Praśna 4, Kaṇḍikā 13

1. While the pravaras are being pronounced (by the Hotṛ^[1] and by the Adhvaryu^[2]), the sacrificer should murmur the formula, “O gods-Pitṛs, Pitṛs-gods, I, who I am, offer oblations to you. I do not pass over him to whom I belong. What I possess, I have offered; what I possess, I have given; what I possess, I have bestowed; what I possess, I have exerted; what I possess, I have offered. Agni is the supervisor of it; Vāyu is the listener; Aditya is the beholder; heaven the father; earth the mother; Prajāpati the brother; who I am, I make the offering.”^[3]

2-3. He should follow the Prayājas, when they have been offered,^[4] respectively with the formulas, “Of the seasons spring I delight; delighted, may it delight me. Of the seasons summer I delight; delighted, may it delight me. Of the seasons rains I delight; delighted, may they delight me. Of the seasons the autumn I delight; delighted, may it delight me. Of the seasons winter and cold season I delight; delighted, may the two delight me,”^[5] and also respectively with the formulas, “One (masc.) belongs to me, one (fem.) to him who hates us and whom we hate. Two belong to me; two to him who hates us and whom we hate. Three belong to me; three to him who hates us and whom we hate. Four belong to me; four to him who hates us and whom we hate. Five belong to me; nothing to him who hates us and whom we hate.”^[6]

4. He should follow the Ājyabhāgas when they have been offered: The one to Agni^[7] with the formula, “The sacrifice is possessed of eye through Agni; May I be possessor of eye through the offering to him.”