History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.101.2

v3.c51.101.2

They (adhvaryu and pratiprasthātṛ) cover the cups with two pieces of wood (chiselled off when the yūpa was made) that are sprinkled with holy water, wipe the cups from their mouths downwards with two pieces (of the yūpa, but not sprinkled) saying 'wiped off is Śaṇḍa' (adhvaryu says) and 'wiped off is Marka' (says pratiprasthātṛ). They place the cups on the south and north corners of the western side of the uttaravedi, go to the south and north of the yūpa, throw away the unsprinkled chips (referring to the repulse of Śaṇḍa and Marka)²⁵⁹⁷ outside the vedi and the sprinkled ones are placed into the āhavanīya and standing on both sides of the yūpa they two offer the cups with their faces to the west and the camasādhvaryus (who are nine here and ten in other cases, vide com. on Kāt. IX. 11. 2) do the same with faces to the east and silently. All these offerings are made to Indra (com. on Kāt. IX. 11. 2). The pratiprasthātṛ pours what remains in the manthin cup into the śukra cup and the adhvaryu pours the mixture of the soma juice remnants of the two cups into the hotṛ-camasa. The adhvaryu directs attendants to refill the cups of the maitrāvaruṇa, brāhmaṇāc-chaṁsin, potṛ, neṣṭṛ and āgnīdhra with soma from the droṇakalaśa and the contents are offered into fire respectively for Mitra and Varuṇa, Indra, Maruts, Tvaṣṭṛ, Agni.