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1umes by burning, they are the Pitaro 'gnislivat- ta/^ These, then, are the fathers ^ 8. He takes out [the rice for] that cake of six potsherds, while seated behind the Garhapatya, and looking southwards, with the sacrificial cord over his rio^ht shoulder. From thence he rises and 1 That is, either to ' the fathers, accompanied by Soma (or possessed of Soma),' or to ' Soma, accompanied by the fathers.' The Black Ya^-us assigns the oblation to Soma Pitr/mat. - That is, ' the fathers seated on the barhis.' ^ That is, ' the fathers consumed by the fire,' ■* ' These, then, are the three kinds of fathers,' Ka?A'a recension. 42 2 ^-ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA. threshes (the rice), while standing north of the Dakshi;2a-fire, with his face towards the south. He cleans it but once '; since it is once for all that the fathers have departed. 9. He places the two mill-stones on (the black antelope skin, so as to be inclined) towards the south 2; and puts the six potsherds on the south part of the Garhapatya hearth. The reason why they keep the southern direction is because that is the region of the fathers : this is why they keep the southern direction. 10. Thereupon he raises a square altar south of the Dakshi;^agni^. He makes the corners point towards the intermediate quarters. There are doubt- less four intermediate quarters, and the fathers are the intermediate quarters : this is why he makes the corners point towards the intermediate quarters. 11. In the centre of this (altar) he lays down the fire. From the east, indeed, the gods came westwards to the men : hence one offers to them while standino; ^ Not thrice, as at an ordinary ish/i; see I, i, 4, 23. ^ Not towards the east, as at the Darjapurwamasa ; cf. p. 38, note 3. At offerings to the Manes the south, as a rule, takes the place of the east, the west that of ihe south, &c. ^ At the conclusion of the Aptya ceremony (cf. I, 2, 2, 18-3. 5) he erects south of the (ordinary) Dakshi«a-fire a (quadrangular) shed (see further on, paragraph 20) with a door on the north side. Inside it he prepares a quadrangular altar (of the same size as at the Dar^apurwamasa ; cf. I, 2, 5, 14) with the corners towards the intermediate quarters, in the centre of which he makes the (new) Dakshiwagni hearth. [According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 5-6 no digging takes place in preparing the altar (which is to be square) at the Pitr/yag-fia.] When the Dakshiwa-fire is transferred to the new fire-place, the Pramta-water (see p.
2which he makes the (new) Dakshiwagni hearth. [According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 5-6 no digging takes place in preparing the altar (which is to be square) at the Pitr/yag-fia.] When the Dakshiwa-fire is transferred to the new fire-place, the Pramta-water (see p. 9, note) is carried after it, followed by the Brahman and Sacrificcr, and placed east (not north) of the hearth. The laying down of the fire is preceded by the usual fivefold lustration of the hearth (see p. 2). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAA^A, 12. 423 with his face towards the east. On all sides are the fathers, for the fathers are the intermediate regions, and the intermediate reofions are indeed on all sides : this is why he lays down the fire in the centre. 12. From thence he throws the grass-bush (stam- baya^us) eastwards \ Having throAvn away the grass- bush, he first encloses (the altar) thus (viz. on the west side), then thus (viz. on the north side), then thus (on the east side). Having enclosed it with the first line of enclosure, he (the Adhvaryu) draws (three) lines (across the altar)- and [the Agnidhra] removes (from them the dust) which has to be removed. In the same way he encloses it with the second line of enclosure; and havinsf enclosed it with the second line of enclosure, and smoothed it down, he says, * Place the sprinkling water on (the altar) ! ' They accordingly place the sprinkling water on (the altar) ; and the firewood and barhis they lay down beside it^. He (the Agnidhra) wipes the spoons. He then walks up (to the altar) with the butter (and ^ Instead of northwards, as is done at the normal ish/i ; see I, 2, 4, 12 seq. ^ After tracing the first line of enclosure, the Adhvaryu draws three lines across the altar, either from west to east or from south to north; and says to the Agnidhra, 'Take thrice!' The latter then takes the dust from the lines and throws it on the utkara (the heap of rubbish, formed north of the altar in preparing the latter), and thereupon again obliterates them. According to Katy. II, 6, 29, the same ceremony may be performed at the Darjapur;/a- masa ; but there no mention is made of it by our author (see I, 2, 5, 12). ^ Viz. the Agnidhra lays them down between the altar and the pra;nta/z (see p. 422, note 3); the firewood behind (west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south. The wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pra;nla/i. 424 ^-ATAPATIIA-BRAHMAA^A. puts it down thereon \ north of the sprinkling water).
3(west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south. The wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pra;nla/i. 424 ^-ATAPATIIA-BRAHMAA^A. puts it down thereon \ north of the sprinkling water). He (the Adhvaryu) takes butter, while ' sacrificially- invested-.' 13. Here now they say, ' Let him take butter in the upabh/'/t (by) twice (ladling with the dipping spoon) ; since there are two after-offerings ^ at this (sacrifice).' Let him, nevertheless, ladle eight times into the upabhr/t : let him do so, lest he should depart from the manner of the sacrifice. After ladling out butter, and shifting his cord back to the right shoulder, — 14. The Adhvaryu takes the lustral water, and sprinkles first the firewood, and then the altar^. Thereupon they hand the sacrificial grass ^ to him, and he puts it down (on the altar) with the knot to the east. Having thereupon sprinkled it and ^ The lady of the house not being present at the sacrifice to the Manes, neither the ceremony of girding (I, 3, i, 12 seq.), nor that of her looking at the butter — while it is taken from the Garhapatya iire, along the east side of the Ahavaniya to the altar — takes place on this occasion. According to the commentators on Katy. V, 8, 25 (Paddh. p. 519), however, the Adhvaryu has to look down on the butter, with the same text (Va^. S. I, 30) which was used by the sacrificer's wife. For some details to be supplied here, see I, 3, I, 22-28. ^ He has hitherto worn his sacrificial cord on the right shoulder and under the left arm (' eastward-invested '), and now shifts it so as to be on the left shoulder and under the right arm (' sacrificially- invested'). As to the taking or ladling of butter into the oflfering- spoons, see I, 3, 2, r seq. •' See I, 3, 2, 9. * See I, 3, 3, 1 seq. ^ The barhis, on this occasion, must have been cut close to the root (upamulam, II, 4, 2, 17 ; lipamiile ditam, Kawva rec). Accord- ing to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 6-7, on the other hand, it has apparently to be torn up with the roots (yat parushi dina;« tad devanam, yad antara tan manushyawam, yat samula?;/ tat pitr/Vzam). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, t6. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara'; — it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara. 15.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1umes by burning, they are the Pitaro 'gnislivat- ta/^ These, then, are the fathers ^ 8. He takes out [the rice for] that cake of six potsherds, while seated behind the Garhapatya, and looking southwards, with the sacrificial cord over his rio^ht shoulder. From thence he rises and 1 That is, either to ' the fathers, accompanied by Soma (or possessed of Soma),' or to ' Soma, accompanied by the fathers.' The Black Ya^-us assigns the oblation to Soma Pitr/mat. - That is, ' the fathers seated on the barhis.' ^ That is, ' the fathers consumed by the fire,' ■* ' These, then, are the three kinds of fathers,' Ka?A'a recension. 42 2 ^-ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA. threshes (the rice), while standing north of the Dakshi;2a-fire, with his face towards the south. He cleans it but once '; since it is once for all that the fathers have departed. 9. He places the two mill-stones on (the black antelope skin, so as to be inclined) towards the south 2; and puts the six potsherds on the south part of the Garhapatya hearth. The reason why they keep the southern direction is because that is the region of the fathers : this is why they keep the southern direction. 10. Thereupon he raises a square altar south of the Dakshi;^agni^. He makes the corners point towards the intermediate quarters. There are doubt- less four intermediate quarters, and the fathers are the intermediate quarters : this is why he makes the corners point towards the intermediate quarters. 11. In the centre of this (altar) he lays down the fire. From the east, indeed, the gods came westwards to the men : hence one offers to them while standino; ^ Not thrice, as at an ordinary ish/i; see I, i, 4, 23. ^ Not towards the east, as at the Darjapurwamasa ; cf. p. 38, note 3. At offerings to the Manes the south, as a rule, takes the place of the east, the west that of ihe south, &c. ^ At the conclusion of the Aptya ceremony (cf. I, 2, 2, 18-3. 5) he erects south of the (ordinary) Dakshi«a-fire a (quadrangular) shed (see further on, paragraph 20) with a door on the north side. Inside it he prepares a quadrangular altar (of the same size as at the Dar^apurwamasa ; cf. I, 2, 5, 14) with the corners towards the intermediate quarters, in the centre of which he makes the (new) Dakshiwagni hearth. [According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 5-6 no digging takes place in preparing the altar (which is to be square) at the Pitr/yag-fia.] When the Dakshiwa-fire is transferred to the new fire-place, the Pramta-water (see p.
2which he makes the (new) Dakshiwagni hearth. [According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 5-6 no digging takes place in preparing the altar (which is to be square) at the Pitr/yag-fia.] When the Dakshiwa-fire is transferred to the new fire-place, the Pramta-water (see p. 9, note) is carried after it, followed by the Brahman and Sacrificcr, and placed east (not north) of the hearth. The laying down of the fire is preceded by the usual fivefold lustration of the hearth (see p. 2). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAA^A, 12. 423 with his face towards the east. On all sides are the fathers, for the fathers are the intermediate regions, and the intermediate reofions are indeed on all sides : this is why he lays down the fire in the centre. 12. From thence he throws the grass-bush (stam- baya^us) eastwards \ Having throAvn away the grass- bush, he first encloses (the altar) thus (viz. on the west side), then thus (viz. on the north side), then thus (on the east side). Having enclosed it with the first line of enclosure, he (the Adhvaryu) draws (three) lines (across the altar)- and [the Agnidhra] removes (from them the dust) which has to be removed. In the same way he encloses it with the second line of enclosure; and havinsf enclosed it with the second line of enclosure, and smoothed it down, he says, * Place the sprinkling water on (the altar) ! ' They accordingly place the sprinkling water on (the altar) ; and the firewood and barhis they lay down beside it^. He (the Agnidhra) wipes the spoons. He then walks up (to the altar) with the butter (and ^ Instead of northwards, as is done at the normal ish/i ; see I, 2, 4, 12 seq. ^ After tracing the first line of enclosure, the Adhvaryu draws three lines across the altar, either from west to east or from south to north; and says to the Agnidhra, 'Take thrice!' The latter then takes the dust from the lines and throws it on the utkara (the heap of rubbish, formed north of the altar in preparing the latter), and thereupon again obliterates them. According to Katy. II, 6, 29, the same ceremony may be performed at the Darjapur;/a- masa ; but there no mention is made of it by our author (see I, 2, 5, 12). ^ Viz. the Agnidhra lays them down between the altar and the pra;nta/z (see p. 422, note 3); the firewood behind (west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south. The wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pra;nla/i. 424 ^-ATAPATIIA-BRAHMAA^A. puts it down thereon \ north of the sprinkling water).
3(west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south. The wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pra;nla/i. 424 ^-ATAPATIIA-BRAHMAA^A. puts it down thereon \ north of the sprinkling water). He (the Adhvaryu) takes butter, while ' sacrificially- invested-.' 13. Here now they say, ' Let him take butter in the upabh/'/t (by) twice (ladling with the dipping spoon) ; since there are two after-offerings ^ at this (sacrifice).' Let him, nevertheless, ladle eight times into the upabhr/t : let him do so, lest he should depart from the manner of the sacrifice. After ladling out butter, and shifting his cord back to the right shoulder, — 14. The Adhvaryu takes the lustral water, and sprinkles first the firewood, and then the altar^. Thereupon they hand the sacrificial grass ^ to him, and he puts it down (on the altar) with the knot to the east. Having thereupon sprinkled it and ^ The lady of the house not being present at the sacrifice to the Manes, neither the ceremony of girding (I, 3, i, 12 seq.), nor that of her looking at the butter — while it is taken from the Garhapatya iire, along the east side of the Ahavaniya to the altar — takes place on this occasion. According to the commentators on Katy. V, 8, 25 (Paddh. p. 519), however, the Adhvaryu has to look down on the butter, with the same text (Va^. S. I, 30) which was used by the sacrificer's wife. For some details to be supplied here, see I, 3, I, 22-28. ^ He has hitherto worn his sacrificial cord on the right shoulder and under the left arm (' eastward-invested '), and now shifts it so as to be on the left shoulder and under the right arm (' sacrificially- invested'). As to the taking or ladling of butter into the oflfering- spoons, see I, 3, 2, r seq. •' See I, 3, 2, 9. * See I, 3, 3, 1 seq. ^ The barhis, on this occasion, must have been cut close to the root (upamulam, II, 4, 2, 17 ; lipamiile ditam, Kawva rec). Accord- ing to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 6-7, on the other hand, it has apparently to be torn up with the roots (yat parushi dina;« tad devanam, yad antara tan manushyawam, yat samula?;/ tat pitr/Vzam). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMAiVA, t6. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara'; — it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara. 15.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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