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Atharvavedaparishishta 45.2

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45.2.1

Some say the Agnihotra is offered in all [three fires].

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From the cooking pot with the dipping-spoon:

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'Here may the lord of nourishment bestow nourishment; here may Prajāpati generate offspring. To Agni, master of the house, wealthy, lord of cattle, lord of nourishment, svāhā!'—in the Gārhapatya [fire].

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Having offered into the Dakṣiṇāgni [fire] with: 'To Agni the food-eater, lord of food, svāhā!'

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The pot of boiled rice-offering belonging to Prajāpati [is offered] with the mind alone in both cases.

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Having placed the offering ladle and dipping spoon upon the sacrificial grass, sitting down to the north of the fire, he eats.

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Sipping water with 'I gratify the vital breaths,' a second time with 'I gratify the embryos,' [and] finally all of it with 'I gratify all the gods.'

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With the ladle unwashed, he pours out water, saying: 'I gratify the serpents and other beings.'

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Having washed it with sacrificial grass, [he pours water] a second time, saying: 'I gratify the serpents and holy folk.'

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Saying 'I gratify the gandharvas and apsarases,' a third [pouring of] water [is made] behind the āhavanīya fire.

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Saying 'I gratify the seven seers,' he heats the offering ladle and dipping spoon at the fire.

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Saying 'I lead the southern ones,' he wipes down the handle of the ladle at night.

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In the morning, he wipes it upward.

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Thus has been stated the laying on of firewood.

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The adoration of the fire [is performed with]: 'Night after night, bringing before departure...'

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At the proper time, each evening, [he adores the fire with] the two verses: 'The master of the house' and 'This fire of ours.'

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Behind the gārhapatya fire, the cooking vessel for the Agnihotra milk-food is prescribed.

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Touching it with 'O sacrifice, I know your back,' he consecrates it with the mantra.

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When the cooking pot leaks, pouring [the contents] into another, stronger one for the mashing rituals, he consecrates it with [the verse]: 'Sutā deveṣu...'

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Thus in all cooking pots, or in the Soma vessel and the mahāvīra pot.

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Now, whose Agnihotra cow or other [requisite] should perish, there one should offer according to the appropriate deity, [or] if one does not occur to mind, with the sacred utterances.

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(Pariśiṣṭa 46. The Supreme Chapter)

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