History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.231

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But if it is the sānnāyya, he takes in the boiled milk with 'May this *havis*, a giver of progeny, be for my welfare &c.' (Tai. Br. II. 6. 3) and curds with 'dadhikrāvṇo' (Ṛg. IV. 39. 6). Āp. IV. 14. 2 notes that a yajamāna who is not a brāhmaṇa should not eat sānnāyya. The adhvaryu strews the vedi with the darbhas spread on the seat of the hotṛ with 'strew over the vedi &c.' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 5). He carries the praṇītā waters from the eastern side with 'to you for prosperity' and pours them down inside the vedi with 'may he who joined you together separate you'. The adhvaryu pours on those praṇītā waters a continuous stream of water for the yajamāna who holds it in his joined hands and mutters 'thou art true, be true to me ...... do not perish for me' (sadasi ...... kṣeṣṭhāḥ' Tai. S. I. 6. 5. 1), throws up water in different directions with 'may gods and priests cleanse with water in the east &c.' (Āśv. I. 11. 6-7), pours the rest inside the vedi with 'I discharge you to the ocean, that is your origin' (Āp. IV. 14. 4) and wipes his face with his wet right hand with 'O Sarasvatī ! that honey which you have in waters &c.' (Tai. Br. II. 5. 8 quoted in Āp. IV. 14. 4).