Aphorisms on Domestic Rites
Translated by Hermann Oldenberg
The four Grihya Sutras in Part I of The Sacred Books of the East, translated by Hermann Oldenberg.
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ADHYÂYA I, KHANDA 1.
1. Now henceforth we shall declare the Pâkayagñas.
2. When (a pupil) is going to return (from his teacher), let him keep that fire (as his domestic fire) on which he has put the last piece of wood (as required by the regulations for a student),
3. Or (he should keep) his nuptial fire.
4. Some declare (that the domestic fire should be kindled) at the time of the division of the inheritance.
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