History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.162.2

v3.c48.162.2

The adhvaryu sprinkles clarified butter on the vessel called prāśitraharaṇa (that in which prāśitra is carried), keeps the prāśitra in it and sprinkles ājya over it (does abhighāraṇa), takes it to the east of the āhavanīya by the space between the brahmā and yajamāna on one hand and the āhavanīya on the other and then lays it down to the west of the āhavanīya (to the west of the praṇītā waters, according to Baud. I. 17). The adhvaryu then sprinkles ājya in the iḍāpātra, he cuts off the first portion of iḍā from the southern half of the puroḍāśa meant for Agni with 'from the southern half I cut off (iḍā) seen by Manu, from whose foot ghee oozes, that is moved by Mitra and Varuṇa, that has a face in one direction only (in the south), without mixing it with others' ²³⁸² (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5). From the eastern half of the same puroḍāśa he cuts off a thin but long slice which is the portion of the yajamāna (according to Baud. I. 18 it is three or four aṅgulas long) and which is anointed (or smeared) with ājya and placed near the dhruvā (or to the east of the dhruvā) in some vessel on the barhis. Then he cuts off a part from the portion of the cake that is between its southern and eastern parts. In the same way (i. e. repeating the verse 'seen by Manu' &c.) he cuts off a portion as iḍā from the northern puroḍāśa and other things offered (such as the boiled milk and curds). He then sprinkles ājya over the cut portions and removes them towards the east on the vedi.