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1. This is the rite for all Darvi-sacrifices.

सर्वदर्विहोमाणामेष कल्पः १

2. ¹ At the end of the Mantras constantly the word Svāhā (is pronounced).

मन्त्रान्ते नित्यः स्वाहाकारः २

3. ² (Oblations) for which no Mantras are prescribed (are made merely with the words), ‘To such and such (a deity) svāhā!’ - according to the deity (to whom the oblation is made).

अमन्त्रासु । अमुष्मै स्वाहा । इति यथादेवतम् ३

4. ³ He sacrifices with the Vyāhṛtis, ‘Bhūḥ! Bhuvaḥ! Suvaḥ!’ - with the single (three Vyāhṛtis) and with (the three) together.

भूः । भुवः । सुवः । इति व्याहृतिभिर्जुहोत्येकैकशः समस्ताभिश्च ४

5. ⁴ (The Mantras for the two chief oblations are), the (verse), ‘Life-giving, Agni!’ (Taitt. Brāhmaṇa I, 2, 1, 11), (and),

‘Life-giving, O god, choosing long life, thou whose face is full of ghee, whose back is full of ghee, Agni, drinking ghee, the noble ambrosia that comes from the cow, lead this (boy) to old age, as a father (leads) his son. Svāhā!’

आयुर्दा अग्ने । इत्येषा । आयुर्दा देव जरसं गृणानो घृतप्रतीको घृतपृष्ठो अग्ने । घृतं पिबन्नमृतं चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रं जरसे नयेमम् । स्वाहा ५

6. (Then follow oblations with the verses),

‘This, O Varuṇa’ (Taitt. Saṃh. II, 1, 11, 6),

‘For this I entreat thee’ (Taitt. Saṃh., loc. cit.),

‘Thou, Agni’ (Taitt. Saṃh. II, 5, 12, 3),

‘Thus thou, Agni’ (Taitt. Saṃh., loc. cit.),

‘Thou, Agni, art quick. Being quick, appointed (by us) in our mind (as our messenger), thou who art quick, earnest the offering (to the gods). O quick one, bestow medicine on us! Svāhā!’ - (and finally) the (verse),

‘Prajāpati!’ (Taitt. Saṃh. I, 8, 14, 2).

इमं मे वरुण । तत्त्वा यामि । त्वं नो अग्ने । स त्वं नो अग्ने । त्वमग्ने अयास्यया सन्मनसा हितः । अया सन्हव्यमूहिषेया नो धेहि भेषजम् । स्वाहा । प्रजापते । इत्येषा ६

7. ⁵ (With the verse), ‘What I have done too much in this sacrifice, or what I have done here deficiently, all that may Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, he who knows it, make well sacrificed and well offered for me. To Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, the offerer of well-offered (sacrifices), the offerer of everything, to him who makes us succeed in our offerings and in our wishes, svāhā!’ - he offers (the Sviṣṭakṛt oblation) over the easterly part of the northerly part (of the fire), separated from the other oblations.

यदस्य कर्मणीत्यरीरिचं यद्वा न्यूनमिहाकरम् । अग्निष्टत्स्विष्टकृद्विद्वान्सर्वं स्विष्टं सुहुतं करोतु मे । अग्नये स्विष्टकृते सुहुतहुते सर्वहुत आहुतीनां कामानां समर्धयित्रे स्वाहा । इत्युत्तरार्धपूर्वार्धेसंसक्तामितराभिराहुतीभिर्जुहोति ७

8. ⁶ Here some add as subordinate oblations, before the Sviṣṭakṛt, the Jaya, Abhyātāna, and Rāṣṭrabhṛt (oblations).

अत्रैके जयाभ्यातानान्राष्ट्रभृत इत्युपजुह्वति पुरस्तात्स्विष्टकृतः ८

9. ⁷ The Jaya (oblations) he sacrifices with (the thirteen Mantras), ‘Thought, svāhā! Thinking, svāhā!’ - or, ‘To thought svāhā! To thinking svāhā!’ (&c.);

चित्तं च स्वाहा । चित्तिश्च स्वाहा । इति जयाञ्जुहोति । चित्ताय स्वाहा । चित्तये स्वाहा । इति वा ९

10. ⁸ The Abhyātāna (oblations) with (the eighteen Mantras), ‘Agni is the lord of beings; may he protect me’ (&c.).

अग्निर्भूतानामधिपतिः स मावतु । इत्यभ्यातानान् १०

11. ⁹ (The words), ‘In this power of holiness, in this worldly power (&c.)’ are added to (each section of) the Abhyātāna formulas.

अस्मिन्ब्रह्मन्नस्मिन्क्षत्रे । इत्यभ्यातानेष्वनुषजति ११

12. ¹⁰ With (the last of the Abhyātāna formulas) ‘Fathers! Grandfathers!’ he sacrifices or performs worship, wearing the sacrificial cord over his right shoulder.

पितरः पितामहाः । इति प्राचीनावीती जुहोत्युपतिष्ठते वा १२

13. ¹¹ The Rāṣṭrabhṛt (oblations he sacrifices) with (the twelve Mantras), ‘The champion of truth, he whose law is truth.’ After having quickly repeated (each) section, he sacrifices the first oblation with (the words), ‘To him svāhā!’ the second (oblation) with (the words), ‘To them svāhā!’

ऋताषाडृतधामा । इति राष्ट्रभृतः । पर्यायमनुद्रुत्य । तस्मै स्वाहा । इति पूर्वामाहुतिं जुहोति । ताभ्यः स्वाहा । इत्युत्तराम् १३

14. ¹² Having placed a stone near the northerly junction of the pegs (which are laid round the fire), (the teacher) -

अग्रेणोत्तरं परिधिसन्धिमश्मानं निधाय दक्षिणेन पादेन १४