History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s1.20

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He (the adhvaryu) invokes the fire with the mantra 'upāvaroha jātavedaḥ' (Tai. Br. II. 5. 8) the moment it is produced. Then the adhvaryu makes the sacrificer recite the *catur-hotṛ* (mantras)²²⁴⁸ and invokes the fire when kindled with the mantra 'ajannagniḥ'. When the fire is produced the yajamāna bestows on the adhvaryu the most desirable fee (i. e. a cow), which he accepts with a mantra. After the fire is produced, the yajamāna breathes over it with the formula 'prajāpatistvā' (Tai. S. IV. 2. 9. 1). The adhvaryu holds over the fire his folded hands turned downwards with a verse, makes it blaze forth by means of fuel-sticks with the words 'samrāḍasi' (Tai. S. IV. 3. 6. 2), holds it in his folded hands turned upwards, sits down on a seat and while the Rathantara and Yajñāyajñīya sāmans are being chanted, he establishes the gārhapatya fire on the *sambhāras* (the earthy and wooden materials scattered as above) by repeating certain mantras according as the sacrificer has a certain gotra²²⁴⁹ (or pravara) and the first vyāhṛti (i. e. bhūḥ) or the first two vyāhṛtis (bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ), the first two Sarparājñī formulæ and the first of the Gharmaśiras texts. The formula for establishing the gārhapatya according to the gotra is stated in note 2249. When establishing the gārhapatya on the sambhāras the adhvaryu further repeats certain mantras (given in Āp. Śr. V. 12. 2) and then the yajamāna invokes the fires with the mantra 'sugārhapatyo' (Tai. Br. I. 2. 1) a nd the adhvaryu makes the yajamāna repeat the Gharmaśiras formulæ. The adhvaryu strews darbhas round the gārhapatya (i. e. he does paristaraṇa).