History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.229

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The adhvaryu repeats the mantra 'āpyāyatām &c.' (Tai. S. I. 6. 5. 1), increases the dhruvā (with ājya), stands erect inside the vedi and offers with the dhruvā three homas called Saṁiṣṭayajus²⁴²³ in the āhavanīya with 'ye path-finding gods! after finding the path, return by it. O Lord of the mind! place this our sacrifice among the gods, in speech, in the wind' (Tai. S. I. 1. 13. 3). When the word svāhā is repeated the second time he throws the barhis into the fire. The yajamāna says 'this is for the path-finding gods, for Yajña—for Paramātman' and utters the invocation 'agne adabdhāyo' (Tai. S. I. 1. 13. 3,) and after the barhis is thrown the verse 'divaḥ khilo' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 6). The yajamāna then eats his own share of the sacrificial food with 'let the lord of sacrifice be united with prayer &c.' (Tai. S. I. 3. 8. 1).