Kaushitakagrihyasutra 4.4: atha caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

On the full moon day of Mārgaśīrṣa, he should perform the Pratyavarohaṇa (redescent).

Under the constellation Rohiṇī or the Proṣṭhapadās, in the morning, [he gathers leaves and twigs] of śamī, palāśa, madhūka, apāmārga, śirīṣa, udumbara, young shoots of kuśa grass, and badarī;

taking a handful of them,

and a clod from a furrow,

having placed [them] in a water-vessel, dipping [them] into it repeatedly,

With the hymn, "May our sin shine away from us", he sprinkles clockwise three times, in order to drive away evil from the refugees.

Having placed [it] to the north,

a honey-mixture is the sacrificial fee.

With clarified butter [he offers]: "May summer, winter, and spring, autumn, rainy season be fortunate for us; may we be in the shelter and safety of these cattle, of the seasons of a hundred autumns, svāhā! Drive away the white-footed one, before and behind, and these seven daughters of Varuṇa, all together with the relatives of the king, svāhā! To Śveta Vaidarbha, svāhā! To Vidarbha, svāhā! To Takṣaka Vaiśāleya, svāhā! To Viśāla, svāhā!"

He attends upon the fire with: "May fair winter, fair spring, fair summer adorn [us]; may the rains be good rains to us; may the autumns be auspicious to us!" Having addressed the earth with: "Be pleasant, O earth", wiped [the place] with a śamī branch with: "May the steeds be auspicious to us", sprinkled [it] with: "A wave from the ocean", and spread out the grass-mat, they lie down with their eldest's right sides [to the ground]:

"I establish myself in the Brahman, in the sacrifice", [lying] on the right [sides];

"I establish myself in cattle, in food", [lying] on the left [sides];

"I establish myself in horses, in royal power", [lying] on the right [sides];

"I establish myself in waters, in immortality", [lying] on the left [sides];

"I establish myself in offspring, in prosperity", [lying] on the right [sides].

They sleep that night on the grass-mat.

Having raised [them] up with: "Arise, the living!", and having attended upon the sun with: "Reverence to Mitra's...", from then on [they proceed] according to their pleasure.

He should mount the bed with: "The well-protecting..."

On the full moon of Caitra, having made [figures] from jujube leaves and flour of couples as they are available, there is a mound-shaped [dough-offering] sacred to Indra and Agni, and little balls sacred to Rudra.

The lunar mansions and their turns depend on the world; the lunar mansions and their turns depend on the world.

Thus ends the fourth chapter in the Kauṣītaka Gṛhyasūtra.