History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.32.6

v3.c52.32.6

All the remnants of the anointing waters are poured in the palāśa vessel and are handed over by the anointed king to his son with the words 'May my son continue this my work and this my prowess.' Then two homas are offered (called nāmavyatiṣañjanīya) in which at first the son is declared to be the father of his father and then secondly the relationship is rightly put.²⁶⁵⁴ Vide Āp. XVIII. 16. 14-15, Kāt. XV. 6. 11. Then there is a symbolic march for the plunder of cows. As in Vājapeya a chariot is made ready, four horses are yoked to it, the sacrificer ascends it, takes the chariot in the midst of a group of hundred or more cows belonging to his kinsmen collected to the north of the āhavanīya, touches one of them with the string of his bow and says 'I seize these.' Then he restores to the owner as many cows as are collected or more and returns to the sacrificial ground and makes four offerings called Rathavimocanīya. Vide Kāt. XV. 6. 13-23. Lāṭ. (IX. 1.