Aitareyabrahmana 7.7

7.7

They say: / When a person's fires are burned together with a village fire, / what is the expiation for it? / He should distribute a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni the absorber. / Its offering verse and invitatory verse are: / 'Surely well for our quest for kine', and 'Do not in this great contest'. / He should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya: / 'To Agni the absorber, svāhā!' / That is the expiation there. / They say: / When a person's fires blend with celestial fire [lightning], / what is the expiation for it? / He should distribute a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni possessor of waters. / Its offering verse and invitatory verse are: / 'In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat', and 'He gives delight, the wise, of purified skill'. / Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya: / 'To Agni possessor of waters, svāhā!' / That is the expiation there. / They say: / When a person's fires blend with a corpse-fire [funeral pyre], / what is the expiation for it? / He should distribute a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni the pure. / Its offering verse and invitatory verse are: / 'Agni, most pure in observance', and 'Upward, O Agni, thy pure [flames]'. / He should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya: / 'To Agni the pure, svāhā!' / That is the expiation there. / They say: / When a person's fires are burned together with a forest fire, / what is the expiation for it? / He should cause [the fires] to ascend [into himself or] into the two churning sticks, or release a firebrand, whether from the āhavanīya or from the gārhapatya. / If he cannot, he should distribute a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni the absorber. / The offering verse and invitatory verse for it have been stated. / He should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya: / 'To Agni the absorber, svāhā!' / That is the expiation there.