१२

1. They bring him a chariot, (or) a horse, or an elephant.

आनयन्त्यस्मै रथमश्वं हस्तिनं वा १

2. ¹ ‘Thou art the (Sāman called) Rathantara; thou art the Vāmadevya; thou art the Bṛhat;’ the (verse), ‘The two Aṅkas, the two Nyaṅkas’ (Taitt. Saṃhitā I, 7, 7, 2); (the verse), ‘May this your chariot, O Aśvins, not suffer damage, neither in pain nor in joy. May it make its way without damage, dispersing those who infest us;’ (and the formula), ‘Here is holding, here is keeping asunder; here is enjoyment, here may it enjoy itself:’ with (these texts) he ascends the chariot, if he enters (the village) on a chariot.

रथन्तरमसि वामदेव्यमसि बृहदसि । अङ्कौ न्यङ्कावभितः । इत्येषा अयं वामश्विना रथो मा दुःखे मा सुखे रिषत् अरिष्टः स्वस्ति गच्छतु विविघ्नन्नभिदासतः इह धृतिरिह विधृतिरिह रम इह रमताम् । इति रथमातिष्ठते यदि रथेन प्रविशति २

3. ² ‘A horse art thou, a steed art thou’ - with these eleven ‘horses’ names’ (Taitt. Saṃh. VII, 1, 12) (he mounts) the horse, if (he intends to enter the village) on horseback.

अश्वोसि हयोसि मयोसि । इत्येकादशभिरश्वनामभिरश्वं यद्यश्वेन ३

4. ³ With (the formula), ‘With Indra’s thunderbolt I bestride thee; carry (me); carry the time; carry me forward to bliss. An elephant art thou. The elephant’s glory art thou. The elephant’s splendour art thou. May I become endowed with the elephant’s glory, with the elephant’s splendour’ - (he mounts) the elephant, if (he intends to proceed to the village) on it.

इन्द्र स्य त्वा वज्रेणाभ्युपविशामि वह कालं वह श्रियं माभिवह हस्त्यसि हस्तियशसमसि हस्तिवर्चसमसि हस्तियशसिहस्तिवर्चसी भूयासम् । इति हस्तिनं यदि तेन ४

5. ⁴ He goes to a place where they will do honour to him.

तद्गच्छति यत्रास्मा अपचितिं करिष्यन्तो भवन्ति ५

6. With (the verse), ‘May the quarters (of the horizon) stream together with me; may all delight assemble (here). May all wishes that are dear to us, come near unto us; may (our) dear (wishes) stream towards us’ - he worships the quarters of the horizon.

संस्रवन्तु दिशो मयि समागच्छन्तु सूनृताः । सर्वे कामा अभियन्तु नः प्रिया अभिस्रवन्तु नः प्रियाः । इति दिश उपतिष्ठते ६

7. While approaching the person who is going to do honour to him, he looks at him with (the words), ‘Glory art thou; may I become glory with thee.’

यशोसि यशोहं त्वयि भूयासम् । इति योस्यापचितिं करिष्यन्भवति तमभ्यागच्छन्समीक्षते ७

8. Then (the host who is going to offer the Argha reception to the Snātaka), having prepared the dwelling-place (for his reception), says to him, ‘The Argha (will be offered)!’

अथास्मा आवसथं कल्पयित्वा । अर्घः । इति प्राह ८

9. (The guest) replies, ‘Do so!’

कुरुत । इति प्रत्याह ९

10. ⁵ They prepare for him (the Madhuparka or ‘honey mixture’) consisting of three or of five substances.

कुर्वन्त्यस्मै त्रिवृतं पाङ्क्तं वा १०

11. The three substances are, curds, honey, and ghee.

दधि मधु घृतमिति त्रिवृत् ११

12. The five substances are, curds, honey, ghee, water, and ground grains.

दधि मधु घृतमापः सक्तव इति पाङ्क्तः १२

13. Having poured curds into a brass vessel, he pours honey into it, (and then the other substances stated above).

कंसे दध्यानीय मध्वानयति १३

14. ⁶ Having poured (those substances) into a smaller vessel, and having covered it with a larger (cover than the vessel is), (the host) makes (the guest) accept (the following things) separately, one after the other, viz. a bunch of grass (to sit down on), water for washing the feet, the Argha water, water for sipping, and the honey-mixture (Madhuparka).

ह्रसीयस्यानीय कर्षीयसापिधायानूचीनानि पृथगादापयति कूर्चं पाद्यम-र्घ्यमाचमनीयं मधुपर्क इति १४

15. ⁷ Going after (the single objects which are brought to the guest, the host) in a faultless, not faltering (?) voice, announces (each of those objects to the guest).

अन्वङ्ङनुसंवृजिना सोनुपकिञ्चया वाचैकैकं प्राह १५

16. The bunch of grass (he announces by three times saying), ‘The bunch of grass!’

कूर्चः । इति कूर्चम् १६

17. ⁸ (The guest) sits down thereon facing the east, with (the formula), ‘A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher’s seat; may I not withdraw from thee.’

तस्मिन्प्राङ्मुख उपविशति । राष्ट्रभृदस्याचार्यासन्दी मा त्वद्योषम् । इति १७

18. (The host) then utters to him the announcement, ‘The water for washing the feet!’

अथास्मै । पाद्यम् । इति प्राह १८

19. ⁹ With that (water) a Śūdra or a Śūdra woman washes his feet; the left foot first for a Brāhmaṇa, the right for a person of the two other castes.

तेनास्य शूद्रः शूद्रा वा पादौ प्रक्षालयति सव्यमग्रे ब्राह्मणस्य दक्षिणमितरयोः १९