Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.8.3

Above the cooked-grain offerings: 'The Brahmins indeed know you, the milk of the white herbs;

from their midst I take you, so as to give to the cooked-grain offerings'—thus in the east, a clump of arjuna grass; 'Bring a clump of dūrvā grass, this most beloved of mine;

may it grow abundantly along this direction of men'—thus in the north, a clump of dūrvā grass; 'Bring a clump of kāśa grass for the slaying of the demons;

so that those malicious ones who were ruined from this direction do not exist again'—thus in the west, a clump of kāśa grass; 'Bring a clump of darbha grass, the herb dear to the Fathers;

may its root, its stem, and also its fruit bring life to him'—thus in the south, a clump of darbha grass.

At the tips of the four clumps and in the middle he places a cooked-grain offering, with these very four mantras.

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

Then he encloses with four enclosing sticks made of different woods: 'May not the two trees press upon you, nor you, mother earth;

for you go to the son of Vivasvat, you reign in Yama's realm'—namely, made of cane and śamī, in the east and in the north.

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

Then [reeds called] kleṣīkā according to some.

Then he places down clods of earth:

'I seat you in the world of the earth.'

With 'May Prajāpati place you; with that deity, like the Aṅgirases, sit firm', he places one hundred [clods] in the east; with 'I place you in the world of the intermediate space', one hundred in the north; with 'I place you in the world of the sky', one hundred in the west; with 'I place you in the world of the quarters', one hundred in the south; with 'I place you on the back of the firmament, in the summit of the sun', two hundred in the middle.

Having recited the Tayādevatā formula over them, he recites the Sūdadohas formula.

Then he places space-filling [clods]: with 'Fill the space, fill the hole', one thousand are completed with the space-filling [clods].

In the case of [piles of] two thousand and so on, he should place just this many again and again.

Even in the Kāṭhaka fire-piling, he should place one hundred and eighty-five.

It is known [from scripture]: 'Having piled the fire, one should sacrifice with the Sautrāmaṇī or with an āmikṣā offering to Mitra and Varuṇa'—such is the Brāhmaṇa passage of the Kāṭhaka fires.

Having recited the Tayādevatā formula over them, he recites the Sūdadohas formula.

Then he fans him: 'Auspicious be the wind, auspicious indeed to you the heat, auspicious to you be the plants;

may all the quarters be favorable to you'.

Then he touches him: 'Just this from me [leaves] here, no further affliction or pain whatsoever;

thus was it done by the two Aśvins, and by Mitra and Varuṇa'.

In the east he deposits a branch of the vāraṇa tree: 'May the varaṇa ward off this, the divine lord of the forest, from affliction, from ruin, and from hatred, the lord of the forest'.

In the north he deposits a perforated field-brick: 'A support you are; ward off hatreds from our sin'.

In the west he deposits a branch of the śamī tree: 'O śamī, appease hatreds from our sin'.

In the south he deposits barley grains: 'O barley, separate hatreds from our sin'.

Then he attends upon him: 'Go to the earth, go to the intermediate space, go to the sky, go to the quarters, go to heaven; go to heaven, go to the quarters, go to the sky, go to the intermediate space, go to the earth, or go to the waters if your welfare is there; stand firm in the plants with your bodily parts'.

Behind the pile, they make three furrows pointing southeast.

That has been explained previously.

Behind the furrows, having driven in two palāśa branches and tied them with a weak cord, they creep out underneath.

That has been explained previously.

Where there is water, there they go without looking back.

They bathe in the water with their clothes on, facing south, along with clay: 'May Dhātṛ purify, may Savitṛ purify'.

Having tossed out water three times while mentioning the name [of the deceased], having stepped out and having sipped water, he attends upon the Sun: 'Arising from out of darkness'.

Then they come to the house.

And whatever the women say on this occasion, they do that.

Here they perform a pacification; it becomes a substitute for the Sautrāmaṇī.

Here one should perform it with an āmikṣā offering.

The piling of clods is concluded; the piling of clods is concluded. || 3