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Paraskaragrihyasutra 3.8.11

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 3.8.11

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Sanskrit

3.8.11

lohitaṃ pālāśeṣu kūrceṣu rudrāyasenābhyo baliṃ harati yāste rudra purastātsenāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste namo yāste rudra dakṣiṇataḥ senāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste namo yāste rudra paścātsenāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste namo yāste rudrottarataḥ senāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste namo yāste rudropariṣṭātsenāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste namo yāste rudrādhastātsenāstābhya eṣa balistābhyaste nama iti \11\

The blood he offers in leaves, on (grass-) bunches, as a Bali to Rudra and to his hosts, with (the Mantras),
'The hosts, Rudra, which thou hast to the east, to them this Bali (is given). To them and to thee be adoration!
'The hosts, Rudra, which thou hast to the south... to the west... to the north... upwards... downwards, to them this Bali (is given). To them and to thee be adoration!'

Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

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