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1. ¹ On the new-moon day, in the afternoon, or on days with an odd number in the dark fortnight the monthly (Śrāddha is performed).

अमावास्यायामपराह्णे मासिकमपरपक्षस्य वायुक्ष्वहःसु १

2. Having prepared food for the Fathers and having arranged southward-pointed Darbha grass as seats (for the Brāhmaṇas whom he is going to invite), he invites an odd number of pure Brāhmaṇas who are versed in the Mantras, with no deficient limbs, who are not connected with himself by consanguinity or by their Gotra or by the Mantras, (such as his teacher or his pupils).

पितृभ्योन्नं संस्कृत्य दक्षिणाग्रान्दर्भानासनानि कल्पयित्वा ब्राह्मणाञ्छुचीन्मन्त्रवतः समङ्गानयुज आमन्त्रयते योनिगोत्रमन्त्रासम्बन्धान् २

3. In feeding them he should not look at any (worldly) purposes.

नार्थापेक्षो भोजयेत् ३

4. ² Having put wood on the fire and strewn southward pointed and eastward-pointed Darbha grass around it, having prepared the Ājya in an Ājya pot over which he has laid one purifier, having sprinkled water round (the fire) from right to left, and put a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), he sacrifices with the (spoon called) Darvi which is made of Udumbara wood.

अग्निमुप-समाधाय दक्षिणाप्रागग्रैर्दर्भैः परिस्तीर्यैकपवित्रान्तर्हितायामाज्यस्थाल्यामाज्यं संस्कृत्य प्रसव्यं परिषिच्यौदुम्बरमिध्ममभ्याधायौदुम्बर्या दर्व्या जुहोति ४

5. Having performed the rites down to the Ājyabhāga offerings, he suspends his sacrificial cord over his right shoulder and calls the Fathers (to his sacrifice) with (the verse), ‘Come hither, O Fathers, friends of Soma, on your hidden, ancient paths, bestowing on us offspring and wealth and long life, a life of a hundred autumns.’

आज्यभागान्तं कृत्वा प्राचीनावीती पितॄनावाहयति । आयात पितरः सोम्या गम्भीरैः पथिभिः पूर्व्यैः । प्रजामस्मभ्यं ददतो रयिं च दीर्घायुत्वं च शतशारदं च । इति ५

6. ³ He sprinkles water in the same direction (i.e. towards the south) with (the verse), ‘Divine waters, send us Agni. May our Fathers enjoy this sacrifice. May they who receive their nouṛṣment every month bestow on us wealth with valiant heroes.’

एतामेव दिशमभ्यपः प्रसिञ्चति । आपो देवीः प्रहिणुताग्निमेतं यज्ञं पितरो नो जुषन्ताम् । मासीमामूर्जमुत ये भजन्ते ते नो रयिं सर्ववीरं नियच्छन्तु । इति ६

7. ⁴ Having performed the rites down to the Vyāhṛti oblations with his sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, he suspends it over his right shoulder and sacrifices with (the following Mantras):

‘To Soma with the Fathers, svadhā! Adoration! ‘To Yama with the Aṅgiras and with the Fathers, svadhā! Adoration!

‘With the waters that spring in the east and those that come from the north: with the waters, the supporters of the whole world, I interpose another one between (myself and) my father. Svadhā! Adoration!

‘I interpose (another one) through the mountains;

‘I interpose through the wide earth; through the sky and the points of the horizon, through infinite bliss I interpose another one between (myself and) my grandfather. Svadhā! Adoration!

‘I interpose (another one) through the seasons, through days and nights with the beautiful twilight. Through half-months and months I interpose another one between (myself and) my great-grandfather. Svadhā! Adoration!’

Then he sacrifices with their names: ‘To N.N. svadhā! Adoration! To N.N. svadhā! Adoration!’

‘Wherein my mother has done amiss, abandoning her duty (towards her husband), may my father take that sperm as his own; may another one fall off from the mother. Svadhā! Adoration!’

In the same way a second and a third verse with the alteration of the Mantra, ‘Wherein my grandmother,’ ‘Wherein my great-grandmother.’

यज्ञोपवीती व्याहृतिपर्यन्तं कृत्वा प्राचीनावीती जुहोति । सोमाय पितृमते स्वधा नमः । यमायाङ्गिरस्वते पितृमते स्वधा नमः । याः प्राचीः सम्भवन्त्याप उत्तरतश्च या अद्भिर्विश्वस्य भुवनस्य धर्त्रीभिरन्तरन्यं पितुर्दधे स्वधा नमः । अन्तर्दधे पर्वतैरन्तर्मह्या पृथिव्या दिवा दिग्भिरन-न्ताभिरूतिभिरन्तरन्यं पितामहाद्दधे स्वधा नमः । अन्तर्दध ऋतुभिरहोरात्रैः सुसन्धिभिरर्धमासैश्च मासैश्चान्तरन्यं प्रपितामहाद्दधे स्वधा नमः । इति । अथ नामधेयैर्जुहोति । अमुष्मै स्वधा नमः । अमुष्मै स्वधा नमः । इति । यन्मे माता प्रलुलोभ चरत्यननुव्रता । तन्मे रेतः पिता वृङ्क्तामाभुरन्योपपद्यताम् । स्वधा नमः । इति । एवं द्वितीयां तथा तृतीयाम् । यन्मे पितामही । यन्मे प्रपितामही । इति मन्त्रं सन्नमति ७