History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.55.4

v3.c51.55.4

When the omentum is offered a direction is issued to the subrahmaṇya priest to chant the subrahmaṇyā²⁵⁷¹ litany for inviting Indra in which the sacrificer is described as the son, grandson and great-grandson of so and so and as the father and grandfather of so and so (vide note 2550 above). Hereafter wherever the subrahmaṇyā is to be recited it is in this form. The agnīṣomīya rite ends with the Patnīsaṁyāja (Sat. VII. 8. p. 757). When the subrahmaṇyā call has been made, standing with his face to the west he brings in a jar the water from a flowing river that starts from a mountain,²⁵⁷² but he should not pass over a river that is near his place, even if it does not start from a mountain. He takes this water before the sun sets and from a spot in the river where the shadow of a cloud and sunshine meet or (if that is not possible) in the shadow of one's own body or of a tree or of the river bank. He should fill the jar with water against the stream with 'haviṣmatīr' (Vāj. S. VI. 23, Tai. S. I. 3. 12. 1). Śat. Br. III. 9. 2. 8-9, Kāt. VIII. 9. 8-10 and Āp. XI. 20. 10-12 suggest other alternative sources for the water. He enters with the jar of vasatīvarī water²⁵⁷³ by the path between the utkara and cātvāla, takes it by the north of the āgnīdhra shed, enters the śālā by the eastern door and places the jar to the west of the śālāmukhīya²⁵⁷⁴ fire.