History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.239

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Lastly the yajamāna offers final prayers by repeating Ṛg. I. 189. 1, VII. 4. 1, VII. 10. 3, I. 189. 3, I. 189. 2, III. 6. 1 and winds up with 'salutation to thee once, twice, thrice, four times, five times, ten times, a hundred times. May there be salutation to thee up to a thousand times. Do not injure, may we be free from debts in this world, in the next world, in the third world; may we, free from debts, dwell in all the paths, those that are Devayāna (lead to the gods) and those that lead to the pitṛs.' According to Tai. S. II. 5. 3. 1 and Āp. III. 15. 1-5 there is an additional puroḍāśa offered to Indra Vaimṛdha. Jai. (IV. 3. 32-35) declares that this puroḍāśa is offered only on the Full Moon day sacrifice and not in the New Moon sacrifice. Vide Jai. X. 8. 17-19 for seventeen sāmidhenī verses in the Vaimṛdha iṣṭi.