History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.114.4

v3.c48.114.4

I sprinkle thee that art good looking, that art dear to Agni and that securest wealth with the lustre of cattle (i. e. ghee) for Agni' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5) and drops butter silently on the northern puroḍāśa. If the second offering be sānnāyya (instead of a puroḍāśa) he drops clarified butter over the boiled milk with a mantra 'May that self of yours that has entered cattle...go to the gods and secure heaven for me who am a sacrificer' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5). He removes the puroḍāśa into the pātrī (vessel) from the potsherds without allowing it to break up into pieces and without making it roll about with 'this baked (puroḍāśa) that is moist and has broad prominences, that is the protector of the world, that is the generator of thoughts (or prayers) comes out for a bath' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5). He brushes away the ashes (sticking on the back of the puroḍāśa) with the veda bunch and lays it down in the puroḍāśapātrī on the butter that has already been sprinkled over it with 'Sit on that, be firmly placed in nectar, O offering, that art the essence of rice grains,²³⁵⁰ with a favourable mind' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5). He sprinkles clarified butter over it a second time and keeps it aside with 'mayst thou be strong.'