History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.207

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The yajamāna makes a *tyāga* (of the offering) with 'this for Soma' (or for Tvaṣṭṛ and so on) and adds a separate formula in each case invoking separate blessings of vigour, cattle, progeny and stability (vide Āp. IV. 13. 1 and Tai. S. I. 6. 4. 3–4). The adhvaryu offers in the gārhapatya with the sruva an oblation of ājya with²⁴⁰⁹ 'may the wife unite with her husband... svāhā' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5 quoted on p. 556 n. 1291). The sacrificer's wife touches the adhvaryu (with a blade of darbha) when he makes the last offering. The yajamāna makes the tyāga 'this is for the undecaying Great Soul, the light in Heaven.'