Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.2.2
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.2.2
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2.2.2.1
ata ūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsare saṃvatsare janmanakṣatre kriyeta \
From then onwards, [the rite] should be performed every year on the birth asterism.
2.2.2.2
atha devayajanollekhanaprabhṛtyāgnimukhāt kṛtvā pakvājjuhoti agnirmūrdhā bhuva iti dvābhyām \
Then, having performed [the preliminary rites] from the tracing of the sacred ground up to the face of the fire, he makes an offering from the cooked [food] with the two [verses]: 'Agni is the head...', 'Bhūḥ...'
2.2.2.3
atha nakṣatradevatābhyāmṛgbhyāṃ juhoti yathāliṅgaṃ navo navo bhavati jāyamāna ityetenānuvākena \
Then he offers with verses to the deities of the asterisms according to their characteristic marks, with this anuvāka: 'Ever new he becomes being born...'
2.2.2.4
pratyṛcaṃ dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmāgneyamapoddhṛtyānumatīṃ juhoti \
Verse by verse with pairs [of verses], having separated [the portion] belonging to Agni, he offers [to] Anumati.
2.2.2.5
avatte sviṣṭakṛtsyathājyāhutīrupajuhoti nakṣatradevatābhyo hutvā candramā vā akāmayata ityetenānuvākena svāhākāraiḥ \
When the Sviṣṭakṛt portion has been cut off, having offered to the deities of the asterisms, he then makes supplementary libations of clarified butter with this anuvāka: 'The Moon indeed desired...' with utterances of svāhā.
2.2.2.6
sviṣṭakṛtprabhṛti siddhamā dhenuvarapradānāt \
From the Sviṣṭakṛt onwards, [the ritual] is accomplished up to the presentation of the chosen cow.
2.2.2.7
āyaurasi iti hutaśeṣamannaṃ prāśayati \
He feeds [the child] the food that remains from the sacrifice with: 'You are life-span.'
2.2.2.8
ācāmati jaṭharamabhimṛśati yata indra bhayāmahe svastidā viśaspatiḥ iti dvābhyām \
He sips water [and] touches [the child's] belly with the two [verses]: 'Wherefrom we fear, O Indra...', '[Indra,] the giver of welfare, the lord of the people...'
2.2.2.9
etadāyuṣyamāyuṣyam \\2\\
This produces longevity, produces longevity. || 2
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