History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.159

v3.c48.159

After the principal offerings comes the offering to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt.²³⁷⁹ He sprinkles a little ājya in the sruc, cuts off one portion from each of the several remnants of the havis from their northern halves in the order in which the several sacrificial ingredients are offered to the deities (twice in the case of pañcāvāttins), sprinkles over these cut portions clarified butter twice, but does not sprinkle ājya on the remnants of havis and offers them in a spot in the north-east of the fire but not so as to come in contact with the other āhutis already offered (viz. ājyabhāgas and puroḍāśa). In this also there is the direction to repeat anuvākyā, recital of anuvākyā, āśrāvaṇa, pratyāśrāvaṇa, direction for yājyā, the yājyā itself and vaṣaṭkāra. The anuvākyā for Sviṣṭakṛt offering is Ṛg. X. 2. 1 and the yājyā is long and is set out below.²³⁸⁰ The whole of it is to be recited without taking breath or he may take breath after reciting half of Ṛg. VI. 15. 14. The yajamāna says 'this is for Agni Sviṣṭakṛt and not mine. May I attain to stability and long life by the worship offered to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt. May Agni protect me from bad sacrifice (or a curse); may Savitṛ save me from him who speaks evil of me. May I vanquish him who, whether far or near, is my enemy!’ (Tai. S. 1. 6. 2. 4). Jai. VI. 4. 3 lays down that if after portions are cut for Sviṣṭakṛt as directed they are destroyed accidentally, there is no fresh cutting for Sviṣṭakṛt again.