History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.41.3

v4.c63.t2.41.3

He (the adopter) makes (the brāhmaṇas) pronounce the benedictions 'May the day be auspicious! May you fare well! May there be prosperity!' and performs the acts (usual in all homas) from drawing lines on the altar up to carrying forward the Praṇītā water. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 209-212 for the procedure common to all homas. Then he goes into the presence of the giver and begs of him ‘give me your son’. The other one (the giver) says ‘I give’. He (adopter) then takes hold of the boy with the words ‘I accept thee for the continuity (of my family)’. Then he decks (the boy) with the pieces of cloth, the ear-rings, the finger ring and performs the acts from laying fuel sticks round the altar up to the offering of oblations into fire; he offers boiled rice into fire with the mantra ‘yastvā hṛdā’ (Rg. V. 4. 10 or Tai. S. I. 4. 46. 1) as a *puronuvākyā*¹³⁰⁵ (prayer of invitation) and with the mantra ‘yasmai tvaṁ sukṛte’ (Rg. V. 4. 11, Tai. S. I. 4. 46. 1) as a *yājyā* (prayer of worship or offering). Then having offered oblations of clarified butter with the vyāhṛtis¹³⁰⁶ he performs the acts from the offering to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt down to the giving of the cow and presents. He (the adopter) gives as dakṣiṇā (fee) to the priest these very pieces of cloth and rings (with which the boy was decked).