Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.5.1

Now next we shall explain the hospitality, bali offerings, and presentations for the planets.

A man devoid of faith, who does not offer oblations, who does not mutter prayers, who has abandoned auspicious conduct,

the planets lead manifestly to the abode of Yama.

For the planets of fierce movements, wandering in the path of the lunar mansions,

I shall proclaim presentations according to rule for pacification:

Month by month, season by season, at each solstice, at a lunar eclipse, at a solar eclipse, under one's birth asterism, at the equinox, whether auspicious or inauspicious, he who performs hospitality to those planets even for a year attains all desires.

Having performed the prescribed single-fire ritual:

Bhāskara and Aṅgāraka are red; Śukra and Niśākara are white;

the son of Soma and Guru—both of them are remembered as yellow;

one should know Śanaiścara as black, and likewise Rāhu and Ketu.

A wise man should provide there flowers of the colours of the planets,

and the bali offering, and the presentation, and likewise perfume and garland;

he should offer [them] in order, one after another, to all of them.

Thus.

An arka kindling-stick for Āditya; one of palāśa for Soma; of khadira for Aṅgāraka; of apāmārga for Budha; of aśvattha for Bṛhaspati; of udumbara for Śukra; of śamī for Śanaiścara; dūrvā grass for Rāhu; kuśa grass for Ketu.

A circle in the centre for Āditya; a square in the south-east for Soma; a triangle in the south for Aṅgāraka; an arrow shape in the north-east for Budha; an oblong in the north for Bṛhaspati; a pentagon in the east for Śukra; a bow shape in the west for Śanaiścara; a winnowing-basket shape in the south-west for Rāhu; a banner shape in the north-west for the Ketus.

Having performed [the rites] from the laying of the enclosing sticks up to the face of the fire, he makes offerings from the cooked food:

"By the truth...", "We choose Agni as messenger...", "He rules over these..."—for Āditya;

"Swell up...", "Soma has told me in the waters...", "The buffalo cow has bellowed..."—for Soma;

With 'Agni is the head,' 'Be soft, O earth,' and 'With the Lord of the Field,' for Aṅgāraka.

With 'Awaken,' 'This Viṣṇu,' and 'You are the forehead of Viṣṇu,' for Budha.

With 'O Bṛhaspati, surpass,' 'O Indra, attended by the Maruts,' and 'The brahman born first,' for Bṛhaspati.

With 'Forward for you to the bright,' 'Indrāṇī,' and 'Indra from all sides for you,' for Śukra.

With 'May the goddesses be auspicious for us,' 'O Prajāpati, none other than you,' and 'O Yama, sit upon this strewn grass,' for Śanaiścara.

With 'By what wondrous aid will he be present to us,' 'This spotted cow has come,' and 'What Nirṛti bound upon you, O goddess,' for Rāhu.

With 'Making a banner,' 'The Brahman of the gods,' and 'Directing wondrous light for him, wondrously,' for Ketu.

He should offer with the sacrificial oblation for each verse eight thousand, eight hundred, or twenty-eight fire-sticks smeared with clarified butter.

He should make offerings with clarified butter for each verse.

The presentation [of food is]: sacrificial food for Āditya, milk-rice porridge with clarified butter for Soma, jaggery-rice for Aṅgāraka, milk-rice for Budha, curd-rice for Bṛhaspati, clarified butter-rice for Śukra, mash and flour mixed with sesamum for Śanaiścara, meat-rice for Rāhu, and variegated rice for Ketu; if all [these] are unavailable, sacrificial food [is used for all].

He makes the Sviṣṭakṛt offering with 'Aryaman, King Soma.'

From the Jaya offerings onwards, the procedure is established up to the gift of a prime cow.

He worships the planets to the east of the fire.

Having sprinkled with water with the three verses 'Waters, indeed, you are wholesome,' the four verses 'Golden-colored, pure, purifying,' and the section 'The purifying [Soma], who wins heaven'; having worshiped [each planet] with its respective mantra, with perfume, flowers, incense, and lamps; having presented the bali offering; having bowed; having dispatched [them]; having sat down to the west of the fire facing east—he sprinkles himself with water with 'Waters, indeed, you are wholesome' and the following verses.

Then he gives the sacrificial fee:

A tawny cow for Āditya, a conch shell for Soma, a red draft-ox for Aṅgāraka, gold for Budha, a garment for Bṛhaspati, silver for Śukra, a black cow for Śanaiścara, a goat for Rāhu, and an elephant for Ketu.

If all [these] are unavailable, then gold, or whatever pleases the teacher.

Just as an arisen machine is repelled by a machine,

so one should always quickly bring to pacification a terrible [portent] that has arisen.

Just as armor is the defense against blows of weapons,

so pacification is the defense against strokes of fate.

To him who is non-violent, self-controlled, who has acquired wealth righteously,

and who is constantly observant of vows, the planets are always gracious.

The planets, cows, kings, and especially Brahmins:

these, when honored, bestow honor; when insulted, they burn up.

Deities, in the form of planets, reveal good and evil;

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