History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.138.4

v3.c51.138.4

1-3 (the hymn beginning with 'āpo hi ṣṭhā'), which is part of this śastra he touches water separately at each verse, the other priests touch him, they all remove the covering from their heads,²⁶²⁶ the hotṛ utters the āhāva, the adhvaryu utters the pratigara after splashing water. There are āhāvas when the four verses of Ṛg. VI. 47. 1-4 are being recited in the Āgnimāruta śastra. According to Sat. IX. 4. p. 932 the āhāva at the beginning of the first verse has a response which is 'mada modaiva modā modaiva (or-daivom).²⁶²⁷