Kathakagrihyasutra 47.5

47.5

agnerāyurasītyādinā mantreṇa hiraṇyena mukhaṃ medhyaṃ pavitraṃ kṛtvā jalāvilanena hastena mukhaṃ spṛṣṭvā bālakasya mātuḥ snānānanumantrayate prakṣālya bālakasya pitā, tadasannidhau purohita ekaikayā ṛcā ekaikam, uttamayānyayā tūbhau| tadapekṣameva
bahuvacanaṃ stanānviti| madhu vāta iti dakṣiṇam, madhu naktamiti vāmam, madhumānna iti dvau| madhuśabdo jagatprajananasyāmṛtasya nityānandamayasya madhuvidyāprasiddhasya nāma mantratraye jñeyaḥ|
ṛto yajñaḥ| yajñamicchati yaḥ sa ṛtāyacchabdena kyajantena śatrantena cocyate, ṛtāyate yajñamicchate yajamānāya vāto madhu astu amṛtatvakārī bhavatu| sindhavo nadyo madhu jalaṃ kṣaranti kṣarantu| oṣadhīḥ oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāntāḥ mādhvīrmadhurarasasaṃyuktā bhavantu| madhunaktam, utaśabdo'pyarthe, naktaṃ sandhyā, sāpi uṣasā rātryā saha madhvastu naḥ| pārthivaṃ rajaḥ pārthivalokaḥ madhumānastu| dyaurantarikṣaṃ madhvastu naḥ pitā| vanaspatayo madhumantaḥ santu, sūryaścāsmākaṃ madhumānastu, gāvaścāsmākaṃ mādhvīrmādhvyo madhumatyaḥ santu |