Praśna 8, Kaṇḍikā 6

1. There is a view that the Adhvaryu and the Pratiprasthātṛ should carry forth their respective fires on the preceding day; there is another view that they should do so after having put the oblations over the (Gārhapatya) fire for cooking.^[1]

2. The rites up to the fetching of the sacrificial grass should be similar.^[2]

3. The Adhvaryu and the Pratiprasthātṛ should each fetch sacrificial grass and faggot.

4. The rites up to the arrangement of the utensils should be similar.^[3]

5. Both should arrange their respective utensils.

6. The ladles in the southern sanctuary should be made of śamī or of gold.

7. The rites up to the pouring out of the oblation-material should be similar.^[4]

8. After having poured out the five normal saṃcara oblations beginning with the cake on eight potsherds to Agni, he should pour out paddy for a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra-Agni.

9. After barley has been poured out for the karambha-pots without reciting any formula, the two should pour out barley^[5] for the two figures of sheep with the relevant formula.

10. The Pratiprasthātṛ should pour out (barley for the figure intended) for Maruts; the Adhvaryu should pour out (barley for the figure intended) for Varuṇa.

11. The Adhvaryu should then pour out paddy for a cake on one potsherd to Ka.

12. The rites up to the threshing of grains should be similar.^[6]

13. The Adhvaryu should retain the entire quantity of husks of grains for the Avabhṛtha.

14. The two should arrange with the formula^[7] pans for roasting the barley-grains for the two figures of sheep.

15. They should prepare dhānās by roasting the barley-grains a little in them.

16. While pouring the barley-grains into the pans, they should murmur the formula^[8] intended for putting the oblation over the fire.

17. While taking down the dhānās, they should murmur the formula intended for taking down the oblation.^[9]

18. They should pour out clarified butter on the dhānās, and take them down.

19. They should bring them to perfection at the proper time.

20. Whenever one has to roast the oblation-material, he should follow this procedure.

21. The Adhvaryu should crush the dhānās following the procedure laid down for crushing.^[10]

22. The two should prepare the two āmikṣās following the procedure laid down for preparing the āmikṣā.^[11]

23. The Adhvaryu should knowingly place the scrapings of the āmikṣā intended for Varuṇa.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

That is, on the day of actual performance.

[2]:

VIII.1.12.

[3]:

VIII.1.16.

[4]:

VIII.1.18.

[5]:

According to Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra VIII.5.35,36, all the oblations should be of barley; or the caru for Pūṣan, the and the figures of sheep should be of barley, and the other oblations should be of paddy.

[6]:

VIII.1.20; 1.22.9.

[7]:

Intended for arranging the first potsherd. cf. I.24.3.

[8]:

I.25.9.

[9]:

II.10.7.

[10]:

I.23.4 ff.

[11]:

VIII.2.2,3.