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BAUDHẤYANA.
II, 8, 14.
When he has received permission (to do so), he heaps fuel on the sacred fire, scatters Kusa grass around it, performs (all the ceremonies) up to the end of the Agnimukha, and offers three burnt oblations of food only, (reciting the following texts): 'To Soma, accompanied by the manes, Svâhâ!' 'To Yama, accompanied by the Angiras and. by the manes, Svâhâ !' "To Agni, who carries the offerings to the manes, who causes sacrifices to be well performed, Svâhâ !
8. He shall make these three oblations with food only which has been sprinkled with the remainder of the (clarified butter).
9. Let him give a cake of food to the birds.
10. For it is declared in the Veda, 'The manes roam about in the shape of birds.'
11. Next he touches the other food) with his hand and with the thumb,
12. (And recites the following texts): 'Fire sees thee, who art co-extensive with the earth, the Rikverses are thy greatness, lest the gift be in vain; the earth is the vessel for thee, the sky the cover; I offer thee in the mouth of Brahman, I offer thee in the Prâna and the Apâna of learned Brâhmanas; thou art imperishable, mayest thou never fail to (the manes of our) fathers yonder, in the other world.' 'Air hears thee, who art co-extensive with the middle sphere,
is a term denoting all the preliminaries which precede the Pradhânahoma of a ceremony. The Dekhan and Gugarât MSS. read âgyasya instead of annasyaiva.
8. Clarified butter is necessary for the rites included in the Agnimukha.
12. The Mantras are addressed to the food which is to be offered.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |