Manavashrautasutra 7.2.2

Day after day, the pṛṣṭhya six-day period is performed.

Its [first day] is an agniṣṭoma having the trivṛt stoma, performed on the same day, with the Rathaṃtara as its sāman.

[The procedure] up to the bahiṣpavamāna hymn is established.

On the opening and concluding [days] they chant outside; on the other [days], in the sadas.

With the sound of a chariot, with two blades of darbha grass, he brings near the stotra for the Mahendra [cup].

Everywhere at the pṛṣṭhya-śilpa rites, two blades of darbha grass [are used].

He drives a chariot outside the vedi.

Day after day occur the yoking and unyoking [of the fires], the holding on, the mounting, the two apsumatī verses, the continuous performance of the day rites, the vasatīvarī waters, the sacrificial fuel and grass, and the milking of the milks.

From here on, he announces to the āgnīdhra the pressing of tomorrow.

The [second day] is an ukthya having the fifteenfold stoma, with the Bṛhat as its sāman.

He brings near the stotra with the sound of a drum, if it does not thunder.

The [third day] is an ukthya having the seventeenfold stoma, with the Vairūpa as its sāman.

He brings near the stotra with fanning.

The rule for the atigrāhya cups is as in the Vājapeya.

The [fourth day] is a ṣoḍaśin having the twenty-onefold stoma, with the Vairāja as its sāman.

He draws the atigrāhya cup for Agni with: “O Agni, you purify life-breaths…”. He offers it with: “And with the brilliance of Agni and of the brahman I offer you.” With: “O Agni, life-maker…”, the two partake of it.

He brings near the stotra with the two fire-churning sticks.

Having spread avakā plants, he churns fire on the udgātṛ’s thigh.

The adhvaryu, having offered it into the āhavanīya fire with: “Be of one mind for us…”, makes an additional offering with the Virāj verse: “Kindled, O Agni…”

The [fifth day] is an ukthya having the thrice-ninefold stoma, with the Śākvara as its sāman.

He draws the atigrāhya cup for Indra with: “His vigor shone brightly…”. He offers it with: “And with the vigor of Indra and of the kṣatra I offer you.” With: “O Indra, vigor-maker…”, the two partake of it.

He brings near the stotra with water containing avakā plants.

While they make the waters splash, they chant the stotra.

When it is completed, they pour [the waters] out at the mārjālīya hearth.

The [sixth day] is an ukthya having the thirty-threefold stoma, with the Raivata as its sāman.

He draws the atigrāhya cup for Sūrya with: “His beacons have become visible…”. He offers it with: “And with the radiance of Sūrya and of the herbs I offer you.” With: “O Sūrya, radiance-maker…”, the two partake of it.

The sixth day has its own season-formula.

He joins the offering verse to the ritual call:

“We who sacrifice… / O two Aśvins, adhvaryus, from the adhvaryu’s office, / drink the soma in due season!”

“O Aśvins, drink the sweet [draft], / you whose fires shine, whose vows are pure, / who convey the sacrifice in due season!”

thus in the samūḍha arrangement.

“Yoke today the chariot directed toward us, which is to be driven, conveying men; / here is your unyoking.

Mix the oblations with honey, for you have arrived; / then drink the soma, O rich in horses!”

thus in the vyūḍha arrangement.

[The formula beginning:] “Agni, lord of the house, from the gārhapatya fire…” is used in the samūḍha arrangement.

In the vyūḍha arrangement, another triṣṭubh verse is handed down.

He brings near the stotra with the lowing of cows.

At the third pressing, the ritual craft is the response in the ukthya rites.

The maitrāvaruṇa arranges the Vālakhilya hymns separately.

The brāhmaṇācchaṃsin recites the Vṛṣākapi hymn; the acchāvāka recites the Evayāmarut hymn.

When the six-day period is completed, they eat honey or clarified butter.

The chandoma days are performed as ukthyas: the twenty-fourfold, forty-fourfold, and forty-eightfold.