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1RAHMAiVA, 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. After undoing the band, he moves thrice^ round from right to left, spreading the sacrificial grass all over (the altar); while spreading it all over from right to left in three layers, he reserves as much as may serve for the prastara-bunch. He then moves again thrice round (the altar) from left to right. The reason why he again moves thrice round from left to right, is that, while the first time he went away from here after those three ancestors of his, he now comes back again from them to this, his own world : that is why he again moves thrice round from left to right. 16. He lays the enclosing-sticks along (the fire, with their tops) towards the souths and the pra- stara also he spreads (with the grass-tops) towards the south ; nor does he lay down the two vidhr/tis between (the barhis and the prastara). Once for all the fathers have departed from hence : therefore he lays no vidhmis between. ^ As he did on the former occasion, I, 3, 3, 5. ' According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 7, because the fathers abide in the third world from here (trztiye va ito loke pitara>^). ^ Viz. he is to lay down the enclosing-sticks along the north, west, and east sides, the last two with their tops towards the south. The third text (cf I, 3, 4, 4) has, of course, to be changed to ' May ]\ritra-Varu«a lay thee around in the east,' &c. ; as has also the one he mutters after putting the two sticks on the fire, to ' INIay the sun guard thee from the south against any imprecation!' (I, 3, 4, 8.) According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 8-9, on the other hand, he is to lay down only two enclosing-sticks (viz. the middle or western, and the northern one, cf. Saya^^a on Taitt. S. II, p. 72). 426 i-ATArATHA-BRAILMAiVA. 17. Thereon he lays the .^"uhu, and east of it (on the barhis) the upabhr/t. Having then put down the dhruva, the cake, the parched grain, and the por- ridge (each east of the preceding one), he touches the oblations. 18. All of them having now become ' sacrificially- invested,' the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side ; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)^ 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice.
2ome ' sacrificially- invested,' the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side ; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)^ 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice : hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed : hence they perform in an enclosed place, 21. While putting firewood (on the fire), he then says (to the Hotr/), ' Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled !' Only (this) one kindling-verse the Hotrz recites-, (and that) thrice; — the fathers have departed once for all : hence the Hotr/ recites thrice only one kindlinof-verse. 22. He recites, ' Loving we deposit thee (O Agni), loving we enkindle thee : O loving one, bring ^ Here he remains standing, while the Sacrificer and Brahman sit down facing the east. ^ Instead of the ordinary eleven verses, the first and last of which are recited thrice ; see I, 3, 5, 6. According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 9, i, the Adhvaryu summons the Hotri with ' Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled for the gods (and) fathers ! ' The bunch of firewood, with the exception of one stick, which is reserved for the after- offerings, is divided into three parts, one of which is thrown on the fire at the same time when the syllable *om' is pronounced by the Hot;'/ at the end of the kindling-vcrse. II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAIIMAiVA, 23. 427 hither the loving fathers to eat their oblation!' Thereupon he says, ' Bring Agni hither^ ! bring Soma hither ! bring hither the fathers, accompa- nied by Soma ! bring hither the fathers, seated on the barhis ! bring hither the fathers, consumed by Agni ! bring hither the butter-drinking gods ! bring hither Agni for the Hotrz'ship! bring hither (thine) own greatness M' Having thus called on (Agni) to bring hither (the fathers and gods), he sits down. 23. Having then called ^ for the (Agnidhra's) ' ^'rausha/,' he does not elect the Hotr/; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotr/*, lest he should consign the Hotr/ to the Manes. He says, ' Hotr/, seat thyself!' and takes his seat.
33. Having then called ^ for the (Agnidhra's) ' ^'rausha/,' he does not elect the Hotr/; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotr/*, lest he should consign the Hotr/ to the Manes. He says, ' Hotr/, seat thyself!' and takes his seat. The Hotr/, having sat down on the Hotr/'s seat, urges (the Adhvaryu) to proceed ; and thus urged, the Adhvaryu takes the two spoons and steps across to the west (of the fire) ; and having stepped across and called for the '^'rausha/',' he says, ' Pronounce the offering-prayer to the kindling-sticks!' He performs four fore-offerings^, ^ The Ka«va MS. reads, ' Bring Agni hither, O Agni ! ' Before this, Asval II, 19, 7 inserts, ' Bring hither the gods (and) fathers for the sacrificer ! ' See I, 4, 2, t6. ^ According to the Ka«va text he adds here the same formula as at ordinary ish/is (I, 4, 2, 17), ' Bring (them) hither, O Catavedas, and offer up a good offering ! ' For the formulas ' Bring hither Agni for the Hotr/ship ! bring hither thine own greatness ! ' Ajval. II, 19, 8 apparently substitutes ' Bring hither Agni Kavyavahana !' of. further on, par. 30. ^ ' The Adhvaryu, having offered the two libations of butter, and called for the -Srausha/,' Ka«va recension. * On the pr avara, or election of the (divine and human) Hotr/, see I, 4, 2, I seq., 5, i, i seq. The call 'Hotr/, seat thyself!' here takes the place of the formulas given I, 5, i, 5 ^^q- ■^ See I, 5, 3, I seq. 4^8 ^-ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA. omitting the one to the Barhis ; for the barhis means offspring, and he therefore performs the four fore-offerings without the one to the barhis, lest he should consign his offspring to the fathers. Thereupon they proceed with the two butter-por- tions ; and having offered the two butter-portions, — 24. They all shift their sacrificial cord over to the right shoulder, being now about to proceed with those (chief) oblations. The Sacrificer and Brahman, (being) thus (invested), step across (from the west) to the east side, and the Agnidhra (from the east) to the west side (of the fire). And furthermore, the (Adhvaryu's) call for the ' KSrausha/^' is ' Om svadha!' and the (Agnidhra's) response is ' Astu svadha^ !' and the VashaZ-call is ' Svadha nama/^!' 25. As to this, Asuri said, ' Let them call for the ^'rausha^ (by " O ^Sravaya"), and let them respond with the " (Astu) ^'rausha/," and let them pronounce the " Vasha/," lest we should depart from the manner of the sacrifice.' 26.
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.
1RAHMAiVA, 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. After undoing the band, he moves thrice^ round from right to left, spreading the sacrificial grass all over (the altar); while spreading it all over from right to left in three layers, he reserves as much as may serve for the prastara-bunch. He then moves again thrice round (the altar) from left to right. The reason why he again moves thrice round from left to right, is that, while the first time he went away from here after those three ancestors of his, he now comes back again from them to this, his own world : that is why he again moves thrice round from left to right. 16. He lays the enclosing-sticks along (the fire, with their tops) towards the souths and the pra- stara also he spreads (with the grass-tops) towards the south ; nor does he lay down the two vidhr/tis between (the barhis and the prastara). Once for all the fathers have departed from hence : therefore he lays no vidhmis between. ^ As he did on the former occasion, I, 3, 3, 5. ' According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 7, because the fathers abide in the third world from here (trztiye va ito loke pitara>^). ^ Viz. he is to lay down the enclosing-sticks along the north, west, and east sides, the last two with their tops towards the south. The third text (cf I, 3, 4, 4) has, of course, to be changed to ' May ]\ritra-Varu«a lay thee around in the east,' &c. ; as has also the one he mutters after putting the two sticks on the fire, to ' INIay the sun guard thee from the south against any imprecation!' (I, 3, 4, 8.) According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 8-9, on the other hand, he is to lay down only two enclosing-sticks (viz. the middle or western, and the northern one, cf. Saya^^a on Taitt. S. II, p. 72). 426 i-ATArATHA-BRAILMAiVA. 17. Thereon he lays the .^"uhu, and east of it (on the barhis) the upabhr/t. Having then put down the dhruva, the cake, the parched grain, and the por- ridge (each east of the preceding one), he touches the oblations. 18. All of them having now become ' sacrificially- invested,' the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side ; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)^ 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice.
2ome ' sacrificially- invested,' the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side ; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)^ 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice : hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed : hence they perform in an enclosed place, 21. While putting firewood (on the fire), he then says (to the Hotr/), ' Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled !' Only (this) one kindling-verse the Hotrz recites-, (and that) thrice; — the fathers have departed once for all : hence the Hotr/ recites thrice only one kindlinof-verse. 22. He recites, ' Loving we deposit thee (O Agni), loving we enkindle thee : O loving one, bring ^ Here he remains standing, while the Sacrificer and Brahman sit down facing the east. ^ Instead of the ordinary eleven verses, the first and last of which are recited thrice ; see I, 3, 5, 6. According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 9, i, the Adhvaryu summons the Hotri with ' Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled for the gods (and) fathers ! ' The bunch of firewood, with the exception of one stick, which is reserved for the after- offerings, is divided into three parts, one of which is thrown on the fire at the same time when the syllable *om' is pronounced by the Hot;'/ at the end of the kindling-vcrse. II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAIIMAiVA, 23. 427 hither the loving fathers to eat their oblation!' Thereupon he says, ' Bring Agni hither^ ! bring Soma hither ! bring hither the fathers, accompa- nied by Soma ! bring hither the fathers, seated on the barhis ! bring hither the fathers, consumed by Agni ! bring hither the butter-drinking gods ! bring hither Agni for the Hotrz'ship! bring hither (thine) own greatness M' Having thus called on (Agni) to bring hither (the fathers and gods), he sits down. 23. Having then called ^ for the (Agnidhra's) ' ^'rausha/,' he does not elect the Hotr/; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotr/*, lest he should consign the Hotr/ to the Manes. He says, ' Hotr/, seat thyself!' and takes his seat.
33. Having then called ^ for the (Agnidhra's) ' ^'rausha/,' he does not elect the Hotr/; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotr/*, lest he should consign the Hotr/ to the Manes. He says, ' Hotr/, seat thyself!' and takes his seat. The Hotr/, having sat down on the Hotr/'s seat, urges (the Adhvaryu) to proceed ; and thus urged, the Adhvaryu takes the two spoons and steps across to the west (of the fire) ; and having stepped across and called for the '^'rausha/',' he says, ' Pronounce the offering-prayer to the kindling-sticks!' He performs four fore-offerings^, ^ The Ka«va MS. reads, ' Bring Agni hither, O Agni ! ' Before this, Asval II, 19, 7 inserts, ' Bring hither the gods (and) fathers for the sacrificer ! ' See I, 4, 2, t6. ^ According to the Ka«va text he adds here the same formula as at ordinary ish/is (I, 4, 2, 17), ' Bring (them) hither, O Catavedas, and offer up a good offering ! ' For the formulas ' Bring hither Agni for the Hotr/ship ! bring hither thine own greatness ! ' Ajval. II, 19, 8 apparently substitutes ' Bring hither Agni Kavyavahana !' of. further on, par. 30. ^ ' The Adhvaryu, having offered the two libations of butter, and called for the -Srausha/,' Ka«va recension. * On the pr avara, or election of the (divine and human) Hotr/, see I, 4, 2, I seq., 5, i, i seq. The call 'Hotr/, seat thyself!' here takes the place of the formulas given I, 5, i, 5 ^^q- ■^ See I, 5, 3, I seq. 4^8 ^-ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA. omitting the one to the Barhis ; for the barhis means offspring, and he therefore performs the four fore-offerings without the one to the barhis, lest he should consign his offspring to the fathers. Thereupon they proceed with the two butter-por- tions ; and having offered the two butter-portions, — 24. They all shift their sacrificial cord over to the right shoulder, being now about to proceed with those (chief) oblations. The Sacrificer and Brahman, (being) thus (invested), step across (from the west) to the east side, and the Agnidhra (from the east) to the west side (of the fire). And furthermore, the (Adhvaryu's) call for the ' KSrausha/^' is ' Om svadha!' and the (Agnidhra's) response is ' Astu svadha^ !' and the VashaZ-call is ' Svadha nama/^!' 25. As to this, Asuri said, ' Let them call for the ^'rausha^ (by " O ^Sravaya"), and let them respond with the " (Astu) ^'rausha/," and let them pronounce the " Vasha/," lest we should depart from the manner of the sacrifice.' 26.
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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