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अथैतद्धविरुच्छिष्टमुदगुद्वास्योद्धृत्य ब्रह्मणे प्रयच्छेत् १

1. ¹ He then should take away the remnants of the Havis in a northern direction, should take them out (of the vessel in which they are), and should give them to the Brahman.

तं तितर्पयिषेत् २

2. He should try to satiate him.

ब्राह्मणस्य तृप्तिमनु तृप्यामीति ह यज्ञस्य वेदयन्ते ३

3. They say indeed with regard to sacrifice: ‘Through the Brāhmaṇa’s being satiated (with sacrificial food) I become satiated myself.’

अथ यदस्यान्यदन्नमुपसिद्धं स्यात् ४

4. Then (he should give to the Brahman) what other food has just become ready.

अथ ब्राह्मणान्भक्तेनोपेप्सेत् ५

5. Then he should try to gain the favour of Brāhmaṇas by (gifts of) food.

पूर्णपात्रो दक्षिणा तं ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् ६

6. ² A full vessel constitutes the fee for the sacrifice; that he should give to the Brahman.

कँ सं चमसं वान्नस्य पूरयित्वा कृतस्य वाकृतस्य वापि वा फलानामेवैतं पूर्णपात्रमित्याचक्षते ७

7. A brazen vessel or a wooden cup which has been filled with food, with prepared food or with raw food, or even only with fruits: this they call a full vessel.

ब्रह्मैवैक ऋत्विक् ८

8. ³ The Brahman is the only officiating priest at the Pākayajñas.

पाकयज्ञेषु स्वयं होता भवति ९

9. (The sacrificer) himself is Hotṛ.

पूर्णपात्रोऽवमः पाकयज्ञानां दक्षिणा १०

10. A full vessel (see Sūtra 7) is the lowest sacrificial fee at a Pākayajña.

अपरिमितं परार्ध्यम् ११

11. The highest is unlimited.

अपि ह सुदाः पैजवन ऐन्द्रा ग्नेन स्थालीपाकेनेष्ट्वा शतं सहस्राणि ददौ १२

12. ⁴ Thus Sudās Paijavana, after having offered the sacrifice of a mess of cooked food to Indra and Agni, gave one hundred thousand (cows as the sacrificial fee).

अथ यदि गृह्येऽग्नौ सायम्प्रातर्होमयोर्वा दर्शपूर्णमासयोर्वा हव्यं वा होतारं वा नाधिगच्छेत्कथं कुर्यादिति १३

13. Now if he should not be able to get for the morning or for the evening oblation, or for the sacrifices of the full or of the new moon at his (sacred) domestic fire, any substance fit for sacrifice or a person who could sacrifice (instead of himself, if he is prevented): what ought he to do?

आ सायमाहुतेः प्रातराहुतिर्नात्येत्या प्रातराहुतेः सायमाहुतिरामावास्यायाः पौर्णमासं नात्येत्या पौर्णमास्या आमावास्याम् १४

14. ⁵ Until the evening oblation the (time for the) morning oblation is not elapsed, nor the (time for the) evening oblation until the morning oblation. Until the new moon the (time for the) sacrifice of the full moon is not elapsed, nor the (time for the) sacrifice of the new moon until the full moon.

एतेनैवावकाशेन हव्यं वा होतारं वा लिप्सेत १५

15. During that interval he should try to obtain sacrificial food or to find a sacrificer.

अपि वा यज्ञियानामेवौषधिवनस्पतीनां फलानि वा पलाशानि वा श्रपयित्वा जुहुयात् १६

16. ⁶ Or (if he does not succeed in this) he should cook fruits or leaves of trees or herbs which are sacrificially pure, and should sacrifice them.

अप्यप एवान्ततो जुहुयादिति ह स्माह पाकयज्ञ ऐडो हुतं ह्येव १७

17. Or he should at least sacrifice water; thus has said Pākayajña, the son of Iḍā. For (even if he offers only water) the sacrifice has been performed.

अहुतस्य प्रायश्चित्तं भवतीति १८

18. ⁷ And there is an expiation for one who has not sacrificed.

नाव्रतो ब्राह्मणः स्यादिति १९

19. And, (says Pākayajña,) a Brāhmaṇa should not omit to keep his vow.

अथाप्युदाहरन्ति २०

20. Here they say also:

यावन्न हूयेताभोजनेनैव तावत्सन्तनुयात् २१

21. He should keep (his vow) during that time in which he does not sacrifice, by abstaining from food.

अथ यदाधिगच्छेत्प्रतिजुहुयात् २२

22. ⁸ When he then has obtained (the necessary substances for sacrificing), he should make up for the (omitted) oblations.

एवमप्यस्य व्रतं सन्ततं भवतीति २३

23. For thus also his vow has been duly kept.

एषोऽत ऊर्ध्वं हविराहुतिषु न्यायः २४

24. ⁹ These rules (which have been given with regard to the sacrifices of the full and new moon) are valid for the Havis oblations which will be stated hereafter.

मन्त्रान्ते स्वाहाकारः २५

25. ¹⁰ After the end of the Mantra follows the word Svāhā.

आज्याहुतिष्वाज्यमेव संस्कृत्योपघातं जुहुयान्नाज्यभागौ न स्विष्टकृत् २६

26. ¹¹ At Ājya oblations he should only prepare that Ājya (chap. 7, 28) and should sacrifice it, picking out portions of it. (He should) not (sacrifice) the two Ājya portions nor the Sviṣṭakṛt.

आज्याहुतिष्वनादेशे पुरस्ताच्चोपरिष्टाच्च महाव्याहृतिभिर्होमः २७

27. ¹² At Ājya oblations he should, if no special rule is given, sacrifice with the Mahāvyāhṛtis before and after (the chief ceremonies).

यथा पाणिग्रहणे तथा चूडाकर्मण्युपनयने गोदाने २८

28. ¹³ As at the wedding, thus at the tonsure (of the child’s head), the initiation (of the Brahmacārin), and at the cutting of the beard.

अपवृत्ते कर्मणि वामदेव्यगानं शान्त्यर्थं शान्त्यर्थम् २९

29. ¹⁴ At the end of the ceremony the Vāmadevya is sung for the sake of averting evil. The Vāmadevya is sung for the sake of averting evil.

End of the First Prapāṭhaka.