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1. On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers.

श्वोभूते पितृभ्यो गामालभते १

2. ¹ Having put wood on the fire and strewn southward-pointed and eastward-pointed Darbha grass around it, he sacrifices the oblation for the touching of the animal (see below), with (the verse), ‘This cow I touch for the Fathers; may my assembled fathers gladly accept it (which is offered) with fat and ghee, with the word svadhā; may it satiate my fathers in the other world. Svadhā! Adoration!’ Then he touches (the cow) with one (blade of) sacrificial grass and with an unforked Vapāśrapaṇī of Udumbara wood, with (the formula), ‘I touch thee agreeable to the Fathers.’

अग्निमुपसमाधाय दक्षिणाप्रागग्रैर्दर्भैः परिस्तीर्य । इमां पितृभ्यो गामुपाकरोमि तां मे समेताः पितरो जुषन्ताम् । मेदस्वतीं घृतवतीं स्वधावतीं सा मे पितॄन्साम्पराये धिनोतु । स्वधा नमः । इत्युपाकरणीयां हुत्वैकेन बर्हिषैकशूलया च वपाश्रपण्यौदुम्बर्योपाकरोति । पितृभ्यस्त्वा जुष्टामुपाकरोमि । इति २

3. He sprinkles (the cow with water) with (the words), ‘I sprinkle thee agreeable to the Fathers.’

अथैनां प्रोक्षति । पितृभ्यस्त्वा जुष्टां प्रोक्षामि । इति ३

4. ² When it has been sprinkled and fire has been carried round it, they kill it to the west of the fire, its head being turned to the west, its feet to the south.

तां प्रोक्षितां पर्यग्नि कृत्वा तामपरेणाग्निं प्रत्यक्शिरसं दक्षिणापदीं सञ्ज्ञपयन्ति ४

5. ³ After it has been killed, he silently ‘strengthens’ its sense-organs (by touching them) with water, and silently takes out the omentum, the heart, and the kidneys.

सज्ञप्तायै तूष्णीमद्भिः प्राणानाप्याय्य तूष्णीं वपां हृदयं मतस्ने उद्धरति ५

6. With the Vapāśrapaṇī of Udumbara wood he roasts the omentum; with spits of Udumbara wood the other (parts mentioned in Sūtra 5) separately.

औदुम्बर्या वपाश्रपण्या वपां श्रपयत्यौदुम्बरेषु शूलेषु पृथगितराणि ६

7. After he has roasted them, and has sprinkled Ājya over them, and has taken them from the fire, he sprinkles water round (the fire) from right to left, puts a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), and sacrifices with a Darvi spoon of Udumbara wood the omentum, spreading under and sprinkling over it (Ājya), with (the verse), ‘Carry the omentum, Jātavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled. Svadhā! Adoration!’

श्रपयित्वाभिघार्योद्वास्य प्रसव्यं परिषिच्यौदुम्बरमिध्ममभ्या-धायौदुम्बर्या दर्व्योपस्तीर्णाभिघारितां वपां जुहोति । वह वपां जातवेदः पि-तृभ्यो यत्रैतान्वेत्थ निहितान्पराके । मेदसः कूल्या उप तान्क्षरन्तु सत्या ए-षामाशिषः सन्तु कामैः । स्वधा नमः । इति ७

8. ⁴ He sacrifices the omentum entirely. The other parts (Sūtra 5) he should offer to the Brāhmaṇas and should feed them (with those parts of the cow).

सर्वहुतां वपां जुहोति शेषमुत्कृष्य ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत् ८

9. When the food (for the Brāhmaṇas) is ready, he cuts off (the Avadānas) together from the mess of boiled rice, and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes oblations thereof with the verses, ‘Behold the Ekāṣṭakā, the giver of food with meat and ghee, (which is offered) with (the word) svadhā. By the Brāhmaṇas that food is purified. May it be an imperishable (blessing) to me! Svadhā! Adoration!’

‘The Ekāṣṭakā, devoting herself to austerities, the consort of the year, exuberant (with milk), has poured forth milk. May you live on that milk, O Fathers, all together. May this (food) be well offered and well sacrificed by me! Svadhā! Adoration!

‘The image of the year’ (Taitt. Saṃh. V, 7, 2, 1).

उपस्थितेन्न ओदनस्य मांसानामिति समवदाय सर्पिर्मिश्रस्य जुहोति । एकाष्टकां पश्यत दोहमानामन्नं मांसवद्घृतवत्स्वधावत् तद्ब्राह्मणैरतिपूतमन्नन्तमक्षितं तन्मे अस्तु स्वधा नमः एकाष्टका तपसा तप्यमाना संवत्सरस्य पत्नी दुदुहे प्रपीना । तं दोहमुपजीवाथ पितरः संविदानाः स्विष्टोयं सुहुतो ममास्तु । स्वधा नमः । संवत्सरस्य प्रतिमाम् । इति ९

10. After he has sacrificed, he cuts off (the Avadānas) from the food and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes an oblation with (the formula), ‘To Agni Kavyavāhana Sviṣṭakṛt svadhā! Adoration!’

हुत्वान्नस्य मांसानामिति समवदाय सर्पिर्मि-श्रस्य जुहोति । अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्विष्टकृते स्वधा नमः । इति १०

11. ⁵ The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Śrāddha).

प्रसिद्धमोदकाञ्जलिदानाद्यथा मासिके ११

12. ⁶ The gifts of food and presents, however, are not necessary here.

अन्नधनदाने त्वत्रानियते १२

13. ⁷ On the following day, he prepares food for the Fathers with the rest of the meat, and sacrifices with (the two verses), ‘Thou, Agni, art quick,’ (and), Prajāpati!’ (see above, I, 1, 3, 5).

श्वोभूते मांसशेषेण पितृभ्योन्नं संस्कृत्य । त्वमग्ने अयासि । प्रजापते । इति जुहोति १३

14. (= Sūtra 11).

End of the Fifth Paṭala.

प्रसिद्धमोदकाञ्जलिदानाद्यथा मासिके १४