History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s1.2.6

v3.c49.s1.2.6

She either declares the names of her lovers or lifts up (if she feels shame in the declaration) as many blades from the bunch of darbhas lying on the ground as the number of lovers she has had. If she names any, he (the pratiprasthātṛ) declares that Varuṇa will seize him or them. If she conceals the truth, the result would be that her dear relatives would suffer. If she has none she says so. In that case or when she has declared or intimated her lover or lovers, the pratiprasthātṛ makes her repeat the verse 'praghāsino havāmahe' (Vāj. III. 44). The pots are placed in a śūrpa made of iṣīkā (reed) in which a little ājya is sprinkled, then there is further sprinkling of ājya thereon twice (abhighāraṇa), the śūrpa is placed on the head of the wife who is led by the pratiprasthātṛ between the fires and the seats of the brahmā priest and the sacrificer to the east of both āhavanīyas and then to the northern vedi; and she standing to the east of the dakṣiṇa fire with her face to the west takes down from her head the śūrpa into her right hand and offers the contents (using the śūrpa²⁴⁶⁰ as a juhū ladle) into the dakṣiṇa fire with 'mo ṣu ṇa indrātra' (Ṛg. I. 173. 12, Vāj. S. III. 46 or Tai. S. I. 8. 3. 1) muttered by the sacrificer and with the verse 'yad grāme' (Vāj. S. III. 45, Tai. S. I. 8. 3. 1) uttered by the wife as offering prayer (yājyā). Āp. (VIII. 6.