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1. ¹ And lays the (three) pegs round (the fire).

शम्याभिः परिदधाति १

2. On the west side (of the fire) he places the middle (peg), with its broad end to the north,

अपरेणाग्निमुदीचीनकुम्बां मध्यमां निदधाति २

3. On the south side (of the fire the second peg), so that it touches the middle one, with its broad end to the east,

दक्षिणेनाग्निं संस्पृष्टां मध्यमया प्राचीनकुम्बाम् ३

4. On the north side (of the fire the third peg), so that it touches the middle one, with its broad end to the east.

उत्तरेणाग्निं संस्पृष्टां मध्यमया प्राचीनकुम्बाम् ४

5. To the west of the fire (the teacher who is going to initiate the student), sits down with his face turned towards the east.

अपरेणाग्निं प्राङ्मुख उपविशति ५

6. To the south (of the teacher) the boy, wearing the sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, having sipped water, sits down and touches (the teacher).

दक्षिणतो यज्ञोपवीत्याचान्तः कुमार उपविश्यान्वारभते ६

7. ² Then (the teacher) sprinkles water round the fire (in the following way):

अथ परिषिञ्चति ७

8. On the south side (of the fire he sprinkles water) from west to east with (the words), ‘Aditi! Give thy consent!’ -

अदितेनुमन्यस्व । इति दक्षिणतः प्राचीनम् ८

9. On the west side, from south to north, with (the words), ‘Anumati! Give thy consent!’ On the north side, from west to east, with (the words), ‘Sarasvatī! Give thy consent!’ -

अनुमतेनुमन्यस्व । इति पश्चादुदीचीनम् । सरस्वतेनुमन्यस्व । इत्युत्तरतः प्राचीनम् ९

10. On all sides, so as to keep his right side turned towards (the fire), with (the Mantra), ‘God Savitṛ! Give thy impulse!’ (Taitt. Saṃh. I, 7, 7, 1).

देव सवितः प्रसुव । इति सर्वतः प्रदक्षिणम् १०

11. ³ Having (thus) sprinkled (water) round (the fire), and having anointed the fuel (with Ājya), he puts it on (the fire) with (the Mantra), ‘This fuel is thy self, Jātavedas! Thereby thou shalt be inflamed and shalt grow. Inflame us and make us grow; through offspring, cattle, holy lustre, and through the enjoyment of food make us increase. Svāhā!’

परिषिच्येध्ममङ्क्त्वाभ्यादधाति । अयं त इध्म आत्मा जातवेदस्तेनेध्यस्व वर्धस्व चेन्द्धि । वर्धय चास्मान्प्रजया पशुभिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसेनान्नाद्येन समेधय । स्वाहा । इति ११

12. He then sacrifices with the (spoon called) Darvi (the following oblations):

अथ दर्व्या जुहोति १२

13. ⁴ Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the northerly junction of the pegs (laid round the fire), and fixing his mind on (the formula), ‘To Prajāpati, to Manu svāhā!’ (without pronouncing that Mantra), he sacrifices a straight, long, uninterrupted (stream of Ājya), directed towards the south-east.

उत्तरं परिधिसन्धिमन्ववहृत्य दर्वीम् । प्रजापतये मनवे स्वाहा । इति मनसा ध्यायन्दक्षिणाप्राञ्चमृजुं दीर्घं सन्ततं जुहोति १३

14. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the southern junction of the pegs (laid round the fire), (he sacrifices) a straight (stream of Ājya), directed towards the northeast, with (the Mantra which he pronounces), ‘To Indra svāhā!’

दक्षिणं परिधिसन्धि-मन्ववहृत्य । इन्द्रा य स्वाहा । इति प्राञ्चमुदञ्चमृजुम् १४

15. Having (thus) poured out the two Āghāra oblations, he sacrifices the two Ājyabhāgas,

आघारावाघा-र्याज्यभागौ जुहोति १५

16. ⁵ With (the words), ‘To Agni svāhā!’ over the easterly part of the northerly part (of the fire); with (the words), ‘To Soma svāhā!’ over the easterly part of the southerly part (of the fire).

अग्नये स्वाहा । इत्युत्तरार्धपूर्वार्धे । सोमाय स्वाहा । इति दक्षिणार्धपूर्वार्धे १६

17. ⁶ Between them he sacrifices the other (oblations).

तावन्तरेणेतरा जुहोति १७

18. ⁷ (He makes four oblations with the following Mantras): ‘Thou whom we have set to work, Jātavedas! carry forward (our offerings). Agni! Perceive this work (i.e. the sacrifice), as it is performed (by us). Thou art a healer, a creator of medicine. Through thee may we obtain cows, horses, and men. Svāhā!

‘Thou who liest down athwart, thinking, “It is I who keep (all things) asunder:” to thee who art propitious (to me), I sacrifice this stream of ghee in the fire. Svāhā!

‘To the propitious goddess svāhā!

‘To the accomplishing goddess svāhā!’

युक्तो वह जातवेदः पुरस्तादग्ने विद्धि कर्म क्रियमाणं यथेदम् । त्वं भिषग्भेषजस्यासि कर्ता त्वया गा अश्वान्पुरुषान्सनेम । स्वाहा । या तिरश्ची निपद्यसेहं विधरणी इति । तां त्वा घृतस्य धारयाग्नौ संराधनीं यजे । स्वाहा । संराधन्यै देव्यै स्वाहा । प्रसाधन्यै देव्यै स्वाहा । इति १८