History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.177

v3.c48.177

Plenty of rice is cooked on the dakṣiṇa fire. This is called *anvāhārya*. The adhvaryu sprinkles ājya over²³⁹⁰ it (i. e. performs abhighāraṇa) and takes it from the dakṣiṇa fire to the north of it. He issues a direction to the yajamāna 'offer (the boiled rice) to the priests that sit to the south' and when the sacrificer says 'come to the south' the priests do as requested (i. e. come to the south). The yajamāna issues a direction to the four priests 'this boiled rice is yours, take it according to your shares'. The rice is divided into four parts and the priests accept their respective portions with 'I accept thee at the impulse of God Savitṛ ......... with the hands of Pūṣan; may king Varuṇa take you. Who gave to whom? Desire (Kāma) has given to Kāma ...... O Kāma, this is thy fee. May Āṅgirasa with upturned palm accept it' (the whole formula occurs in Āp. XIV. 11. 2).²³⁹¹ The priests come back to the north (and then brahmā comes to his usual seat). The adhvaryu keeps aside the remnants of the several offerings (such as the agnīṣomīya cake or sānnāyya) and of the boiled rice outside the vedi to its north.