Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.11.3

At [the end of] a year, he should perform the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite.

Wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, having set up the fire, having strewn around [it] with darbha grass whose tips point south-east, having placed four water-vessels upon them, having prepared sprinkling waters with a single strainer, having sprinkled the vessels, having placed one of them—the vessel for the deceased—to the south, having brought a vessel half-full of water, having purified it with the strainer, having scattered sesame seeds into it, and having placed it down upon darbha grass, he covers it with darbha grass.

Into the other three he brings water, [reciting:] "Possessing vigor, praising with svadhā..."

Having placed collyrium, ointment, and a water pitcher in the south, having seated the Brahmins whose hands and feet are well-washed on darbha seats to the south—the [Brahmins representing] the All-gods facing east, and having seated the others facing north—he says: "May you obtain [it]." The others reply: "May I obtain [it]."

Having performed worship for them without incense and lamp, he then circum-pours water counter-clockwise.

Having placed on [the fire] a firewood bundle of udumbara wood, he offers with a ladle made of udumbara wood.

Having offered clarified butter fit for sacrifice with six mantras beginning with "To Soma accompanied by the ancestors...", he then offers with names: "Svadhā, homage to so-and-so; svadhā, homage to so-and-so"—these are eight oblations.

He offers these eight.

Having thus offered of the food, having offered in the southern half of the eastern half with: "To Agni the bearer of funeral oblations, the Sviṣṭakṛt, svadhā, homage, svāhā", having thrown in the ladle, having circum-poured water counter-clockwise, having strewn darbha grass with tips pointing south to the south, he should deposit one ancestral ball of rice for the deceased upon them, [reciting:] "This boiled rice is a desire-yielding cow..."

Having circum-poured water counter-clockwise with sesame-water, [reciting:] "Possessing vigor, praising with svadhā...", having given these ancestral balls of rice according to the procedure of ancestral balls, having touched them with the touching [mantra] of faith, he serves these learned Brahmins with this, [saying:] "Eat!"

He looks upon them as they eat, [reciting:] "Entered into breath, I offer immortality; in Brahman is my self, for immortality."

He should recite [to them] verses and formulas containing marks indicating the ancestors.

Having given sesame-water to those who have sipped water, having caused them to say: "May there be svadhā!", "Let there be svadhā" is the response.

Having given the sacrificial fee according to ability, he then should pour the vessel for the deceased into the vessels for the ancestors, repeating: "And united is the intention..."

Then he should place the ancestral ball of rice for the deceased among the ancestral balls of rice for the ancestors with the two [mantras]: "Assemble, speak together..." and "United is the mantra, the assembly..."

He reveres them with the two [mantras]: "Those who are equal..." and "Those who are kin..."

Here he recites the section for the ancestors: "Yearning, we summon you..."

Henceforth, the rite belongs to the father.

Having cut off portions of the remnant from all sides, he should eat.

This sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite is completed. ||3