Praśna 8, Kaṇḍikā 17

1. One should divide into three parts the husked grains, place a pan over the Dakṣiṇa fire for roasting, and roast one-third part of the grains.

2. (Their) accomplishment has already been explained.^[1]

3. The roasted grains should be crushed following the procedure prescribed for the crushing of grains.^[2]

4. The rites up to the arranging of the potsherds should be similar.^[3]

5. After having arranged six potsherds in the southern half of the Gārhapatya fire-place, he should place a pan over the Dakṣiṇa fire for preparing the dhānās.

6. He should pour down the (three different)^[4] oblation-materials in different vessels.

7. He should purify them.

8. He should add water to the flour (intended for the cake), and pour the flour of roasted grains into the milk of a cow suckling an adopted calf.^[5]

9. He should make so much of it (=the meal) as would measure half a potful.

10. After having mixed up the flour (with water so as to turn it into dough for the cake) and facing towards the south, he should churn the meal by the left by means of a stem of sugarcane without touching it directly.

11. He should make it stick to the stem of sugarcane.

12. After the cake is put over the (Gārhapatya) fire, the grains should be roasted (in the pan placed) over the Dakṣiṇa fire, and should be thus turned into the dhānās.

13. They (= the dhānās) should remain here being roasted until the taking down of the oblations.

14. Then the Adhvaryu should do the second tracing out of the altar.

15. The rites up to the taking up of clarified butter into the ladles should be similar.^[6]

16. He should take up clarified butter into the ladles towards the southern half^[7] of the Gārhapatya fire-place.

17. Four spoonfuls should be taken into each ladle.

18. The ladles should remain here only until the taking down of the oblations.

19. The rites up to the spreading of the Barhis should be similar.^[8]

20. He should hold the Barhis by the lower end, and spreading it go round the fire three times by the left.

21. He should go the other way round without spreading the remaining Barhis and while holding it up, with the verse, “The brilliant (Prajāpati), the wide path leading towards the desired object, has stood up performing mighty deeds through this. He, the supporter, has risen up to the top of the sweet in that he raised the body to his own body.”^[9]

22. It (= the remaining Barhis) becomes the prastara.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

VIII.6.14 ff.

[2]:

I.23.2. Out of the remaining two-third part of the grains the Adhvaryu should crush one-third for the cake, and retain the remaining one-third for preparing the dhānās.

[3]:

I.24.3.

[4]:

Namely, the flour prepared for the cake, the grains for preparing the dhānās, and the flour of roasted grains.

[5]:

This becomes the meal (mantha).

[6]:

II.7.1.

[7]:

Towards the north of the Gārhapatya fire according to Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra VIII.14.2.

[8]:

II.8.4.

[9]:

Taittirīya-saṃhitā I.7.12.2.