Aitareyabrahmana 7.5

7.5

tad āhur:
yasyāgnihotram adhiśritam amedhyam āpadyeta,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
sarvam evainat srucy abhiparyāsicya prāṅ udetyāhavanīye
haitāṃ samidham abhyādadhāty,
athottarata āhavanīyasyoṣṇam bhasma nirūhya juhuyān
manasā vā prājāpatyayā varcā.
tad dhutaṃ cāhutaṃ ca.
sa yady ekasmin unnīte yadi dvayor, eṣa eva kalpas.
tac ced vyapanetuṃ śaknuyān,
niṣṣicyaitad duṣṭam aduṣṭam abhiparyāsicya
tasya yathonnītī syāt tathā juhuyāt.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāgnihotram adhiśritaṃ skandati vā viṣyandate vā,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
tad adbhir upaninayec chāntyai, śāntir vā āpo.
'thainad dakṣiṇena pāṇinābhimṛśya japati
divaṃ tṛtīyaṃ devān yajño 'gāt tato mā draviṇam āṣṭāntarikṣaṃ tṛtīyam
pitṝn yajño 'gāt tato mā draviṇam āṣṭa,
pṛthivīṃ tṛtīyam manuṣyān yajño 'gāt tato mā draviṇam āṣṭa
yayor ojasā skabhitā rajāṃsīti vaiṣṇuvāruṇīm ṛcaṃ japati.
Viṣṇur vai yajñasya duriṣṭam pāti Varuṇaḥ sviṣṭaṃ,
tayor ubhayor eva śāntyai
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāgnihotram adhiśritam prāṅ udāyan skhalate vāpi vā bhraṃśate,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
sa yady upanivartayet, svargāl lokād yajamānam āvartayed.
atraivāsmā upaviṣṭāyaitam agnihotraparīśeṣam āhareyus,
tasya yathonnītī syāt tathā juhuyāt.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
atha yadi srug bhidyeta, kā tatra prāyaścittir ity.
anyām srucam āhṛtya juhuyād,
athaitāṃ srucam bhinnām āhavanīye 'bhyādadhyāt prāgdaṇḍām pratyakpuṣkarāṃ.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāhavanīye hāgnir vidyetātha gārhapatya upaśāmyet,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
sa yadi prāñcam uddharet prāyatanāc cyaveta,
yat pratyañcam asuravad yajñaṃ tanvīta,
yan manthed bhrātṛvyaṃ yajamānasya janayed,
yad anugamayet prāṇo yajamānaṃ jahyāt.
sarvam evainaṃ sahabhasmānam samopya gārhapatyāyatane
nidhāyātha prāñcam āhavanīyam uddharet.
sā tatra prāyaścittiḥ

vii. 5 (xxi. 4). They say 'If on to a man's Agnihotra when put on the fire something not fit for sacrifice falls, what is the expiation here?' Having poured it all into the offering spoon, and having gone east, he places the kindling stick on the Āhavanīya, and having taken off a hot coal from the north of the Āhavanīya he should pour the offering, either in silence or with a verse to Prajāpati. That is both offered and not offered. If it happens when (the spoon) has been filled once or twice, the same procedure applies. If he can remove it, having poured off the spoilt portion, and having poured the unspoiled portion (into the offering spoon) he should offer it in the ordinary way. That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's Agni-

hotra when put on the fire spills or pours over, what is the expiation here?’ He should pour water on it for expiation; waters are expiation; then he touches (the rest) with his right hand and mutters. ‘To the sky a third, to the gods the sacrifice hath gone; thence may wealth come to me; to the atmosphere, a third, to the fathers the sacrifice hath gone; thence may wealth come to me; to the earth a third, to me the sacrifice hath gone; thence may wealth come to me.’ He then mutters (a verse) to Viṣṇu and Varuṇa, ‘By whose might the regions are established; Viṣṇu guards that of the sacrifice which is well sacrificed, Varuṇa that which is ill sacrificed; verily (it serves) to appease both of them. That is the expiation here. They say ‘If, as he goes eastwards, the Agnihotra which has been put on the fire spills or falls out, what is the expiation here?’ If he were to fetch it again, he would turn the sacrifice away from the world of heaven; he should stay where he is and others should fetch to him the remains of the Agnihotra and he should offer it in the usual way. That is the expiation here. They say ‘If the offering spoon splits, what is the expiation here?’ He should fetch another spoon and offer; then he should put on the Āhavanīya the broken spoon; handle in front, bowl behind. That is the expiation here. They say ‘If there is fire on a man’s Āhavanīya, but that on the Gārhapatya is extinguished, what is the expiation here?’ If he were to take out (the fire) to the east, he would fall away from his abode; if to the west he would perform the sacrifices like the Asuras; if he were to kindle afresh he would produce a rival for the sacrificer; if he should make (the Āhavanīya) also go out, breath would forsake the sacrificer; verily having gathered the whole of it with the ashes he should put it in the place of the Gārhapatya and from it take out the Āhavanīya to the east. That is the expiation here.