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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.6

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13.6.1

He pours the residues into the cup of the hotṛ.

13.6.2

Thereby he makes them share in the iḍā.

13.6.3

Then he invokes the iḍā.

13.6.4

They raise up the cups.

13.6.5

He takes hold from behind of the cup of the hotṛ.

13.6.6

Without touching, he invokes the iḍā.

13.6.7

Clarified butter is indeed a thunderbolt;

13.6.8

Soma is seed.

13.6.9

[He does so thinking:] "Lest I injure the seed with the thunderbolt."

13.6.10

At it he does not say [the formula with] "the presser";

13.6.11

he does not utter the blessings.

13.6.12

Having invoked the iḍā [and] smelled it, he puts it down.

13.6.13

He eats the later iḍā.

13.6.14

Then, having sipped water, he consumes the cup of the hotṛ.

13.6.15

This is the supreme proper food, namely Soma.

13.6.16

All, having mutually invited one another, consume this supreme proper food.

13.6.17

Now indeed is the mutual invitation of the acchāvāka.

13.6.20

[…]: "The pressing sacrificer has grasped;

13.6.19

and, O master, and, O adviser, and our cows have been invited."

13.6.20_2

If he does not wish to invite [him in turn],

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he repeats: "And he is invited," if he wishes to invite [him in turn].

13.6.22

The acchāvāka, having been invited in return, should recite after, as many [verses] as he can attain of this hymn: "Turn back, do not follow."

13.6.23

The hotṛ [treats] the acchāvāka as undesirable.

13.6.24

This is the expiation for that.

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