२६

1. The fire which (the sacrificer keeps) from the time of his marriage, is called the Aupāsana (or sacred domestic fire)

पाणिग्रहणादिरग्निस्तमौपासनमित्याचक्षते १

2. With this fire the sacred domestic ceremonies are performed.

तस्मिन्गृह्याणि कर्माणि क्रियन्ते २

3. ¹ On account of his worship devoted to this (fire the sacrificer) is considered as an Āhitāgni (i.e. as one who has set up the Śrauta fires), and on account of his fortnightly Caru sacrifices (on the days of the new and full moon) as one who offers the sacrifices of the new and full moon (as prescribed in the Śrauta ritual); so (is it taught).

तस्यौपासनेनाहिताग्नित्वं तथा पार्वणेन चरुणा दर्शपूर्णमासयाजित्वं चेति ३

4. If (the service at the domestic fire) has been interrupted for twelve days, the sacrificer ought to set the fire up again.

द्वादशाहं विच्छिन्नः पुनराधेयः ४

5. Or he should count all the sacrifices (that have been left out), and should offer them.

प्रतिसङ्ख्याय वा सर्वान्होमाञ्जुहुयात् ५

6. (The punarādhāna or repeated setting up of the fire is performed in the following way): in an enclosed space, having raised (the surface), sprinkled it (with water), strewn it with sand,

परिश्रित उद्धतेवोक्षिते सिकतोपोप्ते ६

and covered it with Udumbara or Plakṣa branches, he silently brings together the things belonging to (the sacrifice) according as he is able to get them, produces fire by attrition out of a sacrificially pure piece of wood, or gets a common fire, places it in a big vessel, sets it in a blaze, and puts (fuel) on it

उदुम्बरशाखाभिः प्लक्षशाखाभिर्वा प्रच्छाद्य यथालाभं तूष्णीं सम्भारान्सम्भृत्य याज्ञिकात्काष्ठादग्निं मथित्वा लौकिकं वाहृत्य सते कृत्वा प्रज्वलयित्वाभ्यादधाति ७

with the words, ‘Bhūḥ! Bhuvaḥ! Suvaḥ! Om! Fixity!’

भूर्भुवः सुवरॐ प्रतिष्ठ । इति ८

7. He then puts wood on the fire, performs (the rites) down to the Vyāhṛti oblations, and offers two ‘mindā oblations’ (i.e. oblations for making up for defects) with (the two Mantras), ‘If a defect (mindā) has arisen in me,’ (and), ‘Agni has given me back my eye’ (Taitt. Saṃh. III, 2, 5, 4).

अथैनमग्निमुपसमाधाय व्याहृतिपर्यन्तं कृत्वा द्वे मिन्दाहुती जुहोति । यन्म आत्मनो निन्दाभूत् । पुनरग्निश्चक्षुरदात् । इति ९

8. He offers three ’tantu oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘Stretching the weft (tantu)’ (Taitt. Saṃh. III, 4, 2, 2), ‘Awake, Agni!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5), ‘The thirty-three threads of the weft’ (I, 5, 10, 4).

तिस्रस्तन्तुम-तीर्जुहोति । तन्तुं तन्वन् । उद्बुध्यस्वाग्ने । त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तन्तवः । इति १०

9. He offers four ‘abhyāvartin oblations’ with (the Mantras), ‘Agni who turns to us (abhyāvartin)!’ ‘Agni Aṅgiras!’ ‘Again with sap,’ ‘With wealth’ (Taitt. Saṃh. IV. 2, 1, 2. 3).

चतस्रोभ्यावर्तिनीर्जुहोति । अग्नेभ्यावर्तिन् । अग्ने अङ्गिरः । पुनरूर्जा । सह रय्या । इति ११

10. ² Having made oblations with the single Vyāhṛtis and with (the three Vyāhṛtis together),

एकैकशो व्याहृतीः समस्ताश्च हुत्वा । १२

and having made an oblation with the verse, ‘Thou art quick, Agni, and free from imprecation. Verily (satyam) thou art quick. Held by us in our quick mind (manas), with thy quick (mind) thou carriest the offering (to the gods). Being quick bestow medicine on us! Svāhā!’ - this (last) oblation contains an allusion to the mind (manas), it refers to Prajāpati, and alludes to the number seven (?),

अयाश्चाग्नेस्यनभिशस्तीश्च सत्यमित्त्वमया असि । अयसा मनसा धृतोयसा हव्यमूहिषेया नो धेहि भेषजम् । स्वाहा । इत्येतां मनस्वतीम् प्राजापत्यां सप्तवतीं च हुत्वा १३

• he quickly repeats in his mind the daśahotṛ formula (Taitt. Āraṇy. III, 1, 1). Then he makes the sagraha oblation (?); (then follow the oblations), ‘This, O Varuṇa’ (&c. see I, 2, 8, 16, down to the end of the Sūtra). Then he serves food to the Brāhmaṇas and causes them to say, ‘An auspicious day! Hail! Good luck!’ he then performs in the known way the sacrifice of a mess of cooked food to Agni.

दशहोतारं मनसानुद्रुत्य सग्रहं हुत्वा । इमं मे वरुण । तत्त्वा यामि । त्वं नो अग्ने । स त्वं नो अग्ने । त्वमग्ने अयामि । प्रजापते । यदस्य कर्मणोत्यरीरिचम् । इति च । अत्रैके जयाभ्यातानान्राष्ट्रभृत इत्युपजुह्वति यथा पुरुस्तात् १४

11. Here he gives an optional gift to his Guru: a pair of clothes, a milch cow, or a bull.

ब्राह्मणानन्नेन परिविष्य पुण्याहं स्वस्त्य-यनमृद्धिमिति वाचयित्वा प्रसिद्धमाग्नेयेन स्थालीपाकेन यजते १५

12. ³ If he sets out on a journey, he makes the fire enter himself or the two kindling-sticks in the way that has been described (in the Śrauta-sūtra).

अत्र गुरवे वरं ददाति वाससी धेनुमनड्वाहं वा १६

13. Or let him make it enter a piece of wood, in the same way as into the kindling-sticks.

यदि प्रयायाद्व्याख्यातमात्मन्नर-ण्योर्वा समारोपणम् १७

14. A piece of Khadira wood, or of Palāśa, or of Udumbara, or of Aśvattha wood -

समिधि वा समारोपयेत् १८

15. With one of these kinds of wood he fetches, where he turns in (on his journey), fire from the house of a Śrotriya, and puts the (piece of wood) into which his fire has entered, on (that fire), with the two verses, ‘He who has received the oblations’ (Taitt. Saṃh. IV, 6, 5, 3), and ‘Awake!’ (IV, 7, 13, 5).

अरणी कल्पेन खादिरः पालाश औदुम्बर आश्वत्थश्च १९

16. The way in which he sacrifices has been explained (in the Śrauta-sūtra).

अत्रैकतरस्मिन्यत्रावस्येत्तस्मिञ्छ्रोत्रियागारा-दग्निमाहृत्याजुह्वानः । उद्बुध्यस्व । इति द्वाभ्यां यस्यां समारूढस्तामादधाति २०

17. If one half-monthly sacrifice has been omitted, he should have a sacrifice to (Agni) Pathikṛt performed over this (fire). If two (half-monthly sacrifices), to (Agni) Vaiśvānara and Pathikṛt. If more than two, (the fire) has to be set up again.

व्याख्यातो होमकल्पः २१

18. If the fire is destroyed or lost, or if it is mixed with other fires, it has to be set up again..

यदि पार्वणो विच्छिद्येत तस्मिन्पाथिकृतेन याजयेत् । यदि द्वौ वैश्वानरपाथिकृतौ । यदि बहून्पुनराधेयः । यदि नाशे विनाशे वान्यैरग्निभिरग्नौ संसृष्टे वा पुनराधेयः २२