History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.153.1

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The prayājas and anuyājas are offered as in darśapūrṇamāsa (except to God Barhis). Jai. (XI. 2. 30-34) lays down that not, only is the principal offering of puroḍāśa offered into water but also all subordinate ones like āghāras. A portion of the puroḍāśa for Varuṇa is offered therein. The rest of the puroḍāśa is offered to Agni and Varuṇa, which becomes the Sviṣṭakṛt offering in this case (Kāt. X. 8. 27, Sat. IX. 5 p. 944). The unnetṛ at the direction of the adhvaryu leads all out of the water (the yajamāna or hotṛ being the first). The yajamāna and his wife put on fresh garments and come out. The cloth with which soma was enveloped is worn as a turban by the yajamāna and that in which soma stalks were tied is worn by the wife and both the pieces of cloth are donated later on in the Udavasānīyā iṣṭi to the adhvaryu (Āp. XIII. 22. 3-4). The priests, the yajamāna and the wife hold each a fuel-stick of udumbara, mutter the Mahīyā ṛk (viz. apāma somam-amṛtā abhūma, Ṛg. VIII. 48. 3), proceed following the unnetṛ towards the sacrificial ground without looking back at the water, perform mārjana in front of the cow-stable (of the sacrificer) and place the fuel-stick (carried by each) on the āhavanīya with 'edhosi &c.' (Tai. S. I. 4. 45. 3) and wait upon that fire with 'apo anvacāriṣam' (Āp. XIII. 22. 6 quoting Tai. S. I. 4. 45. 3). Then follows the Udayanīyā (the concluding iṣṭi). It is performed in the prāgvaṁśa (and not on the specially prepared uttaravedi).