History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.49.7

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They offer three saṁiṣṭayajus,²⁵²⁶ throw the barhis into fire, approach a pond (or reservoir of water) taking with them the spit (śūla) on which the heart was roasted. Āp. VII. 27. 15 says that they carry²⁵²⁷ the śūla in such a way as not to touch it. The adhvaryu enters in the midst of the water and conceals the spit into the bottom underneath with its tip downwards with the mantra 'thou art sorrow; give him sorrow who hateth us and whom we hate' (Tai. S. I. 3. 11. 1-2 and also with Vāj. S. VI. 22 according to Kāt. VI. 10. 3), at the same time thinking of his enemy (without taking his name). If he does not enter water, then he may pour some water to the east of the yūpa and should conceal the spit at the place where the dry space and wet space meet. Āśv. (III. 6. 25-26) prescribes that all the priests, the sacrificer and the wife do not touch the śūla after it is thrust into the earth, do not look at it, and return, each taking one after another three fuel-sticks with a mantra for each and put them on fire with a mantra for each stick one after another, after doing homage to the āhavanīya with Ṛg. I. 23. 23. Then they all perform mārjana near the concealed śūla or the cātvāla with 'sumitriyā na āpa oṣadhayaḥ' (Tai. S. I. 4. 45. 2) or according to Kāt. VI. 10. 5 they touch water with 'dhāmno ...... sumitriyā na āpaḥ' (Vāj. S. VI. 22). Then they pray Varuṇa to free them from sin in the words 'dhāmno dhāmno rājan' (Tai. S. I. 3. 11. 2), and 'ud-uttamam' (Tai. S. I. 5. 11. 3).