Aitareyabrahmana 7.7

7.7

tād āhur:
yasyāgnayo grāmyeṇāgninā saṃdahyeran,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye saṃvargāyāṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
kuvit su no gaviṣṭaye, mā no asmin mahādhana ity.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād.
agnaye saṃvargāya svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāgnayo divyenāgninā saṃsṛjyeran,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye 'psumate 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
apsv agne sadhiṣ ṭava, mayo dadhe medhiraḥ pūtadakṣa ity.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye 'psumate svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāgnayaḥ śavāgninā saṃsṛjyeran,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye śucaye 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
agniḥ śucivratatama, ud agne śucayas tavety.
ahutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye śucaye svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasyāgnaya āraṇyenāgninā saṃdahyeran,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
sam evāropayed araṇī volmukaṃ vā mokṣayed yady āhavanīyād yadi gārhapatyād.
yadi na śaknuyāt, so 'gnaye saṃvargāyāṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasyokte yājyānuvākye.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye saṃvargāya svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittiḥ

vii. 7. (xxxii. 6). They say 'If a man's fires are involved in a village fire, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the spoiler; the invitatory and offering verses are 'In our cattle fray' and 'Do not as in the great contest.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the spoiler, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires be united with a divine conflagration, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds

to Agni as in the waters; its invitatory and offering verses are 'In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat' and 'The clever, of pure insight hath wrought a wondrous deed.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni as in the waters hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires are united with the fire which burns a corpse, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the pure; its invitatory and offering verses are 'Agni of purest vows' and 'Up, O Agni, thy pure (rays).' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the pure, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If a man's fires are involved in a forest fire, what is the expiation here?' He should mount (the fires) on the two fire sticks or take out a fire brand from the Āhavanīya or from the Gārhapatya; if he cannot so do, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the spoiler; its invitatory and offering verses have been given. Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the spoiler, hail!' That is the expiation here.