History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.53.2

v3.c48.53.2

He places (firmly touches with) his right foot on the left wheel (of the śakaṭa) with 'Viṣṇu traversed thee'. He mounts the cart with his left foot with 'thou art an unbent receptacle of *havis*, mayst thou be strong and not break (or bend)'. He makes an opening by removing the mats covering the śakaṭa and looks at the corn to be used for making the puroḍāśa and at the mats while repeating twice the mantra 'I look at thee with the eye of Mitra, do not be afraid, do not tremble, I shall not injure thee'. He touches the corn (to be used for puroḍāśa) with 'may you sustain strength', then touches his own heart with 'put milk in me' and touches water. Then he throws aside a blade of grass or clod of earth with 'warded off is the evil spirit', touches water and repeats the Daśahotṛ mantras.²³⁰³ He places the two pavitras in the winnowing basket (silently), takes one handful of the grain (from the cart) with 'may the five fingers give you for protection, and not to the enemy' (Maitrāyaṇīya S. I. 1. 5), puts (empties) the handful in the sruc (agnihotrahavanī) and puts in the winnowing basket (on which the two pavitras have been kept) four handfuls of grain by means of the agnihotra-havaṇī, three with the mantra (repeated thrice) 'at the command of god Savitṛ, with the arms of Aśvins, with the hand of Pūṣan I take out thee that art dear to Agni'²³⁰⁴ and the fourth silently. Jai. (IX. 1.