History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.212

v3.c48.212

The adhvaryu sitting to the west of the dakṣiṇa fire places on it the chips cut from the idhma (idhma-pravraścana, vide above p. 1014) and offers two oblations called phalīkaraṇa and piṣṭalepa.²⁴¹² Having thrown into the ājya ladled into the juhū four times with the sruva the smallest grains (that were produced when rice grains were husked and pounded for making puroḍāśas), the adhvaryu offers them into the dakṣiṇa fire with ‘O fire, that hast unhurt life and not cool body, guard me against the sky (lightning)... make our food free from poison... svāhā’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 13. 3). When this homa is made the yajamāna rubs (wipes) his mouth with ‘svāhā to thee, that art Sarasvatī Yaśobhaginī’ (who loves laudation) and makes the tyāga with ‘this is for Agni who has long life and not cool body’ and wipes his face with ‘svāhā to thee, that art Sarasvatī Veśabhaginī’²⁴¹³ (who loves residing together, Āp. III. 10. 2). The adhvaryu takes again four ladlings of ājya with the sruva into the juhū and pours therein the remnants of ground grains which still stick to the several utensils and offers them into the dakṣiṇa fire with ‘whatever stuck to the mortar, pestle and the winnowing basket...! Svāhā’ (Tai. Br. III. 7. 6 and Āp. III. 10. 1). The yajamāna says ‘this is for the All-Gods’.