṇaṃ adhyāyopākarmaprārambha ityarthaḥ /
oṣadhīṣu jātāsviti vacanādājātāsvoṣadhīṣu proṣṭhapadyāṃ bhavati /
tathā ca kalpāntaraṃ-śrāvaṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ proṣṭhapadyāmāṣāḍhyāṃ veti

2 kāṇḍaṛṣyādibhyo homaḥ /
agnerupasamādhānādyājyabhāgānte 'vārabdheṣu kāṇḍaṛṣibhyo juhoti sadasaspataye sāvitryā ṛgvedāya yajurvedāya sāmavedāyātharvaṇavedāyeti hutvā
upahome vedāhutīnāmupariṣṭātsadasaspatimityeke

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evamupākaraṇasya kāla uktaḥ /
atha prayogaḥ-agnerupasamādhānādi tantraṃ pratipadyate /
agniśca śrotriyāgārādvāhāryaḥ, manthyo vā, na tvaupāsano bahūnāmatra sahatvābhāvāt /
bhāryāyāśca sahatvābhāvāt vacanamatraprayoga? /
vidyāsaṃskārā4thamidaṃ karma vedasaṃyuktam /
tatrājyabhāgānte 'nvārabdheṣu śiṣyeṣu pradhānāhutīrjuhoti /
kāṇḍaṛṣibhyaḥ prajāpatissomo 'gnirviśvadevā brahmā svayaṃbhū- iti pañca kāṇḍaṛṣayaḥ /
tatra prajāpataye svāheti homaḥ /
prajāpataye kāṇḍaṛṣaye svāhetyanye /
'sadasaspatimadbhuta'mityanena sadasaspataye juhoti /
'tatsavitu'rityetayā sāvitrye, kalpāntare tathā darśanāt /
ṛgvedāya yajurvedāya sāmavedāyātharvaṇavedāyeti catasro vedāhutayaḥ
tata upahomāḥ /
jayādi pratipadyate ityarthaḥ /
eka ācāryā vedāhutīnāmupariṣṭāt sadasaspatiṃ hotavyaṃ manyante

3 āditastrayāṇāmanuvākānāṃ prathamottamayorvādhyayanam /
pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvā trīnanuvakānādito 'dhīyīran

tantraśeṣaṃ samāpya vedasyā ditaḥ trīnanuvākānadhīyīran 'iṣe tvorjetvā''āpa undantu''uddhanyānaṃ''anumatyai puroḍāśamaṣṭākapālaṃ- nirvapati dhenurdakṣiṇā'; /
ete prājāpatyasaumyāgneyavaiśvadevānāmāditaścatvāro 'nuvākāḥ /
'saha vai devānāṃ cāsurāṇāṃ ce'ti svayaṃbhuvaḥ /
eteṣāṃ vā pañcānāṃ anuvākānāṃ adhyayanam

prathamottamāvanuvākau vā

yadi vā vedasya prathamottamau anuvākāvadhīyīran 'iṣe tvā''bhṛgurvaivāruṇi'riti

tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamyādhīyīran

yasminnahannyupākaraṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tata āraṇya tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamya viramyādhīryīran /
upākṛte tryahamekāhaṃ vānadhyāya ityarthaḥ /
tatra kāṇḍopakaraṇe ekāha- pārāyaṇopākaraṇe tryahaḥ /
adhīyīranniti vacanaṃ upākṛtyatryahādūrdhva niyamenādhyayanaṃ yathā syāditi

yathopākaraṇamadhyāyaḥ

yena prakereṇopākaraṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tathādhyayanaṃ kartavyam /
yadi sarvebhyaḥ kāṇḍaṛṣibhyo hutvā vedādau trayāṇāmanuvākānāmārambhaḥ kṛtaḥ prathamottamayorvā tathā sati yathādhyāyamadhyayanaṃ kartavyam /
yadi tu kāṇḍādīnāṃ sarveṣāmārambhaḥ tathā sati yathākāṇḍamadhyetavyam /
yastu kṛtsnaṃ vedamaraṇye 'nuvākyāni parihāpya prāgutsarjanādadhyetuṃ na śaknoti tasya pṛthakvāmḍopākaraṇam /
tatra tasyaiva kāṇḍasyaika ṛṣiḥ sadasaspatiḥ sāvitrī vedāhutaya upahomāḥ pariṣcanānte tasyaiva kāṇḍasyānuvākaṃ ekāhamanadhyāyaḥ tasyaiva kāṇḍasyādhyayanam //
4 utsargakālaḥ /
taiṣīpakṣasya rohiṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ votsargaḥ

evamupākṛtyānadhyāyavarja vedaṃ kāṇḍaṃ vāraṇye 'nuvākyāni parihāpyādhīyānasya rohiṇyāmutsargaḥ kartavyaḥ /
paurṇamāsyāṃ vā taiṣīpakṣasyaiva /
tatrāsminkarmaṇi homo 'pi bhavati /
kathaṃ bhavati ?upākaraṇavat samānavidhānādupākaraṇavadgṛhe hutvaiva kṣamyamāṇaṃ karma pratipadyate /
hiraṇyakeśināṃ tu tarpaṇādūrdhva udakānte homaḥ

5 tatra tarpaṇīyebhya ṛṣibhya āsanaparikalpanam /
prācīmudīcīṃ vā sagaṇo diśamupaniṣkramya yatrāpaḥ purastāt sukhāḥ sukhāvagāhā avakinyaḥ śaṅkhinyaḥ tāsāmantaṃ gatvābhiṣekān kṛtvā surabhimatyābliṅgābhirvāruṇībhirhiraṇyavarṇābhiḥ pāvamānībhiriti mārjayitvāntarjalagato 'ghamarṣaṇena trīn prāṇāyāmān dhārāyitvottīryā'camyopotthāya darbhānanyonyasmai sampradāya śucau deśe prākkūlairdarbhairāsanāni kalpayanti

sagaṇa saśiṣyaḥ yatrāpaḥ purastaditi yatra deśe pūrvasyāṃ diśi apaḥpaśyatītyarthaḥ /
sukhāḥ sukhasparśāḥ /
sukhāvagāhāḥ sutīrthāḥ
yāsvavakā bhavanti tāḥ avakinyaḥ tathā śaṃkhinyaḥ tāsāmantaṃ samīpaṃ gatvā biṣekān kuṃbhaiḥ kṛtvā tataḥ surabhimatyā dadhikrāvamṇa itye tayābliṅgābhiḥ 'āpohi ṣṭhā mayo bhuva'iti tisṛbhiḥ vāruṇībhiḥ avate heḍa uduttamamimaṃ me varuṇa tatvāyīmītyetābhiḥ
hiraṇyavarṇīyābhiḥ ' hiraṇyavarṇāśśucayaḥ pāvakā' iti catasṛbhiḥ pāvamānībhiḥ pavamānaḥ suvarjana, ityetenānuvākena mārjayitvā
abhyukṣya pratimtraṃ kriyābhyāvṛttiḥ pratipādamityanye /
tato 'ntarjalagataḥ jalasyāntarnimagno 'ghamarṣaṇena tṛcena 'ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ ce'tyaghamarṣaṇadṛṣṭena trīn prāṇāyāmān dhārayati /
sarvatra sagaṇa ityeva /
apsu nimaḍyaitamanuvākaṃ sakṛjjapati sa ekaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ /
evaṃ trirdhārayitvottīrya gṛhyāntaradarśanāt prakṣālitopadātānyākliṣṭāni vāsāṃsi paridhāyācamyotthāya dvau saṃbhūya darbhānanyonyasmai saṃpradāya tataḥ śucau deśe udakānta eva sthaṇḍilāni pṛthakkṛtvā darbhaiḥ prāgagraiḥ āsanāni kalpayanti

kebhyaḥ?devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ ṛṣibhyaśca /
brahmaṇe prajāpataye bṛhaspataye 'gnaye vāyave sūryāya candramase nakṣatrebhyaḥ ṛtubhyassaṃvatsarāya indrāya rājñe somāya rājñe yamāya rājñe vaiśravaṇāya rājñe vasubhyo rudrebhya ādityebhyo viśvebhyo devebhyassādhyebhyo marudbhya ṛbhubhyo bhṛgubhyo 'ṅgirobhya iti devagaṇānām

devagaṇa iti devānāṃ ca tadgaṇānāṃ cetyarthaḥ /
atra brahmādi daśa devatāḥ /
indrādayaḥ pañca rājānaḥ /
vasvādayaḥ daśa devagaṇāḥ /
sarvānte kalpayantīti vacanāt sarvatra kalpayāmītyasya sambandhaḥ /
brahmaṇe kalpayāmi prajāpataye kalpayāmīti /
etāni pañcaviṃśatirāsanānyudagapavargāṇi /
tarpaṇaṃ caiṣāṃ devena tīrthena bhavati

6 tarpayitavyāḥ devagaṇāḥ ṛṣigaṇāśca /
atharṣayaḥ -- viśvāmitro jamadagnirbharadvājo gautamo 'trirvasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapa ityete saptarṣayaḥ, saptarṣibhyaḥ kalpayitvā dakṣiṇato 'gastyāya kalpayanti

devānāmuttarataḥ saptarṣīṇāmāsanāni, dakṣiṇato 'gastyāya, kaśyapādūrdhvamarundhatyāḥ, gṛhyāntaradarśanāt

tato yāvadekavaidyantaiḥ kalpayanti

tataḥ anantaraṃ yāvantaḥ ekavedyantā samānavedyantāḥ?saptarṣibhiḥ, tebhyaḥ kalpayanti /
ke punaste?kṛṣṇadvaipāyanādaya ṛṣayaḥ /
etaduktaṃ bhavati-kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāya jītūkarṇyāya tarukṣāya tṛṇībindave somaśuṣmiṇe somaśuṣkāya varmiṇe sanadvājāya bṛhadukthāya vāmadevāya vācaratnāya haritayajvanaḥ udamayāya gautamāya ṛṇañjayāya kṛtjayāya babhrave tryaruṇāya tridhātave trivarṣāya śibintāya parāśarāya vasiṣṭāyendrāya mṛtyave kartre tvaṣṭre dhātre savitre bhṛtaśravase sāvitryai vedebhyaśceti pṛthak /
ete kṛṣṇadvaipāyanādayaṃścatustriṃśadṛṣayaḥ /
vedāścatvāra ityaṣṭātriṃśadekavedyantāḥ saptarṣibhiḥ /
kecidatharvāṅgirasa itihāsapurāṇāni sa4padevajanān sarvabhūtānītyeteṣāmapi vedagrahaṇena grahaṇamicchanti; kalpāntare tathā darśanāt

prācīnāvītāni kṛtvā dakṣiṇato vaiśampāyanāya paiṅgaye tittiraye ukhāyātreyāya padākārāya,kauṇḍinyāya vṛttikārāya,baudhāyanāya pravacanakārāya, āpastambāya sūtrakārāya, bharadvājāya sūtrakārāya, satyāṣāḍhāya hiraṇyakeśāya, ācāryebhya ūrdhvaretobhya, ekapatnībhyo vānaprasthebhyaḥ kalpayāmīti

tataḥ sarve prācīnāvītāni kṛtvā vaiśampāyanādibhyo dvādaśabhya āsānāni kalpayanta dakṣiṇato devānāmagastyasya ta /
tatra dakṣiṇāpravaṇadeśe dakṣiṇāgraiḥ pratyagapavarga(sagṛ.2-19-7) miti kalpāntaram

7tarpaṇīyānāṃ pitṝṇāmāsanaparikalpanam /
atha yathāsvaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayanti mātāmahebhyaśca pṛthak

yathāsvaṃ yasya ye pitaraḥ pitāmāhāḥ prapitāmahā mātāmahāśca māturye pitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahāḥ sarvebhya ubhayebhyaḥkalpayantītyarthaḥ /
prācīnāvītāni kṛtvā dakṣiṇata iti cānuvartate /
tatra yathāsvaṃ pitrādīnāṃ nāmabhiḥ kalpanaṃ-rudraśarmaṇe viṣṇuśarmaṇa iti /
anye pitṛbhya ityeva kalpayanti /
kimartha tarhi yathāsvamiti?jīvapitṛkāṇāmihāpi piṇḍadānavadupāyaviśeṣapratītyarthaḥ

yajñopavītāni kṛtvā teṣveva deśeṣu tayaivānupūrvyā taireva nāmābhirdevānṛṣīṃśca tarpayanti vaiśampāyanaprabhṛtīṃstu mātuḥ prapitāmahaparyantān prācīnāvītinastarpayanti - amuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmīti

atha kalpāntare dṛṣṭo viśeṣaḥ-amuṣmai namo 'muṣmai nama iti gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpaiḥ, amuṣmai svāhāmuṣmai svāhetyannena, amuṃ tarpayāṇyamuṃ tarpayāmīti phalodakeneti(bhā.gṛ.3-11) (sa.gṛ.2-10-5,6,7)

abhipyante vānyonyam

āpnoteretadrūpam /
abhipyā prārthanā /
ihotsarjane karmaṇi śiṣyāṇāmupādhyāyasya ca snānādiṣu karmasu saha pravṛttiścoditā /
sarvatra vahuvacananirdeśāt-abhiṣekān kṛtvā'sanāni kalpayantīti /
tatrāyaṃ viśeṣo vaikalpika upadiśyate anyonyamabhipyante vā dvau dvau sambhūyānyo 'nyaṃ prārthayante vāsaḥ pravṛtyartha na sarve saheti /
adhītsanta iti pāṭhe ṛdhyateretadrīpam /
upasargavaśācca sa evārthaḥ /
ye tvadhiśabdāt paraṃ takāramevādhīyate na rarephamapi teṣāṃ dhāturma-gyārtha eva

8 teṣāṃ kramaśastarpaṇam / 9 pūrvavaddhyayanam /
yajñoparvātāni kṛtvā trīnādito 'nuvākānadhīyīran

adhyayanaprakāra upākaraṇena vyākhyātaḥ

kāṇḍādīn prathamottamau vā

ayamapi vikalpa upākaraṇe vyākhyātaḥ

10 jalasamīpe dūrvāropaṇam /
'kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt prarohantī'ti dvābhyāmupodake dūrvā ropayanti

atha samūlaṃ dūrvāstambamāhṛtya tamudakasya samīpe ropayat /
yathā dūrvā prarohati tathā nikhananti 'kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt prarohantī'ti dvābhyāmṛgbhyāmā /
tatra dūrvā ityekavacanaśravaṇāt eka eva mukhyo nikhanati tamitare 'nvārabheran /
anye pratipūruṣamucchanti

11 jalasya kṣobhaṇam, jalāduttīryā'jidhāvanam /
apaḥ pragāhyodadhiṃ kurvanti

athāpaḥ praviśya tatrodadhiṃ kurvanti /
udadhiḥ samudraḥ tamiva kṣobhayantītyarthaḥ

kathaṃ tadityāha--
sarvataḥ parivāryormimantaḥ kurvanti

bahubhiḥ parivārya sarvata ssannirudhya yathormayastatrotpadyante tathā kūrvantītyartaḥ /
evaṃ triḥ kurvanti

udgāhyā'tamitorājiṃ dhāvanti

udgāhya uttīrya ātamito- āśramajananāt ājiṃ dhāvanti /
prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamabhidhāvanti /
tathāpavargaḥ

12 brāhmaṇabhojanam /
pratyetyābhidānādi saktubhirodaneneti brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā vācayati

pratyetya gṛhān praviśyetyarthaḥ /
īśiṣaḥ puṇyāhādyāḥ puṇyāhaṃ svastyṛdhyatāmiti vācayitveti

evaṃ pārāyaṇasamāptau ca kāṇḍādi dūrvāropaṇodadhidhāvanavarjam

yathāsmin vārṣike 'pyadhyāye samāpte utsargaścoditaḥ evameva pārāyaṇasamāptāvapi kartavyam /
tatra varjyāṇi-kāṇḍādanimadhyayanaṃ, dūrvāropaṇamudhikaraṇamājijhāvanaṃ ceti

pratyetya brāhmaṇabhojanādi karma pratipadyate

kāṇḍādigrahaṇāt pārāyaṇādhyayane yathākāṇḍamevādhyayanam, na tu sambhinnasya pāṭhasyeti kecit /
anye tu kāṇḍādigrahaṇasyopalakṣaṇatvāt sarvaprakārasyānuvākādhyayanasya pratiṣedhaḥ /
pārāyaṇe ca yathārucyadhyayanāmityāhuḥ

evamevādbhiraharahardevānṛṣīn pitṝṃśca tarpayet

adbhiriti vacanāt aharahastarpaṇamādbhireva /
tenotsargakarmaṇi pūrvoktānāṃ gandhādīnāmapi pravṛttiḥ /
aharahastarpaṇaṃ brahmajñānantaram, kalpāntare darśanāt