Manavashrautasutra 11.2

Now, therefore, we shall explain the ritual rule for one born under [the asterism] Mūla.

In the first quarter of Mūla, it is unfavorable for the father; in the second, for the mother; in the third, for wealth; in the fourth, it brings sorrow to the family, or he becomes an enjoyer of merit himself.

There he should set up a water jar, having muttered into it the Rudra hymns, the Apratiratha hymn, and the demon-destroying hymn.

There is a second water jar, provided with four spouts; in it he should place roots prepared in a bamboo vessel.

I shall declare their principal roots: first, kāśmarya, sahadevī, aparājitā, adhaḥpuṣpī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, balā, pāṭalā, mayūraśikhā, madhupuṣpikā, cakrāṅkitā, kākajaṅghā, kumārī; second, vaijayantī, apāmārga, bhṛṅgarāja, lakṣmaṇā, jātī, vyāghra, pattraka, cakramarda, kapileśvarā, aśvattha, saha, palāśa, udumbara, plakṣa, śamī, arka, rohitaka, bilva. Having filled [the jar] root by root with these and others of such kind, he should also place in the middle a golden root together with the seven grains.

I shall declare their forbidden roots: tilvaka, dhava, nimba, śālmalī, rājavṛkṣa, śleṣmātaka, excluding all thorny plants.

There he should perform the sprinkling: for the father, the infant, the mother, and the brother-in-law, who are seated on a wicker seat, he sprinkles with the residue [of the water] from the head down over the face.

With "My head is fortune, fame…", he touches the limbs according to their characteristic marks.

After they have bathed, having cooked a boiled pot-offering dedicated to Nirṛti in milk, having wiped the kāśmarya enclosing sticks, the fuel, the ladles, and the dipping spoon, having offered the two libations of clarified butter and the two clarified butter portions, having offered four portions of the boiled pot-offering with "The one who presses not, who sacrifices not…", he should offer fifteen clarified butter oblations with "With what splendor, of the same age…"; with "Not our children…" and "Whatever body of thine is auspicious, O Rudra…", five.

Having offered to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt with the two verses, "O Agni, protect…" and "The web with lead…", when it is concluded, he should give to the teacher a black cow, a black and blue [cloth], the golden root, and the seven grains; to the brahman priest, a black ox; [and] according to his means, he should give gold to the brāhmaṇas.

He should feed the brāhmaṇas with kṛsara, rice-milk pudding, and food mixed with clarified butter.

All is splendid, secure, healthy, accompanied by the fulfillment of all wishes and by the fulfillment of all auspiciousness.

Thus the rule for the divinity Nirṛti and for the conjunction of poisons was taught by Manu: "In the pacifying eye it is favorable, propitious, bringing increase of wealth and grain, protecting the entire family, removing fear and grief, and bringing good fortune in strength and luck."