Praśna 4, Kaṇḍikā 11

1. (He should recite over) the spoon (being placed within the altar)^[1] the verses, “Do thou, pleasant to me, be seated on the earth. May I be extended with offspring and cattle in the heavens. Do thou be seated in the heaven, on the earth and in the mid-region. May I become superior, may my enemies be downtrodden.^[2]—This spoon, flowing in a hundred currents, tends to offer oblations with the Anuṣṭubh metre. It besmears all divisions of the sacrifice with the divine protection belonging to Bṛhaspati.”^[3]

2. Over the vessel of the clarified butter (being placed within the altar) the verse, “This vessel, full of clarified butter, is a spring having uninterrupted stream and a hundred currents, with the divine protection belonging to Maruts.”^[4]

3. He should recite over the two cakes being besmeared,^[5] the formulas, “Thou art the satiety, the Gāyatrī metre; do thou satiate me with lustre and Brahman-splendour. Thou art satiety, the Triṣṭubh metre; do thou satiate me with vigour and valour. Thou art satiety, the Jagatī metre; do thou satitate me with offspring and cattle.”

4. He should touch the oblations which have been placed within the altar: The cake intended for Agni^[6] with the formula, “Thou art the sacrifice resting all round; may the past and the future rest with me; may there be a hundred benedictions for me; may there be a thousand jubilations full of food and cattle.”^[7] The cake intended for Agni-Soma^[6] with the formula, “Thou art Prajāpati resting all round; may the past and the future rest with me; may there be a hundred benedictions...”^[7] The cake intended for Indra-Agni^[6] with the verse, “Who desires less in this sacrifice for us and for me the sacrificer, may Indra-Agni drive him away from this region. May I obtain valorous progeny.”^[8]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

II.9.16.

[2]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.6.10,11.

[3]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.6.8,9.

[4]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.6.11.

[5]:

II.11.2.

[6]:

II.11.8.

[7]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.6.11,12.

[8]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa III.7.6.14.

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