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अथाह यदुक्थिन्यो ऽन्या होत्रा अनुक्था अन्याः कथमस्यैता उक्थिन्यः सर्वाः समाः समृद्धा भवन्तीति ।

(On the relationship of those Hotars who have to repeat a Śāstra to those who have none. How the Śāstras of the minor Hotṛi-priests are supplied at the evening libation.)

Some one asks, Some of the duties of the Hotṛi-priests being performed without Śāstra,[6] some with Śāstra, how are then all these ceremonies (as it should be) provided with their respective Śāstras, and consequently equal and complete?

[6]Besides the Hotar only the Maitrâvaruṇa, Brâhmaṇâchhamsi, and Achhâvâka repeat Shastras; the others, such as the Potar, &c. do not do it. But the former repeat them at the Agnishṭoma, only at the morning and midday libations.

अथाह यदुक्थिन्यो ऽन्या होत्रा अनुक्था अन्याः कथमस्यैता उक्थिन्यः सर्वाः समाः समृद्धा भवन्तीति ।

यदेवैनाः सम्प्रगीर्य होत्रा इत्याचक्षते तेन समाः ।

(The answer is) They call the performance (i.e. the repetition of Yājyās) of those (Hotṛis) who like the Potar, Neṣṭar, and Agnīdhra, have no Śāstra (to repeat) Hotrā (also), on account of their reciting their (respective) verses along with (the other Hotṛi-priests, such as the Hotar, Maitrāvaruṇa &c. who repeat proper Śāstras). In this way they are equal.

यदेवैनाः सम्प्रगीर्य होत्रा इत्याचक्षते तेन समाः ।

यदुक्थिन्यो ऽन्या होत्रा अनुक्था अन्यास्तेनो विषमाः ।

But in the fact that some Hotṛi-priests perform their duties with Śāstras, others without Śāstras, lies their inequality.

यदुक्थिन्यो ऽन्या होत्रा अनुक्था अन्यास्तेनो विषमाः ।

एवमु हास्यैता उक्थिन्यः सर्वाः समाः समृद्धा भवन्ति ।

Thus (both kinds of Hotṛi performances) become provided with Śāstras, equalised and successful (for the Yājyās of all seven Hotṛi-priests are repeated one after the other).

एवमु हास्यैता उक्थिन्यः सर्वाः समाः समृद्धा भवन्ति ।

अथाह शंसन्ति प्रातःसवने शंसन्ति माध्यंदिने होत्रकाः कथमेषां तृतीयसवने शस्तम्भवतीति ।

Now the Hotṛi-priests (Maitrāvaruṇa, Brāhmaṇāchchhaṁsī, Achchhāvāka) repeat Śāstras at the morning and midday libations only, in what way is this duty performed at the third libation?

अथाह शंसन्ति प्रातःसवने शंसन्ति माध्यंदिने होत्रकाः कथमेषां तृतीयसवने शस्तम्भवतीति ।

यदेव माध्यंदिने द्वेद्वे सूक्ते शंसन्तीति ब्रूयात्तेनेति ।

One ought to answer, in this way, that they (these three priests just mentioned) repeat at the midday libation two hymns each.

यदेव माध्यंदिने द्वेद्वे सूक्ते शंसन्तीति ब्रूयात्तेनेति ।

अथाह यद्द्व्युक्थो होता कथं होत्रका द्व्युक्था भवन्तीति यदेव द्विदेवत्यभिर्यजन्तीति ब्रूयात्तेनेति ।

Some one may ask, In what way do the Hotṛi-priests (who properly speaking repeat one Śāstra only) repeat two Śāstras, as many as the (chief) Hotar[7] does? One ought to answer, Their Yājyās are addressed to two deities.

[7]The Agnîdhra addresses the Yâjyâ to Agni, to whom the Ajya Śastra belongs; the Potar to the Marutas, to whom the Marutvatîya Śastra belongs, and the Neṣṭar to the Viśvedevas, to whom the Vâiśvadeva Śastra belongs.

अथाह यद्द्व्युक्थो होता कथं होत्रका द्व्युक्था भवन्तीति यदेव द्विदेवत्यभिर्यजन्तीति ब्रूयात्तेनेति ।