Agniveshyagrihyasutra 1.1.2

At the end of a mantra, the utterance of svāhā is constant; in rites without mantras, [it is] 'To so-and-so, svāhā',

according to the deity. He offers with the mystic utterances 'Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ', one by one and all together.

[Then there is] this [verse], 'Giver of life, O Agni...':

'O divine Agni, giver of life, praising old age, butter-faced, butter-backed,

drinking butter, the sweet nectar of the cow, lead this one to old age as a father leads a son, svāhā!'

'Hear this of mine, O Varuṇa...'; 'For that I come to you...'; 'You, O Agni, [be nearest] to us...'; 'So you, O Agni, [be closest] to us...'; 'You, O Agni, are Ayās; as Ayās you are placed with the mind; as Ayās you have carried the oblation; as Ayās place a remedy here for us, svāhā!'

[Then] this [verse] to Prajāpati:

'Whatever in this rite I have done in excess, or whatever I have left deficient here,

may Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, knowing, make all that well-offered and properly sacrificed for me!

To Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, who sacrifices the well-offered, who sacrifices all, the fulfiller of all wishes among the expiation oblations, svāhā!'

Thus, in the eastern half of the northern half, he offers [an oblation] unconnected with the other oblations.

Here some offer the Jaya offerings, the Abhyātāna offerings, and the Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings before the Sviṣṭakṛt.

'Thought, svāhā! And intention, svāhā!'—

thus he offers the Jaya offerings;

or, 'To thought, svāhā!

To intention, svāhā!'

The Abhyātāna offerings with: 'Agni is the lord of beings; may he protect me...';

in the Abhyātāna offerings he subjoins: '...in this sacred lore, in this royal power.'

Wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, he offers with 'Fathers, grandfathers, higher and lower...' [and] stands worshipping.

The Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings with 'Overpowering by truth, whose abode is truth...'.

Following along the cycle, he offers the first oblation with 'To him, svāhā!'

[and] the second with 'To them, svāhā!'

Having placed a millstone in front of the northern junction of the enclosing sticks, he makes the boy step on it with his right foot, [saying]: "Step on this stone; be firm like a stone;

tread down the malevolent, overcome those who wage war against [us]!"

— with this [verse].

He puts on him an unwashed garment, having set aside the former one, [saying]: "The goddesses who cut, who wove, who stretched [the threads], and who on every side gave the borders —

may those goddesses clothe you until old age; long-lived one, put on this garment!

Put [it] on; clothe him with a garment; make him live a hundred years, [give him] a long life!

Bṛhaspati gave this garment to King Soma to put on.

May you attain old age! Put on the garment; become a protector of the people from curses!

And live a hundred autumns, full of splendor, and clothe yourself in the increase of wealth!"

Having clothed [him], he addresses [him] with the mantra: "You have put on this garment for welfare; you have become a protector of your companions from curses;

and live a full hundred autumns; living, distribute the goods of the noble!"

With [the verse], he binds him with the girdle clockwise three times.

Twice, say some.

"She who, warding off misfortune, purifying, has come to us as protection and defense,

bringing strength with the in-breath and out-breath, sister of the gods, this auspicious girdle —"

making a threefold knot to the north of the navel, he draws it round to the right of the navel.

Then he makes an animal skin his upper garment [saying]:

"The eye of Mitra, powerful support, splendor, renowned, aged, kindled,

impenetrable garment, aging, energetic, put on this skin!

May Aditi, N.N., bind your belt, for the recitation of the Veda, for intellect, for faith, for the retention of what has been recited, for Brahman, for spiritual splendor!"

A black antelope skin for a Brahmin, a spotted deer skin for a Kṣatriya, a goat skin for a Vaiśya.

Then he commits him [with the verse]:

"This Indra, for Brahman, for great hearing, we deliver,

so that to old age, he shall long keep watch over hearing!"

— thus [he commits] a Brahmin.

"This Indra, for Brahman, for the great realm, we deliver,

so that to old age, he shall long keep watch over the realm!"

— thus a Kṣatriya.

"This Indra, for Brahman, for great nourishment, we deliver,

so that to old age, he shall long keep watch over nourishment!"

— thus a Vaiśya. Having seated him facing north to the west of the fire, he feeds him the remnant of the offering

[saying]: "May Agni place in you intellect, in you progeny, in you splendor!"

— with these [words] joined together.

Some feed [him] clotted clarified butter.

"At every juncture, more powerful…"

[and] "Make him, O Agni, for life and splendor!" — thus he looks at him while eating.

Some cause [him] to eat [with these].

Having made him touch water after he has sipped water, he addresses him [with the verse]: "A hundred autumns indeed [are appointed] near, O gods, where you have ordained the decay of our bodies,

where sons become fathers: do not harm us in the midst of our course of life!"

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