History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.202

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The adhvaryu takes up the juhū and upabhṛt, the hotṛ takes the veda bunch and the āgnīdhra takes the pot of ājya (ājyasthālī) together with the sruva. Being about to perform the patnīsaṁyājas²⁴⁰⁶ the adhvaryu passes to the south of the gārhapatya fire (from its east side) and the other two priests (hotṛ and āgnīdhra) pass to its north. The adhvaryu places the two ladles on the sphya with 'I place you in the abode of Agni whose house is indestructible; may you who are happy place me in happiness for the sake of happiness; may you who are the foremost (or leaders) protect me when I am in front' (Tai. S. I. 1. 13. 2–3). They sit to the west of the gārhapatya and set about the offerings of Patnīsaṁyājas with the two ladles in the dhvāna tone. They three sit to the west of the gārhapatya with knees raised up, the adhvaryu being seated to the south, the āgnīdhra to the north and the hotṛ between the two. The hotṛ hands over the veda bunch to the adhvaryu who takes it with 'I have stood up following the immortals with long life &c.' (Tai. S. I. 2. 8. 1), stands up and sits down to the west of the gārhapatya. When the wife (of the sacrificer) holds the veda bunch and touches the adhvaryu with a blade of darbha, the adhvaryu takes into the juhū four ladlings of ājya with sruva (from the pot of ājya). Then the procedure for each of the four offerings resembles the prayāja offerings, viz.