Varahashrautasutra 3.2.2

ye yajāmahe - aśvinādhvaryū ādhvaryavāt - ṛtunā somaṃ pibatamaśvinā pibataṃ nūnaṃ dīdyagnī śucivantā ṛtunā yajñavāhasā - iti samūḍheṣu

avyūḍhe salilaṃ gātṛṣṇuyaṃ dvitīyaṃ kurvīta

māhendrasya kāle prasadasi vatsagavām̐ sām̐vāśinaṃ kurvīta

sūryasya ca tvauṣadhīnāṃ tvetyatigrāhyaṃ hutvā sūrya bhrājaskareti bhakṣayati

tṛtīya savane vālakhilyānmaitrāvaruṇo viharati--vṛṣākapiṃ brāhmaṇācham̐sī śam̐setyevayāmarutamacchāvākaḥ śikye pratigaraḥ

samāpte'hani vācam̐ yacchatyā
rasaprāśanāt

dīkṣitāḥ prāśnanti madhu

ahīne dīkṣitaḥ

sam̐sthite pṛṣṭhyaṣaḍahe chandomānupayanti

trīṇyukthyāni

bṛhatpṛṣṭhāvabhito madhye rathantarapṛṣṭhaḥ

rathantarapṛṣṭhaścaturthaḥ

avivākyaṃ nāma smaranti

pranyatiśilpe brahmā gṛhapatirupadraṣṭā vā citratayā tu yā vāhirakṣaram̐ vyañjanaistāni hotā parokṣamanuṣṭubham̐ saṃpādayet

samāpte'hanyāhavanīyamupatiṣṭhante-ayam̐ sahasramanave dṛśaḥ kavīnāṃ matirjyotirvidharma
bradhnaḥ samīcīruṣasaḥ samairayat - arepasaḥ sacetasaḥ svasare manyumantāścitā gaurgauḥ - iti

nidhanamupayanti

In the cart-shed he draws the mental cup: "With the vessel of the earth, I draw the ocean, the sap; thou art drawn with a support; for Prajāpati I take thee, [the cup] well-pleasing!"

It has its chant and recitation.

He should perform the placing and consuming mentally.

Having concluded the concluding verse, he sits down facing the hotṛ.

The hotṛ addresses: "Adhvaryu, let the two of us speak the sacred word!" "Louder, hotṛ!" says the adhvaryu.

Thought is the offering ladle, O adhvaryu; the hotṛ is the thinking mind; the clarified butter is the adhvaryu. He addresses: "Hotṛ, let the two of us speak the sacred word!" [The hotṛ] stands [saying] higher, "So be it, O adhvaryu!"

"Om, call to attention!" has four syllables; "May it be heard!" has four syllables; "Sacrifice!" has two syllables; "We who sacrifice..." has five syllables; the vaṣaṭ-call has two syllables: this verily, O hotṛ, is the seventeenfold Prajāpati.

In whatever manner, O hotṛ, for those in whose sacrifice the seventeenfold Prajāpati is held connected,

whether he departs from the invitatory verse or departs from the offering verse, if he only does not depart from this, his sacrifice does not falter; he is established through the sacrifice in Prajāpati.

"We have succeeded, O hotṛ!" [he says].

By this rule he explains the Caturhotṛ formulas.

When it is said, "O lord of the house, sacrifice!" with "Harness today the chariot that comes hither, carrying men, worthy of sacrifice; here is the unyoking for the two of you; mix the oblations with honey, for you have come; then drink the soma, O possessors of richness!", the lord of the house sacrifices with: "We who sacrifice... Agni, the lord of the house from the gārhapatya... May this sacrificer pressing [soma] be a good lord of the house through thee, O Agni; mayest thou be a good lord of the house through this sacrificer pressing [soma]... May Agni the lord of the house drink soma from the gārhapatya along with the Season, sequentially along with the Season in the gārhapatya... For this is the bull... Sacrifice to him who acts for the gods!" When [the hearths] are arranged together, he sings on the unarranged.

If he hurries [...] their sacrifice does not falter; he is established through the sacrifice in Prajāpati.

"We have attained [the goal], O hotṛ"—this ends [the formula]; the response is loudly: "Om, adhvaryu! Yea, adhvaryu!"

Having performed the ritual with the cup, they consume the remnant of the cup as drunk by Prajāpati.

The consumption formula belongs to the third pressing.

The mutual gazing that occurs is the invitation.

With "Embrace Varuṇa!" they touch the audumbarī post.

Having touched [it] with "May speech come! May speech approach! May speech assemble! May speech approach me! Bhūr bhuvaḥ svar!", they restrain their speech until the sun is above the trees or until the appearance of the stars.

Having released speech, they attend upon the āgnīdhra fire with: "You two, O Indra and Parvata, fighting in the forefront, strike down whoever battles against us; strike him down with the thunderbolt! Let the impenetrable thicket hide him if he flees far away; O hero, let the cleaver cleave through our enemies on every side!" On the following day is the closing atirātra.

It is explained by the introductory [atirātra].

The hotṛ performs the duties.

If it is unshifted: the introductory day, the concluding day, and the tenth day have the Aindravāyava cup first; among the other nine [days], the first day has the Aindravāyava cup first, then having the Śukra cup first, then having the Āgrāyaṇa cup first—repeating this three times.

Of the shifted [sacrifice], the introductory and concluding [days] have the Aindravāyava cup first; among the other ten [days], the first day has the Aindravāyava cup first; then two days having the Āgrāyaṇa cup first, then having the Aindravāyava cup first, then two days having the Śukra cup first, then the Āgrāyaṇa cup first, then two days having the Aindravāyava cup first.

In this pṛṣṭhya six-day period of the shifted [sacrifice]:

The jagatī verses of the Sāmaveda chanters belong to the morning pressing, the gāyatrī verses to the midday pressing, the triṣṭubh verses to the third pressing; with the non-shifting of the metres, the anuṣṭubh verses belong to the morning pressing, the jagatī verses to the midday pressing, and the gāyatrī verses to the third pressing.

The addressing of the pavamāna and the consuming are according to the metre.

The eleven [victims] begin with the black-headed [goat] dedicated to Agni.

They immolate them day by day, distributed [one by one].

The concluding day has a goat dedicated to Agni.

Having sacrificed with the concluding offerings, they should sacrifice with jyotiṣṭoma atirātras that pacify the pṛṣṭha stotras.

In the disruption of the pṛṣṭhas, having sacrificed with separate concluding offerings, they should sacrifice with a jyotiṣṭoma.

By the twelve-day sacrifice, sacrificial sessions and multi-day sacrifices are explained.

Thus ends the second section in the second chapter on the twelve-day sacrifice.