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PURIFICATION AT SACRIFICES.
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20. Let him not put on the fire logs or Samidhs which have not been sprinkled (with water),
21. The Brahman (priest) and the sacrificer shall enter in front of the Ahavaniya fire.
22. Some (declare that they shall enter) behind the Âhavaniya fire.
23. The seat of the Brahman (priest is situated) to the south of the Åhavaniya fire, (that) of the sacrificer to the west of him.
24. (The seat) of the Hotri (priest is situated) to the north of the northern Sroni (of the Vedi),
25. (That) of the Âgnidhra priest near the
Utkara,
26. (That) of the (sacrificer's) wife behind the Gârhapatya fire.
27. He scatters Darbha grass on these (seats) as often as (they are used).
28. A vessel filled with water, for the purpose of sipping, shall be appropriated to the use of) each (person).
29. He who has been initiated (to the performance of a sacrifice shall) keep the (following) vows :
30. Let him not proclaim the guilt of other men; let him not become angry; let him not weep; let him not look at urine and ordure.
31. If he has looked at any unclean (substance), he mutters (the verse), 'Unrestrained is the internal
23. For the seats of the priests and the other persons named in this and the following rules, see Professor Haug's plan, and Dr. Hillebrandt's Altindische Neu und Vollmondopfer, p. 190.
24. The northern Sroni of the Vedi, i. e. the north-western corner of the Vedi.'-Govinda.
31. Taittirîya Samhita III, 1, 1, 2, where the rule also is given. M. alone adds another Sätra, the text of which is corrupt. But it ended with the mantra undatîr balam dhatta, &c. Taitt. S. ibid. 3. .
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