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ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
7. To the Visve devâs, to all day-walking beingsthus by day;
8. To the night-walking (beings)—thus at night. 9. To the Rakshas—thus to the north.
10. 'Svadhâ to the fathers (i. e. Manes)'—with these words he should pour out the remnants to the south, with the sacrificial cord suspended over the right shoulder.
KANDIKÂ 3. 1. Now wherever he intends to perform a sacrifice, let him besmear (with cowdung) a surface of the dimension at least of an arrow on each side ; let him draw six lines thereon, one turned to the north, to the west (of the spot on which the fire is to be placed); two (lines) turned to the east, at the two different ends (of the line mentioned first); three (lines) in the middle of those two); let him sprinkle that (place with water), establish the sacred) fire (thereon), put (two or three pieces of fuel) on it, wipe (the ground) round (the fire), strew (grass) round (it), to the east, to the south, to the west, to the north, ending (each time) in the north. Then (follows) silently the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire).
2. With two (Kusa blades used as) strainers the purifying of the Agya (is done)..
3. Having taken two Kusa blades with unbroken tops, which do not bear a young shoot in them, of the measure of a span, at their two ends with his
3, 1. Comp. Sânkh.-Grihya I, 7, 6 seq., where the statements regarding the lines to be drawn are somewhat different, and the note there.
3. Comp. the description of this act of purifying the Âgya, which is in some points more detailed, in Sânkh.-Grihya I, 8, 14-21.
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