Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra
by C. G. Kashikar | 1964 | 166,530 words
The English translation of the Bharadvaja-Srauta-Sutra, representing some of the oldest texts on Hindu rituals and rites of passages, dating to at least the 1st millennium BCE. The term Srautasutra refers to a class of Sanskrit Sutra literature dealing with ceremonies based on the Brahmana divisions of the Veda (Sruti). They include Vedic rituals r...
Praśna 15, Kaṇḍikā 2
1. The Brahman should hold the Soma in bis lap.[1]
2. After the vaisarjana oblations have been offered, be should follow the fire.
3. As soon as he reaches the Āgnīdhra fire-chamber, he should hand over the Soma to the Pratiprasthātṛ, return by the same route by which he had gone, go out by the eastern door (of the prāgvaṃśa), go round along the south of the Sadas, and along the south of the Mārjālīya Dhiṣṇya, and sit down to the south of the Āgnīdhra fire-chamber. So says Āśmarathya. He should go round along the north of the fire itself, and sit down to the south. So says Ālekhana.[2]
4. The Brahman should hold the Soma in his lap.
5. As soon as the vaisarjana oblations have been offered,[3] he should move in front of all.
6. As soon as he reaches the two Havirdhāna carts, he should hand over the Soma to the Pratiprasthātṛ, go round along the two Havirdhāna carts, and sit to the south of the uttaravedi. So says Āśmarathya. He should go round along the north of the two Havirdhāna carts and along the rear of the uttaravedi, and sit down to the south of the uttaravedi. So says Ālekhana.[4]
7. He should remain here only until the offering of the omentum of the Agnīṣomīya animal.[5]
8. After the omentum is offered, he should sprinkle himself with water at that place where others sprinkle themselves.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
XII.16.11.
[2]:
This view is prescribed in Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra XIV.9.3.
[3]:
XII.17.4.
[5]:
XII.20.3.