History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.s3.12.6

v3.c53.s3.12.6

The priest faces the north and makes the oblations standing, the mantras being taken from the Śatarudriya section (bginning with 'namaste rudra manyave,' Vāj. S. XVI. 1-66, Tai. S. IV. 5. 1-10). The arka leaf and twig are thrown into fire. The altar is cooled by the āgnīdhra with the water from a jar which is held over the stone referred to above. The stone is thrown to the south of the altar with 'May sorrow go to him whom we hate' (Vāj. S. XVII. 1) and if it is not broken the adhvaryu breaks it into pieces. On a long bamboo, a frog, avakā plants and reed (vetasa) twigs are tied and drawn over the altar from the south hip to the south shoulder²⁶⁹⁴ and then they are thrown on the utkara. The Gāyatra, Rathantara and other sāmans are sung (Śat. Br. IX. 1. 2. 35 ff, Kāt. XVIII. 3. 1 ff). Then follow numerous offerings, viz. one puroḍāśa to Vaiśvānara and 7 puroḍāśas to the Maruts,²⁶⁹⁵ Vasordhārā²⁶⁹⁶ (stream of wealth) offerings of ājya from an udumbara sruc, which is finally thrown into the fire, 6 Pārtha oblations as in Rājasūya followed later by six more after the abhiṣeka of the sacrificer, the Vājaprasavīya²⁶⁹⁷ offerings of the mixture of milk and water with the gruel of 14 *grāmya* and wild corns with an udumbara sruva that is four-cornered like a camasa (the sruva being thrown into the fire at the end).