Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.8.2

Then with two verses he takes the fire into himself: "I take the fire into myself at the beginning..." [and] "The fire which is ours..."

He himself silently recites over the pyre: "Whatever firewood of yours, O Fire, whatever dwellings..."

Having touched a white horse, he deposits this gravel inside, [saying:] "May Prajāpati seat you; with that deity, sit firmly in the manner of the Aṅgirases."

Now, previously, a plow with a yoke of udumbara wood has been made, [drawn by] seven oxen or sixteen oxen: "May the draft-animals plow auspiciously, auspiciously the men, auspiciously the plow;

auspiciously may the straps be bound; auspiciously urge on the goad. O Śunāsīra, bestow prosperity upon us..." [and] "O Śunāsīra, this speech..." with these two [verses].

He looks down upon the furrow: "O Furrow, we revere you; turn toward us, O fortunate one,

so that you may be fortunate for us, so that you may bear good fruit for us."

Then he places the bone-urn in the furrow: "Savitṛ has placed these bones in the lap of mother Earth;

through them, be auspicious, O Aditi!"

Then he unyokes the oxen: "Be unyoked, O invulnerable ones, traveling the path of the gods; we have crossed to the further shore of this darkness;

we have attained the light, we have gone to heaven."

From here on, these are Adhvaryu priests, if the ancestor-rite is accompanied by a sacrificial fee.

If, however, the fire is of a sacrificial session, it is drawn up according to the cattle.

Wherever the oxen are, there is the yoked plow.

Then he fans it: "The strong winds blow, the lightnings fall, the plants spring up, heaven overflows..."

nourishment is born for the whole world when Parjanya protects the earth with seed.'

Like Agni, he sows all kinds of herbs: 'Just as the five human races built a dwelling for Yama,

so do I build a dwelling, that we may be many in the world of the living.'

Here he scatters sand with six [verses], stanza by stanza according to the metre: 'Agni, your fame is food...'

Then he piles up the upright bricks: 'You are piled; you are piled around; upright-piled, lean [here], you Fathers who are deities.

May Prajāpati seat you! Through that deity, sit firm in the manner of the Aṅgirases!'

Then he heaps [earth] around, in the case of a Brahmin, with the gāyatrī verse: 'Swell up...'

In the case of a Kṣatriya, with the triṣṭubh verse: 'Together may your milks...'. He heaps [it] around appropriately and with gravel.

Then with two [verses] he takes the fire into himself: 'I take the fire into myself in the beginning...' [and] 'That fire which is ours...'

He recites the self-piling [formula] silently: 'Those firesticks of yours, Agni, those abodes...'

Having touched a white horse, he mutters the approaching-formula, two [verses]: 'This is the down-going of the waters...' [and] 'Homage to you...'

Then he places four clods of earth in the divided field: 'I prop up the earth away from you; placing down this world, may I not come to harm.

May the Fathers uphold this pillar for you; here may Yama fix seats for you'—thus he places [one] in the east.

'Creep close to this mother earth, the wide-extending, kindly earth;

she is soft as wool, a young maiden to the giver of sacrificial gifts; may she protect you from the lap of Nirṛti'—thus in the north.

'Open wide, O earth, do not oppress [him]; be easy of approach to him, easy of access;

as a mother covers her son with her skirt, so, O earth, cover him'—thus in the west.

'Opening wide, O earth, do stand firm; may a thousand props lean upon [you];

may those houses, dripping with honey, be a refuge for him here forever'—thus in the south.

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

Then he scatters around it parched grains mixed with sesame seeds: 'May the dappled, yellowish, and white parched grains be milch cows,

with sesame as calves, yielding vigor to him forever, never kicking.'

Then on the south he places a half-cup of milk from a cow whose calf is fostered: 'This ancestral food is placed down for you at Yama's abode, in the home.

Inexhaustible is your name, O So-and-so'—he utters the name of the sacrificer.

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

To the south he places sacrificial grass with its roots intact: 'This sacrificial grass let us offer to the Fathers; to the gods let us, the living, bring a higher one.

Ascend that, become worthy of the sacrifice, uniting with Yama and Yamī.'

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

Then he places a reed stalk: 'Mount the reed float; follow the paths with the reed.

Having become a reed float, cross over, cross further, cross beyond!'

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

Then, having wiped the bone urn clean with a worn garment, he arranges it limb by limb: 'Savitṛ has placed these bones in the lap of mother earth;

be beneficial to them, O earth!'

Here he explains the six-hotṛ formula: 'Six-hotṛ: may your eye go to the sun, your breath to the wind, go to heaven and earth according to law;

or go to the waters, if that is suitable for you there; stand firm in the plants with your bodily parts'—and [with]: 'Follow the further path of death...'

Then he fans him: 'May the wind be auspicious to you, may the heat be auspicious, may the herbs be auspicious to you;

may the quarters be propitious and helpful to me.'

Then he places down these five cooked-grain offerings along with cakes: 'May the cooked-grain offering accompanied by cakes and clarified butter sit here, propping up the earth and heaven above;

worship the origin-makers, the path-makers, you who are the recipients of the gods' clarified butter portions here; this svadhā is deposited for you in Yama's seat, in the house, O So-and-so'—he utters the name of the sacrificer—

'consisting of ten syllables; protect it, guard it, I commit it to you.

In it the Fathers, the deities, have placed you; may Prajāpati seat you!

Through that deity, sit firm in the manner of the Aṅgirases!'—thus he places [one] in the east.

'Accompanied by cakes, accompanied by boiled milk'—in the south; 'accompanied by cakes, accompanied by fresh milk'—in the west; 'accompanied by cakes, accompanied by curd'—in the north; 'accompanied by cakes, accompanied by honey'—in the middle; he appends in each direction: 'Consisting of a hundred syllables, consisting of a thousand syllables...'

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

Then he scatters around it parched grains mixed with sesame seeds: 'I make these immortal svadhā offerings for you.'

Having performed the dedication with 'Through that deity...', he performs the Sūdadohas recitation.

Then he places down four clumps [of grass]. || 2