Shantikamalakara 10.17

10.17

tadhāmāṃ vaha kalyāṇi patni putrādibhi ssaheti .
gartecata yaiva mṛdāpūrite mṛdādike uttamaṃ sāmye .
madhyamaṃ nyūnatvetva dhamaṃ phalaṃ vidadyāt .
garto paribhūmiṃ gomaye nopalipya .
śukla puṣpa gaṃdhākṣatai rbhūṣayet .. 17

so bear me, O auspicious one, together with my wife, sons, and others!"
And when the pit is filled with that very earth, an excess of earth produces the best result, equality produces a middling [result], while a deficiency produces the lowest result.
Having smeared the ground above the pit with cow dung,
he should decorate it with white flowers, perfume, and unbroken rice grains. 17