Aitareyabrahmana 7.8

7.8

tad āhur:
ya āhitāgnir upavasathe 'śru kurvīta,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye vratabhṛte 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
tvam agne vratabhṛc chucir, vratāni bibhrad vratapā adabdha ity.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye vratabhṛte svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
ya āhitāgnir upavasathe 'vratyam āpadyeta,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye vratapataye 'sṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
tvam agne vratapā asi, yad vo vayam pramināma vratānīty.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye vratapataye svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
ya āhitāgnir amāvāsyām paurṇamāsīṃ vātīyāt,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye pathikṛte 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
vetthā hi vedḥo 'dhvana, ā devānām api panthām aganmety.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye pathikṛte svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittis
tad āhur:
yasya sarva evāgnaya upaśāmyeran,
kā tatra prāyaścittir iti.
so 'gnaye tapasvate janadvate pāvakavate 'ṣṭākapālam puroḷāśaṃ nirvapet.
tasya yājyānuvākye:
ā yāhi tapasā janeṣv, ā no yāhi tapasā janeṣv ity.
āhutiṃ vāhavanīye juhuyād:
agnaye tapasvate janadvate pāvakavate svāheti.
sā tatra prāyaścittiḥ

vii. 8 (xxxii. 7). They say 'If at the fast day one who has established the fires weeps, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the supporter of vows; its invitatory and offering verses are 'Thou, O Agni, art the supporter of vows, the pure' and 'Supporting vows, guardian of vows, undeceived.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, supporter of vows, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If one who has established the fires on the fast day should happen to commit a breach of his vow, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the lord of vows; its invitatory and offering verses are 'Thou, O Agni, art the guardian of vows' and 'If we have contravened your vows.' Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with 'To Agni, the lord of vows, hail!' That is the expiation here. They say 'If one who has established the fires should omit the offering at new or at full moon, what is the expiation here?' He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the maker of ways; its invitatory and offering verses are 'For thou knowest, O wise one, the ways' and 'We have come to the way of

the gods.’ Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with ‘To Agni, the maker of ways, hail!’ That is the expiation here. They say ‘If all a man’s fires are extinguished, what is the expiation here?’ He should offer a cake on eight potsherds to Agni, the fervid, connected with man, the purifying; its invitatory and offering verses are ‘O come with fervour among men’ and ‘Come to us with fervour among men.’ Or he should offer a libation in the Āhavanīya with ‘To Agni, the fervid, connected with man, the purifying hail!’ That is the expiation here.