History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.86.2

v3.c48.86.2

He moves aside with the sphya the dust together with the cut blade of darbha with 'struck aside is the demon Araru from the earth'. He removes the dust and the blade with the sphya outside the vedi towards the utkara²³³⁰ with 'go to the cowpen, the place of the cows.' While this is being done the sacrificer recites by way of invocation 'O gods! I cut off with the bolt of Indra the head of him who hates me &c.' (Tai. Br. III. 7. 6). The adhvaryu looks at the vedi with 'may Heaven rain on thee' and at the sacrificer with 'may rain shower on thee'. The āgnīdhra sits down with the palms of his hands turned upwards to the north of the vedi and outside it on a spot at the distance of two *padas* (footsteps) from the north side of the vedi with 'salutation to heaven and to the earth.' The adhvaryu spreads near the āgnīdhra the dust together with the cut blade of grass at the distance of one *prakrama* to the north of the vedi from a spot which is 32 aṅgulas (or ⅓ of the vedi) from the eastern side of the vedi²³³¹ with 'O God Savitṛ! bind with a hundred fetters in the most distant region him who hates us and him whom we hate; do not free them from the fetters'. The āgnīdhra covers with both his hands²³³² joined together the place of the utkara with 'the restless one is held down' and remains so.