History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.193

v3.c48.193

The āgnīdhra then addresses the adhvaryu 'talk with me'. The adhvaryu asks 'has (the prastara) been consigned to flames'? The āgnīdhra replies 'it has gone to the fire'. Then after āśrāvaṇa and pratyāśrāvaṇa the adhvaryu touching the middle enclosing stick (paridhi) issues a direction to the hotṛ 'Good speed to the divine hotṛs (here the paridhis) and bliss to human hotṛs. Recite for *śaṁ-yoḥ*'.²⁴⁰² Then the hotṛ recites the verse 'we long for that *śaṁ-yoḥ*, for (the) path to sacrifice and to the lord of sacrifice. May divine bliss be ours! May there be bliss for human beings. May the means (of bliss) ascend upwards! All health to the two-footed and the four-footed that are ours' (i. e. to men and cattle).²⁴⁰³ When the Śaṁyuvāka is repeated the yajamāna mutters 'may I attain stability by yajña, śaṁyoḥ (health and wealth) by the worship of Viṣṇu' (Tai. S. I. 6. 4. 3). The adhvaryu then throws into the fire the middle paridhi with 'O God Agni, that paridhi which you laid down ...... svāhā' (Tai. S. I. 1. 13. 2).