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1is which belongs to them.' And when he afterwards takes his evening meal, he eats what remains of the offering, and whereof oblative portions (bali) have been distributed all round ^j for he who performs the Agnihotra eats only what remains of the offering. 12. And when he offers in the morning before sunrise, he does so thinking, ' I will offer to the gods of this life-giving juice : we subsist on this which be- longs to them.' And when he afterwards takes his meal in the da)'-time, he eats what remains of the ^ Vii^^^inna, ? lit. ' cut off (from its recipient).' ^ Bali is the technical term of the portions of the daily food that have to be assiprned to all creatures. 330 DATAPATH A-BrAhMA;VA. offering, and whereof oblative portions have been distributed all round ; for he who performs the Agni- hotra eats only what remains of the offering. 13. Here now they say, — All other sacrifices come to an end, but the Agnihotra does not come to an end. Although that which lasts for twelve years is indeed limited, this (Agnihotra) is nevertheless unlimited, since, when one has offered in the evening, he knows that he will offer in the morning; and when one has offered in the morning, he knows that he will again offer in the evening. Hence that Agnihotra is unlimited, and in consequence of this its unlimitedness, creatures are here born unlimited. And, verily, he who thus knows the unlimitedness of the Agnihotra, is himself born unlimited in pros- perity and offspring. 14. Having milked ^ he puts that (milk) on (the Garhapatya fire), because it has to be cooked. Here now they say, ' When it rises to the brim, then we shall offer it!' He must not however let it rise to the brim, since he would burn it, if he were to let it rise to the brim ; and unproductive indeed is burnt seed : he must not, therefore, let it rise to the brim. 15. He should not offer it without having put it on the fire ; for since this is Agni's seed, therefore it is hot (srzt2i, ' cooked ') ; and by putting it on the ^ For other ceremonies preceding those above, see I, 3, 3, 13 seq. According to Katy. IV, 14, i he has the Agnihotra cow — standing south of the sacrificial ground and facing the east or north — milked by anybody except a -Sudra. The vessel to be used is of earthenware, and must have been made by an Arya. The Adhvaryu then takes the vessel, and having entered the Ahavaniya house by the cast door and passed over to the Garhapatya, puts it there on coals previously shifted northwards from the fire. 11 KAiVDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, 1 7.
2made by an Arya. The Adhvaryu then takes the vessel, and having entered the Ahavaniya house by the cast door and passed over to the Garhapatya, puts it there on coals previously shifted northwards from the fire. 11 KAiVDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, 1 7. 33 1 fire, it is indeed heated : let him, therefore, offer (of the milk) only after he has put it on the fire. 16. He illumines it (with a burning straw) ^ in order that he may know when it is done. He then pours some water to it (with the sruva), both for the sake of appeasement, and in order to supple- ment the juice. For when it rains here, then plants spring up ; and in consequence of the plants being eaten and the water drunk, this juice is produced : hence it is in order to supplement the juice (that he pours water to it) ; and therefore, if it should happen to him to have to drink pure milk, let him have one drop of water poured into it, both for the sake of appeasement, and in order to supplement the juice. 17. Thereupon he ladles four times (milk with the sruva into the Agnihotra ladle-), for in a four- fold way was that milk supplied ^ He then takes a kindling-stick (samidh), and hastes up (to the Ahavaniya, with the ladle) to make the libation on the burning (stick) ^ He offers the first libation ^ According to Katy. IV, 14, 5 the Adhvaryu illumines the milk with a burning straw ; pours some water to it with the sruva or dipping-spoon ; then illumines it once more ; and lifts up the pot three several times, putting it down each time further north of the fire. Thereupon he warms the two spoons ; and wipes them with his hand; and having warmed them once more, he says to the sacri- ficer, 'I ladle !' The latter, while standing, replies, 'Om, ladle !' ^ For the Agnihotra-havawi, or offering-spoon (sru/^), used at the morning and evening libation, and made of Vikankata wood (Flacourtia Sapida), see p. 67, note 2. In the case of those who make five cuttings from the havis (pa?«Hvattin, cf p. 192 note) he takes five sruva- fuls. Katy. IV, 14, 10, Comm. ' Viz. by the four teats of the udder. Comm. * While holding a billet or kindling-stick (samidh) over the (handle of) the milk-ladle, he [first holds the latter close over the Garhapatya fire, and thereupon] takes it to the Ahavaniya, keeping 332 5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA. (purvahuti) without putting down (the spoon) be- side (the fire, on the grass-bunch). For, were he to put it down beside (the fire), it would be as if, in taking food to somebody, one were to put it down on one's way thither.
3keeping 332 5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA. (purvahuti) without putting down (the spoon) be- side (the fire, on the grass-bunch). For, were he to put it down beside (the fire), it would be as if, in taking food to somebody, one were to put it down on one's way thither. But when (he makes the hba- tion) without previously putting it down, it is as if, in taking food to somebody, one puts it down only after taking it to him. The second (libation he then makes) after putting it down : he thereby makes these two (libations) of various vigour. Now these two libations are mind and speech : hence he thereby separates mind and speech from each other ; and thus mind and speech, even while one and the same (samana), are still distinct (nana). 1 8. Twice he offers in the fire, twice he wipes (the spout of the spoon), twice he eats (of the milk), and four times he ladles ^ ; — these are ten (acts), for it on a level with his mouth, except in the middle between the two fires, where he lowers it for a moment to the level of his navel. He then crouches down [bending his right knee, and looking east- wards, by the north-west corner of the Ahavaniya], puts the billet on [the centre of] the fire, and makes the first Hbation (purva- huti) on the burning stick (see the formula, par. 30. The sacri- ficer, as usual, pronounces the dedicatory formula, viz. ' This to Agni!' and, ' This to Surya!' respectively). Thereupon he lays down the ladle on the kur/^a [a grass-bunch, placed behind the Ahavaniya fire-place, to serve as a seat, and to wipe the hands on ; according to others, a flat piece of Vara;/a wood], then takes it up again and silently makes the second libation (uttarahuti) on the north part of the fire. Katy. IV, 14, 12-17 with Schol. ^ He ladles four sruva-fuls of milk into the Agnihotra ladle, and makes in the Ahavaniya fire two libations from this milk (so as to leave the larger quantity in the ladle to be eaten). He then wipes twice the spout of the ladle. [In each of the two other fires he thereupon makes likewise two libations with the sruva, of one spoonful each.] The milk left in the ladle he eats, on the completion of the six libations, by twice taking it out with his ring-finger. II KAiVDA, 3 ADIIYAYA, I BRAHMAJVA, 2 1. 333 of ten syllables consists the vira^ stanza, and the sacrifice is vira^ (shining): he thereby converts the sacrifice into the vira^. 19.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1is which belongs to them.' And when he afterwards takes his evening meal, he eats what remains of the offering, and whereof oblative portions (bali) have been distributed all round ^j for he who performs the Agnihotra eats only what remains of the offering. 12. And when he offers in the morning before sunrise, he does so thinking, ' I will offer to the gods of this life-giving juice : we subsist on this which be- longs to them.' And when he afterwards takes his meal in the da)'-time, he eats what remains of the ^ Vii^^^inna, ? lit. ' cut off (from its recipient).' ^ Bali is the technical term of the portions of the daily food that have to be assiprned to all creatures. 330 DATAPATH A-BrAhMA;VA. offering, and whereof oblative portions have been distributed all round ; for he who performs the Agni- hotra eats only what remains of the offering. 13. Here now they say, — All other sacrifices come to an end, but the Agnihotra does not come to an end. Although that which lasts for twelve years is indeed limited, this (Agnihotra) is nevertheless unlimited, since, when one has offered in the evening, he knows that he will offer in the morning; and when one has offered in the morning, he knows that he will again offer in the evening. Hence that Agnihotra is unlimited, and in consequence of this its unlimitedness, creatures are here born unlimited. And, verily, he who thus knows the unlimitedness of the Agnihotra, is himself born unlimited in pros- perity and offspring. 14. Having milked ^ he puts that (milk) on (the Garhapatya fire), because it has to be cooked. Here now they say, ' When it rises to the brim, then we shall offer it!' He must not however let it rise to the brim, since he would burn it, if he were to let it rise to the brim ; and unproductive indeed is burnt seed : he must not, therefore, let it rise to the brim. 15. He should not offer it without having put it on the fire ; for since this is Agni's seed, therefore it is hot (srzt2i, ' cooked ') ; and by putting it on the ^ For other ceremonies preceding those above, see I, 3, 3, 13 seq. According to Katy. IV, 14, i he has the Agnihotra cow — standing south of the sacrificial ground and facing the east or north — milked by anybody except a -Sudra. The vessel to be used is of earthenware, and must have been made by an Arya. The Adhvaryu then takes the vessel, and having entered the Ahavaniya house by the cast door and passed over to the Garhapatya, puts it there on coals previously shifted northwards from the fire. 11 KAiVDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, 1 7.
2made by an Arya. The Adhvaryu then takes the vessel, and having entered the Ahavaniya house by the cast door and passed over to the Garhapatya, puts it there on coals previously shifted northwards from the fire. 11 KAiVDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, 1 7. 33 1 fire, it is indeed heated : let him, therefore, offer (of the milk) only after he has put it on the fire. 16. He illumines it (with a burning straw) ^ in order that he may know when it is done. He then pours some water to it (with the sruva), both for the sake of appeasement, and in order to supple- ment the juice. For when it rains here, then plants spring up ; and in consequence of the plants being eaten and the water drunk, this juice is produced : hence it is in order to supplement the juice (that he pours water to it) ; and therefore, if it should happen to him to have to drink pure milk, let him have one drop of water poured into it, both for the sake of appeasement, and in order to supplement the juice. 17. Thereupon he ladles four times (milk with the sruva into the Agnihotra ladle-), for in a four- fold way was that milk supplied ^ He then takes a kindling-stick (samidh), and hastes up (to the Ahavaniya, with the ladle) to make the libation on the burning (stick) ^ He offers the first libation ^ According to Katy. IV, 14, 5 the Adhvaryu illumines the milk with a burning straw ; pours some water to it with the sruva or dipping-spoon ; then illumines it once more ; and lifts up the pot three several times, putting it down each time further north of the fire. Thereupon he warms the two spoons ; and wipes them with his hand; and having warmed them once more, he says to the sacri- ficer, 'I ladle !' The latter, while standing, replies, 'Om, ladle !' ^ For the Agnihotra-havawi, or offering-spoon (sru/^), used at the morning and evening libation, and made of Vikankata wood (Flacourtia Sapida), see p. 67, note 2. In the case of those who make five cuttings from the havis (pa?«Hvattin, cf p. 192 note) he takes five sruva- fuls. Katy. IV, 14, 10, Comm. ' Viz. by the four teats of the udder. Comm. * While holding a billet or kindling-stick (samidh) over the (handle of) the milk-ladle, he [first holds the latter close over the Garhapatya fire, and thereupon] takes it to the Ahavaniya, keeping 332 5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA. (purvahuti) without putting down (the spoon) be- side (the fire, on the grass-bunch). For, were he to put it down beside (the fire), it would be as if, in taking food to somebody, one were to put it down on one's way thither.
3keeping 332 5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA. (purvahuti) without putting down (the spoon) be- side (the fire, on the grass-bunch). For, were he to put it down beside (the fire), it would be as if, in taking food to somebody, one were to put it down on one's way thither. But when (he makes the hba- tion) without previously putting it down, it is as if, in taking food to somebody, one puts it down only after taking it to him. The second (libation he then makes) after putting it down : he thereby makes these two (libations) of various vigour. Now these two libations are mind and speech : hence he thereby separates mind and speech from each other ; and thus mind and speech, even while one and the same (samana), are still distinct (nana). 1 8. Twice he offers in the fire, twice he wipes (the spout of the spoon), twice he eats (of the milk), and four times he ladles ^ ; — these are ten (acts), for it on a level with his mouth, except in the middle between the two fires, where he lowers it for a moment to the level of his navel. He then crouches down [bending his right knee, and looking east- wards, by the north-west corner of the Ahavaniya], puts the billet on [the centre of] the fire, and makes the first Hbation (purva- huti) on the burning stick (see the formula, par. 30. The sacri- ficer, as usual, pronounces the dedicatory formula, viz. ' This to Agni!' and, ' This to Surya!' respectively). Thereupon he lays down the ladle on the kur/^a [a grass-bunch, placed behind the Ahavaniya fire-place, to serve as a seat, and to wipe the hands on ; according to others, a flat piece of Vara;/a wood], then takes it up again and silently makes the second libation (uttarahuti) on the north part of the fire. Katy. IV, 14, 12-17 with Schol. ^ He ladles four sruva-fuls of milk into the Agnihotra ladle, and makes in the Ahavaniya fire two libations from this milk (so as to leave the larger quantity in the ladle to be eaten). He then wipes twice the spout of the ladle. [In each of the two other fires he thereupon makes likewise two libations with the sruva, of one spoonful each.] The milk left in the ladle he eats, on the completion of the six libations, by twice taking it out with his ring-finger. II KAiVDA, 3 ADIIYAYA, I BRAHMAJVA, 2 1. 333 of ten syllables consists the vira^ stanza, and the sacrifice is vira^ (shining): he thereby converts the sacrifice into the vira^. 19.
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