Shantikamalakara 7.1_2.6

7.1_2.6

Earthquakes, burning of the quarters, and warfare among the planets occur; / a comet is seen in the sky, and the sun shakes. / A dark fissure is seen upon the sun; / a river flows backward and carries blood; / singing is heard from the sky, and a roaring sound is produced. / All such phenomena are portents; their expiations are prescribed: / In every house there should be a propitiatory rite, sacrifice and propitiatory offering to the ancestors, / gifting, continuous recitation [of mantras] to Rudra, worship of animals and the Sun, / a rite of a hundred thousand oblations, a rite of ten million oblations, and oblations of dūrvā grass by the domestic priest. / The gifting of cows, land, gold, garments, grain, and sesame seeds brings auspiciousness; / milk porridge, curds, milk, and ghee should be given to the learned brahmins at the meal. / Then, having offered the concluding full oblation, he should procure dūrvā grass, darbha grass, śamī, vīraṇa, clarified butter, mustard seeds, priyaṅgu, apāmārga, sesame, barley, paddy, and firewood sticks. Having bathed and smeared the sacrificial ground, the caru offerings—boiled rice, rice-and-lentil mash, barley grains, roasted grain flour, milk porridge, curds, honey, and ghee—are placed separately according to ritual procedure. Having kindled the fire, he should offer milk porridge for all of them with: 'indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhan…', 'nāke suparṇam…', 'varuṇasyottambhanam asi…', 'abhi tvā devaṃ savitāram…', 'agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe…', 'idaṃ viṣṇur…', 'viśvataścakṣuḥ…', 'gaurīr mimāya…', 'kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt…', 'dhruvāsi dhruvo 'yam…', 'yo jānāti na yajñāyante…', 'ihaiva staṃ mā vi yauṣṭam…', 'punaḥ patnīm agnir adād āyuṣā saha varcasā / dīrghāyur asyāḥ patir jīvātu śaradaḥ śatam'. / Thus end the propitiatory rites for portents declared in the Devīpurāṇa, as cited in the Madanaratna.