Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.6.4

Now, therefore, we shall explain the rule for daily Vedic recitation.

Having gone out of the village facing east or facing north, having bathed in water, wearing the sacred thread, having sipped water, wearing dry garments, having spread a large layer of darbha grass with the tips pointing east, having sat down upon them facing east, having performed reverent attendance, having joined the two hands together, right over left, holding strainers—for it is known: "Darbha grass is indeed the sap of the waters and plants; thus he makes the Veda endowed with sap"—looking at the junction of heaven and earth or having closed the eyes, or in whatever way he considers himself concentrated, thus concentrated he should recite his daily Vedic recitation.

The mystic utterances are preceded by Om.

He recites the Sāvitrī verse: [first] quarter by quarter, [then] half-verse by half-verse, [and] thirdly, the whole [verse].

Then he should recite his daily Vedic recitation: the Ṛgveda verses, the Yajurveda formulas, the Sāmaveda chants, the Atharvāṅgiras formulas, the Brāhmaṇas, the ritual manuals, the heroic songs, the eulogies of men, the historical legends, and the ancient lore.

When he recites the Ṛgveda verses, streams of milk flow as svadhā to his ancestors; when the Yajurveda formulas, streams of clarified butter; when the Sāmaveda chants, streams of honey; when the Atharvāṅgiras formulas, streams of soma; when the Brāhmaṇas, the ritual manuals, the heroic songs, the eulogies of men, the historical legends, and the ancient lore, streams of nectar [flow to them].

Having recited as much as he thinks [proper], he concludes with this [formula]: "Homage to Brahman! Homage be to Agni! Homage to the earth! Homage to the plants! Homage to speech! Homage to the Lord of Speech! Homage to the great Viṣṇu I render!"

Hereafter, the sacrifice to the gods is taught for all.

Where, without hardship to oneself, from among the prescribed plants, excluding kodrava grain, panic seeds, black gram, amamūraka, horse gram, and varaka grain, he should give out portions of barley [or] rice grains to his wife in the morning.

Or he may cook them himself.

Having well-swept and smeared the entrance of the house, self-restrained, evening and morning he should perform the other obligatory duties; [he offers] into the fire [with the formula]: "To Agni Jātavedas, svāhā!", [and] silently a second [offering].

He worships the sun with [the verse]: "Up that Jātavedas…"

With "Homage to Brahman," he should present the food offering at the spot dedicated to Brahman.

With "To Soma," at the water pot; with "To Vāyu," in the house of the building-site; with "To the lord of the house," at the door of the house; with "To Prajāpati," in the inner chamber; with "To the All-Gods," in the shrine of the deities; with "May the divine [waters] be auspicious to us…" in the quarters starting with that of water; with "To their attendants," in each direction; with "To the houses," in the atmosphere all around; with "To the lord of animals, homage to the gods," in the northeast or at the spot dedicated to Brahman; with "Svadhā to the ancestors," he deposits [it] in the south.

He presents the food offering either by this [method] or by the previously mentioned presentation of offerings with invocations. || 4