Mānavagṛhyasūtra · Chapter 2.17
iti dvitīye ṣoḍaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //16//
saptadaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
ayūthike bhayārtte kapote gṛhān praviṣṭe tasyājnau padaṃ dṛśyeta dadhāni sakatuṣu ghṛte vā devāḥ kapota iti pratyṛcaṃ japejjuhuyādvā devāḥ kapota iṣito yadicchandūto nirṛtyā idamājagāma /
tasmā arcāma kṛṣṇavāma niṣkṛtiṃ śaṃ no astu dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade //
śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astvanāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛheṣu
agnirhi vipro juṣatāṃ havirnaḥ parihetiḥ pakṣiṇo no vṛṇāktu //
hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhātyasmānāṣṭyāṃ padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne /
saṃ no gobhyaśca puruṣebhyaścāstu māno hiṃsīdiha devāḥ kapotaḥ //
yadulūko vadati moghametadyatkapotaḥ padamagnau kṛṇoti /
yasya dūtaḥ prahita eṣa etattasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave //
ṛcā kapotaṃ nudata pramodamiṣaṃ madantaḥ pari gāṃ nayadhvam /
saṃyopayanto duritāni viśvā hitvā na ūrjaṃ prapatātpatiṣṭhaḥ //
iti
padamādāya dakṣiṇā pratyag haranti
sahādhikaraṇairyanti
svakṛta iriṇe padaṃ nyasyādhyadhi
dhāmno dhāmna iti tisṛbhiḥ parogoṣṭhaṃ mārajayante
anapekṣamāṇāḥ pratyāyanti
agna āyūṃṣi pavase agnirṛṣiragne pavasveti pratyetya japanti
Original text: Mānavagṛhyasūtra (= Maitrāyaṇīyamānavagṛhyasūtra) · Edition: Ramakrishna Harshaji Sastri: Mānavagṛhyasūtra of the Mitrāyaṇīya Śākhā, Baroda : Central Library 1926 (Gaekwad's Oriental Series, 35) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0