History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.301

v7.c89.301

The śānti from Baudhāyana is as follows:—"having carried out the usual details of an ordinary *homa* from drawing the lines onwards (the priest) offers into Agni oblations from the cooked food after reciting the puronuvākyā (invitatory prayer) 'tadāśvināśvayujopayātām' (May the Aśvins that yoke horses come near, Tai. Br III. 1. 2. 10) and the yājyā (offering prayer) 'yau devānām bhiṣajau' ('that are physicians of the gods', Tai. Br. III. 1. 2. 11). Then he makes additional offerings with clarified butter '*svāhā* to Aśvins, *svāhā* to the two that yoke horses, *svāhā* to the ear, *svāhā* to hearing' (Tai Br. III. 1. 6. 13) Then he performs all details from sviṣṭakṛt offering to the gift of a cow. Then he puts down on Aśvattha leaves in front of Agni the food remaining after the offering of cooked food with the mantra 'yo aśvatthah ... ketubhiḥ saha' (Tai Br. I. 2. 1. 8-9) He brings together in a plate the water with which the sthālī is washed, the remainder of the clarified butter and of the water, sprinkles drops from it with an Aśvattha twig and goes round the horses thrice with his right towards the horses with the anuvāka beginning with 'yo vā aśvasya medhyasya lomāni veda' (he who knows the hair of the holy horse) So said the adorable Baudhāyana."