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आश्वयुज्यां पौर्णमास्यां पृषातके पायसश्चरू रौद्रः १

1. ¹ On the full-moon day of (the month) Āśvayuja, at the Pṛṣātaka ceremony, a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Rudra, (is prepared).

तस्य जुहुयादा नो मित्रावरुणेति प्रथमां मा नस्तोक इति द्वितीयाम् २

2. Of that (milk-rice) let him sacrifice, the first oblation with (the verse), ‘To us, O Mitra and Varuṇa’ (Sāma-veda I, 220), the second with (the verse), ‘Not in our offspring’ (Ṛg-veda I, 114, 8),

गोनामभिश्च पृथक् काम्यासीत्येतत्प्रभृतिभिः ३

3. ² And (eight Ājya oblations) with the ‘cow’s names’ (i.e. with the formulas), ‘The lovely one art thou,’ &c., with each (name) separately.

स्थालीपाकावृतान्यत् ४

4. ³ The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthālīpāka rite.

पृषातकं प्रदक्षिणमग्निं पर्याणीय ब्राह्मणानवेक्षयित्वा स्वयमवेक्षेत तच्चक्षुर्देवहितं पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरत्पश्येम शरदः शतं जीवेम शरदः शतमिति ५

5. Having carried the Pṛṣātaka around the fire, turning his right side towards (the fire), and having caused the Brāhmaṇas to look at it (i.e. at the Pṛṣātaka), he should look at it himself with (the verse repeated by the Brāhmaṇas and by the-sacrificer), ‘That bright eye, created by the gods, which rises on the east—may we see it a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns!’

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वा स्वयं भुक्त्वा जातुषान्मणीन्सर्वौषधिमिश्रानाबध्नीरन्स्वस्त्ययनार्थम् ६

6. After he has entertained the Brāhmaṇas with food and has eaten himself, (the sacrificer and his family) should tie (to their arms, necks, &c.) amulets made of lac together with all sorts of herbs, for the sake of prosperity.

सायं गाः पृषातकं प्राशयित्वा सहवत्सा वासयेत ७

7. In the evening he should feed the cows with the Pṛṣātaka, and should let the calves join them.

स्वस्ति हासां भवति ८

8. Thus (the cows) will thrive.

नवयज्ञे पायसश्चरुरैन्द्रा ग्नः ९

9. ⁴ At the sacrifice of the first fruits a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Indra and Agni, (is prepared).

तस्य मुख्यां हविराहुतिं हुत्वा चतसृभिराज्याहुतिभिरभिजुहोति शतायुधायेत्येतत्प्रभृतिभिः १०

10. Having sacrificed first a Havis offering of that (milk-rice), he sacrifices over that (oblation) four Ājya oblations with (the verses), ‘To him who bears a hundred weapons,’ &c. (MB. II, 1, 9-12).

स्थालीपाकावृतान्यत् ११

11. ⁵ The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthālīpāka rite.

हविरुच्छिष्टशेषं प्राशयेद्यावन्त उपेताः स्युः १२

12. The rest of the remnants of the sacrificial food he should give to eat to all (persons present) who have received the initiation (Upanayana).

सकृदपामुपस्तीर्य द्विश्चरोरवद्यति १३

13. Having ‘spread under’ water once, he should cut off two portions of the boiled rice-grains.

त्रिर्भृगूणाम् १४

14. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhṛgu.

अपां चैवोपरिष्टात् १५

15. And over (these portions) water (is poured).

असंस्वादं निगिरेद्भद्रा न्नः श्रेय इति १६

16. ⁶ (After the food has been prepared in this way), he should swallow it without chewing it, with (the Mantra), ‘From the good to the better’ (ibid. 13).

एवं त्रिः १७

17. In the same way three times.

तूष्णीं चतुर्थम् १८

18. Silently a fourth time.

भूय एवावदाय १९

19. After he has cut off a greater portion,

कामं तत्र संस्वादयेरन् २०

20. They may, if they like, chew that.

आचान्तोदकाः प्रत्यभिमृशेरन्मुखं शिरोऽङ्गानीत्यनुलोमममोऽसीति २१

21. Having sipped water, they should touch their mouths, their heads, and their limbs from above downwards, with (the verse), ‘This art thou’ (ibid. 14).

एतयैवावृता श्यामाकयवानाम् २२

22. In the same way (sacrifices of the first fruits are performed) of Śyāmāka (panicum frumentaceum) and of barley.

अग्निः प्राश्नातु प्रथम इति श्यामाकानाम् २३

23. (At the sacrifice) of Śyāmāka (the Mantra with which the food is partaken of [comp. Sūtra 16], is), ‘May Agni eat as the first’ (ibid. 15).

एतमु त्यं मधुना संयुतं यवमिति यवानाम् २४

24. (At the sacrifice) of barley, ‘This barley, mixed with honey’ (ibid. 16).