Aitareyabrahmana 7.9

7.9

Regarding this they say:
If one who has established the sacred fires should eat fresh grain without having sacrificed with the āgrayaṇa rite,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on twelve potsherds to Agni Vaiśvānara.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"Vaiśvānara brought forth" [and] "Agni was sought in heaven, sought on earth."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Vaiśvānara, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If a potsherd of one who has established the sacred fires should be lost, what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on two potsherds to the Aśvins.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"O Aśvins, [turn] your course toward us" [and] "O Nāsatyas, with a cattle-rich chariot."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To the Aśvins, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If the strainer of one who has established the sacred fires should be lost,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni Pavitravat.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"Your strainer is spread out, O Brahmaṇaspati" [and] "The strainer of the heated one is spread over the station of heaven."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Pavitravat, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If gold of one who has established the sacred fires should be lost,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni Hiraṇyavat.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"The golden-haired one, traversing the expanse" [and] "Unto you the fair-winged ones, not transgressing with their courses."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Hiraṇyavat, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If one who has established the sacred fires should offer the agnihotra in the morning unbathed,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni-Varuṇa.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"You, knowing Varuṇa for us, O Agni" [and] "So do you, O Agni, be closest to us with your protection."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni-Varuṇa, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If one who has established the sacred fires should eat food associated with childbirth impurity,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni Tantumat.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"Weaving the thread, follow the light of the aerial space" [and] "Fasten the axle-pins, O Soma-gatherers."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Tantumat, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If one who has established the sacred fires should hear a report of his own death while still alive,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on eight potsherds to Agni Surabhimat.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"Agni sat down as hotṛ, the more worthy of sacrifice" [and] "He made good our feast for the gods today."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Surabhimat, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
If the wife or cow of one who has established the sacred fires should give birth to twins,
what is the expiation in that case?
He should offer a sacrificial cake on thirteen potsherds to Agni Marutvat.
Its invitatory and offering verses are:
"For in whose abode the Maruts..." [and] "Like spokes [of a wheel], none is behind, surely."
Or he should offer an oblation into the āhavanīya fire:
"To Agni Marutvat, svāhā!"
That is the expiation in that case.
Regarding this they say:
Should one without a wife also perform the agnihotra, or should he not perform it?
"He should perform it," they say.
If he should not perform it, he is a man of unfaith.
Who is a man of unfaith?
One who [serves] neither the gods, nor the ancestors, nor men.
Therefore, even one without a wife should perform the agnihotra.
Regarding this this sacrificial verse is sung:
"Even one without a wife, even one who does not drink Soma, should sacrifice in the Sautrāmaṇī;
because of the revelation from the injunction, 'Sacrifice for the sake of freedom from debt to mother and father.'"
Therefore one should make him perform the sacrifice with Soma.