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Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.4.1.10

Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.4.1.10

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3.4.1.10

athāhataṃ vāsaḥ paridhāpyālaṅkṛtya tataścitāmāropyātha saptaprāṇāyataneṣu sapta hiraṇyaśakalān pratyasyālābha ājyabindūnvā mukhe prathamamāsye dadhitaṇḍulāṃśca tilāṃśca juhoti idaṃ ta ātmanaḥ śarīramayaṃ ta ātmanasta ātmānaṃ śarīrād brahma nirbhinadmi bhūrbhuvaḥsvarasau svargāya lokāya svāhā iti \

Then having dressed him in an unwashed garment and having adorned him, having then raised him onto the funeral pyre, then having inserted seven pieces of gold into the seven seats of the vital breaths—or if they are not obtained, drops of clarified butter—first into the mouth; and into the mouth he pours curds, rice grains, and sesamum seeds, [saying]: "This is the body of your self; this is of your self; I break your self away from the body with the sacred word; bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, may this one be for the heavenly world, svāhā!"

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