History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.101.4

v3.c51.101.4

3-4 'we drank soma and have become immortal &c.' Vide Āśv. V. 8. 26. All the camasas are then strengthened or replenished (āpyāyana) by the priests by repeating two mantras 'āpyāyasva' &c. (Ṛg. I. 91. 16 and 18 = Vāj. S. XII. 112-113, Tai. S. III. 2. 5. 3) and by filling them with soma from the pūtabhṛt trough and then they are placed under the southern havirdhāna cart to the west of the axle and are thence-forward called Nārāśaṁsa till the taking up of the Vaiśvadeva cup (Āp. XII. 25. 24-27, Kāt. IX. 15. 5-8). The adhvaryu takes a small portion of the puroḍāśa and while giving it to the acchāvāka priest who sits outside the sadas in front of the seat (dhiṣṇya) prepared for him says 'O acchāvāka, say whatever you have to say.' The acchāvāka holding the portion on a level with his mouth recites the three verses, Ṛg. V. 25. 1-3 (acchā vo agnimavase &c.). He combines the 'om' uttered at the end of the third verse with a long prose formula²⁵⁹⁹ (nigada) which ends with 'O brāhmaṇa! call us who are brāhmaṇas'. The adhvaryu on hearing this requests the hotṛ to summon the acchāvāka (to the soma drink). When the hotṛ calls him, the acchāvāka recites Ṛg. VI. 42 and a camasa is filled for him first with soma from the droṇakalaśa, then from the pūtabhṛt trough and again from the droṇakalaśa. After the acchāvāka recites Ṛg. VIII. 38.