Domestic ritual reading • Āśvalāyana 1.7
Gṛhya Sūtras
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Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra I.7 (complete selected section; Sanskrit witness)
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I.7.1. There are diverse customs of regions and villages; these should be recognized in marriage.
I.7.2. We shall describe what is common.
I.7.3. Having placed a stone behind the fire and a water pot to its northeast, and having made an offering while she is in ritual contact with him, he stands facing west before her seated facing east. Saying “I take your hand for good fortune,” he takes only her thumb if he desires only male children.
I.7.4. If he desires daughters, he takes only her fingers.
I.7.5. If he desires both, he takes her hand, including the thumb, up to the hairline of the hand.
I.7.6. Leading her three times clockwise around the fire and the water pot, he recites: “I am ama; you are sā. You are sā; I am ama. I am heaven; you are earth. I am the Sāman; you are the Ṛc. Let us marry here; let us bring forth offspring. Loving one another, radiant and of good mind, may we live a hundred autumns.”
I.7.7. After each circuit he has her step onto the stone: “Step onto this stone; be firm like a stone. Withstand those who attack; stand against those who oppose.”
I.7.8. After spreading a layer [of ghee] in the bride’s joined hands, her brother or someone acting in his place pours roasted grain into them twice.
I.7.9. For the descendants of Jamadagni, three times.
I.7.10. Ghee is poured over the offering.
I.7.11. And over the portion taken out.
I.7.12. This is the rule for taking a portion of an offering.
I.7.13. Without opening her joined hands, he offers through them as through a ladle: “The maiden has worshipped the god Aryaman through Agni. May the god Aryaman release her from here, not from there. Svāhā.” “The maiden has worshipped the god Varuṇa through Agni. May the god Varuṇa release her from here, not from there. Svāhā.” “The maiden has worshipped the god Pūṣan through Agni. May the god Pūṣan release her from here, not from there. Svāhā.”
I.7.14. Without another circuit, a fourth offering is made silently from the hollow of the winnowing basket, toward himself.
I.7.15. Some lead her around after each pouring of roasted grain; in that arrangement the last two offerings do not coincide.
I.7.16. Then he loosens her two hair tufts, if they have been made.
I.7.17. Two tufts of wool are tied at the sides of her hair. [He loosens one] with “I release you from Varuṇa’s bond.”
I.7.18. The upper [tuft is loosened] with the next verse.
I.7.19. Then he leads her seven steps toward the unconquered direction: “One step for nourishment; two for strength; three for the increase of wealth; four for well-being; five for offspring; six for the seasons. Become my friend with seven steps. Be devoted to me. May we obtain sons; may they be many and live to old age.”
I.7.20. He brings their heads together and sprinkles them with water from the pot.
I.7.21. They spend that night in the house of an elderly Brāhmaṇa woman whose husband and children are living.
I.7.22. After seeing Dhruva, Arundhatī and the Seven Ṛṣis, he breaks his silence: “May I obtain offspring with my wife living.”
General handbook reading guidance
Reading orientation: I.7.1–2 recognizes regional and village customs before introducing its sequence. I.7.3–5 concerns hand-taking; 6–15 places movement, the stone and grain offerings in a particular ritual setting.
I.7.19 contains seven steps, friendship at the seventh, and ensuing requests concerning sons. Keep that gendered wording visible. These are historical textual elements, not newly composed mutual vows or universal family obligations.
Ancient source text. English below is general handbook guidance, not a certified translation or a guru’s teaching. Specialist review remains pending.
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Original Sanskrit · Devanāgarī
अथ खलूच्चावचा जनपदधर्मा ग्रामधर्माश्च तान्विवाहे प्रतीयात् १
यत्तु समानं तद्वक्ष्यामः २
पश्चादग्नेर्दृषदमश्मानं प्रतिष्ठाप्योत्तरपुरस्तादुदकुम्भं समन्वारब्धायां हुत्वा तिष्ठन् प्रत्यङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुख्या आसीनाया गृह्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तमित्यङ्गुष्ठमेव गृह्णीयाद्यदि कामयीत पुमांस एव मे पुत्रा जायेरन्निति ३
अङ्गुलीरेव स्त्रीकामः ४
रोमान्ते हस्तं साङ्गुष्ठमुभयकामः ५
प्रदक्षिणमग्निमुदकुम्भञ्च त्रिः परिणयञ्जपति । अमोऽहमस्मि सा त्वं सा त्वमस्यमोऽहं द्यौरहं पृथिवी त्वं सामाहमृक्त्वं तावेह विवहावहै प्रजां प्रजनयावहै सम्प्रियौ रोचिष्णू सुमनस्यमानौ जीवेव शरदः शतमिति ६
परिणीय परिणीयाश्मानमारोहयतीममश्मानमारोहाश्मेव त्वं स्थिरा भव । सहस्व पृतनायतोऽभितिष्ठ प्रतन्यत इति ७
वध्वञ्जला उपस्तीर्य भ्राता भ्रातृस्थानो वा द्विर्लाजानावपति ८
त्रिर्जामदग्न्यानाम् ९
प्रत्यभिघार्य हविः १०
अवत्तञ्च ११
एषोऽवदानधर्मः १२
अर्यमणं नु देवं कन्या अग्निमयक्षत स इमां देवो अर्यमा प्रेतो मुञ्चातु नामुतः स्वाहा । वरुणं नु देवं कन्या अग्निमयक्षत स इमां देवो वरुणः प्रेतो मुञ्चातु नामुतः स्वाहा । पूषणं नु देवं कन्या अग्निमयक्षत स इमां देवः पूषा प्रेतो मुञ्चातुनामुतः स्वाहेत्यविच्छिन्दत्यञ्जलिं स्रुचेव जुहुयात् १३
अपरिणीय शूर्पपुटेनाभ्यात्मं तूष्णीं चतुर्थम् १४
ओप्योप्य हैके लाजान्परिणयन्ति तथोत्तमे आहुती न सन्निपततः १५
अथास्यै शिखे विमुञ्चति यदि कृते भवतः १६
ऊर्णास्तुके केशपक्षयोर्बद्धे भवतः । प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशादिति १७
उत्तरामुत्तरया १८
अथैनामपराजितायान्दिशि सप्तपदान्यभ्युत्क्रामयतीष एकपद्यूर्जे द्विपदी रायस्पोषाय त्रिपदी मायोभव्याय चतुष्पदी प्रजाभ्यः पञ्चपद्यृतुभ्यः षट्पदी सखा सप्तपदी भव सा मामनुव्रता भव पुत्रान्विन्दावहै बहूंस्ते सन्तु जरदष्टय इति १९
उभयोः सन्निधाय शिरसी उदकुम्भेनावसिच्य २०
ब्राह्मण्याश्च वृद्धाया जीवपत्न्या जीवप्रजाया अगार एतां रात्रिं वसेत् २१
ध्रुवमरुन्धतीं सप्तऋषीनिति दृष्ट्वा वाचं विसृजेत जीवपत्नीं प्रजां विन्देयेति २२
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Reading orientation: I.7.1–2 recognizes regional and village customs before introducing its sequence. I.7.3–5 concerns hand-taking; 6–15 places movement, the stone and grain offerings in a particular ritual setting.
I.7.19 contains seven steps, friendship at the seventh, and ensuing requests concerning sons. Keep that gendered wording visible. These are historical textual elements, not newly composed mutual vows or universal family obligations.
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