Praśna 5, Kaṇḍikā 6

1. The Adhvaryu should remove the ashes of the Brāhmaudanika fire, join together the two kindling woods with the daśahotṛ formula, and while a horse is standing nearby, he should churn out the fire with the formula, “O Agni, do thou be generated together with Agni, wealth, abundance, offspring, cattle, and Brahman-splendour.”^[1]

2. While the fire is being churned out, he should cause the sacrificer to recite the caturhotṛ formula.

3. As soon as the fire is generated, the sacrificer should give a boon^[2] to the Adhvaryu.”^[3]

4. He should breathe out on the fire, which has been generated, with the formula, “I breathe out upon thee with the breathe of Prajāpati.”

5. He should then receive the fire by means of both his hands with the verse, “The mortals have generated the immortal, faultless, quick firm-jawed. Let the ten sisters, the fingers, true ones, seize the generated man.”^[4]

6. Then he should carry it forth towards the east, and, being seated, set up the Gārhapatya fire upon the substances while the sun has not yet risen and while the Rathantara Sāman is being chanted.

7. He should set up the Gārhapatya fire of a (Brāhmaṇa) sacrificer belonging to Bhṛgu gotra with the formula, “O, lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of the Bhṛgus;” of a (Brāhmaṇa) sacrificer belonging to the Aṅgiras gotra with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of the Aṅgirases;” of other Brāhmaṇa sacrificers with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of the Ādityas;” of a king with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of Varuṇa;” of a Rājanya with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of Indra;” of a Vaiśya with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of Manu, the chief of community;” of a Rathakāra with the formula, “O lord of vows, I set thee with the vow of the gods Ṛbhus.”^[5]

8. He should deposit all the fires on the substances themselves.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Caraka-kaṭha-saṃhitā VII.13.

[2]:

By a boon Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra V.11.4 means a cow or a milch cow or a bullockcart or a heifer.

[3]:

Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra V.10.11 prescribes the chanting of the Sāman of Śakti Sāṃkṛti by the Udgātṛ while the fire is being churned out, and that of Gāthin Kauśika, and the Sāman based on the verse, “araṇyor nihito jātavedā...” when the smoke has commenced issuing out.

[4]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa I.24.19.

[5]:

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa I.1.4.8.