History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.224

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The adhvaryu comes back by the way he went, repeats 'may the dhruvā be strengthened &c.' (Tai. S. I. 6. 5. 1) and offers two āhutis of ājya to Sarasvatī with the juhū into the āhavanīya with 'to thee, who are Sarasvatī, called Yaśobhaginī, svāhā' and with 'to thee Sarasvatī called Veśabhaginī, svāhā.' The yajamāna makes the tyāga in similar words. The adhvaryu again takes ājya in the juhū and offers an āhuti to Indra with 'Indropānasya kehamanaso veśān kuru sumanasaḥ sajātān' (Sat. II. 5. p. 230, Āp. III. 10. 2)²⁴²⁰ and the yajamāna says 'this is for Indra &c.' The adhvaryu offers an oblation of ājya with sruva on the pūrṇamāsa iṣṭi with 'we offer worship to pūrṇamāsa the foremost &c. svāhā' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5 quoted by Sat. II. 5 p. 230) and a similar oblation on darśeṣṭi with 'Amāvāsyā is fortunate and full of happiness &c. svāhā.' The yajamāna makes tyāga. These are called pārvaṇahoma and according to some they are optionally performed before the offering to Sviṣṭakṛt. Jaimini (IX. 2. 51–56) establishes that these two homas are not performed in other iṣṭis that are the modifications (vikṛti) of darśapūrṇamāsa and in IX. 2. 57–58 establishes that both are not performed on pūrṇamāseṣṭi and darśeṣṭi, but the first homa (in which there is an oblation to pūrṇamāsa) is alone performed on pūrṇamāseṣṭi and the other on darśeṣṭi. The adhvaryu takes ājya six times with the mantra 'āpyāyatām dhruvā &c.' (Tai. S. I. 6. 5. 1) and offers six homas called Nāriṣṭha homas with six mantras²⁴²¹ (with svāhā at the end of each) and the yajamāna repeats the tyāga six times 'to Nāriṣṭhas Agni and Vāyu,' 'to Nāriṣṭhas Indra and Vāyu (twice),' 'to Nāriṣṭhas Soma and Maruts,' 'to Nāriṣṭha Brahman,' 'to Nāriṣṭha Paramātman.'