०९

1. At the time of scooping the ghee (the Adhvaryu) takes ghee in the Juhū(-ladle) for four times; (and) four times in the Upabhr̥t(-ladle).¹

2. Having poured the ghee in the curds, he scoops (the mixture) in the container(-ladle) of the Pr̥ṣadājya (clotted ghee) five-times scooped clotted ghee with mahīnāṁ payo’si…’ or with jyotirasi viśvarūpam…²

3. (He scoops ghee) into the Dhruvā(-ladle) four times.¹

4. At the time of placing (the ladle containing ghee on the altar),

he places the container (ladle) of the clotted ghee in the same manner as that of the (placing of the) Upabhr̥t(-ladle).¹

6. Having addressed the ghees in the same manner (as described) earlier¹ he traces an outline of the pit for the sacrificial post to the east of the Āhavanīya-fire² half within the altar and half outside the altar.³

7. The act of taking up the spade, (the act of tracing an outline) and the formula connected with the (act of) tracing an outline (should be as described) earlier.¹

8. Then he digs (the pit as deep) as the Upara (portion of the sacrificial post)¹ will not be manifest (after the post is fixed in the pit).²

9. Having kept down the sacrificial post in front of the pit, with yatte parāvadhīt takṣā…¹ having washed the sacrificial post, he sprinkles water containing barley-grains on it-with pr̥thivyai tvā² (he sprinkles upon) the root(-part) of the post; with antarikṣāya tvā³… the middle(-part of the post); with dive tvā⁴… the top(-part of the post).

10. With Śundhantāṁ lokaḥ pitr̥sadanaḥ¹ having poured the remaining sprinkling water in the pit,² with yavosi³ having thrown a barley-grain- in the pit, with pitr̥ṇāṁ sadanamasī⁵ having spread sacred-grass (in the pit),⁶ with svāveśosi…⁷ having thrown the chip fallen for the first time⁸ (in the pit), with dyāvāpr̥thivī āpr̥ṇethām⁹ having offered a libation of ghee by means of the spoon,¹⁰