History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.129.4

v3.c48.129.4

Then inserting the juhū by the point where the southern paridhi joins the middle one (i. e. from the south-west) he, while standing, pours from it towards the north-east (as in the first) a continuous stream of ājya with ‘having well begun, the sacrifice of the sacrificer, which is to rise (i. e. to bring prosperity), which is uninjured and which is offered to Indra, touches heaven; svāhā’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 12) and makes the ghee come in contact with all the fuel-sticks (idhma) thrown into the fire. The yajamāna says ‘this is for Indra.’ The adhvaryu, after making this offering (the 2nd āghāra), lets out his breath which he had held up at the time of making the offering. After pouring ājya over the fire he raises up the juhū over the āhavanīya with ‘(fire) is kindled pre-eminently.’ He crosses over to the north separating the juhū and upabhṛt with ‘save me, O fire, from evil (or sin) and establish me in good deeds’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 12). With the ājya in the juhū he smears the dhruvā thrice, once with ‘ghee is anointed by fire, sacrificial offering is anointed by sacrificial offering, the aerial regions are anointed by fire-flame’ and twice silently. He takes ājya from the dhruvā ladle with the sruva and sprinkles it over²³⁶³ the (ājya in the) juhū with ‘suvīrāya svāhā’ and sprinkles ājya from the juhū over that in the dhruvā with ‘sacrifice is spread continuously by sacrifice’.