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thumbs and fourth fingers, with his hands turned with the inside upwards, he purifies (the Âgya, from the west) to the east, with (the words), ‘By the impulse of Savitri I purify thee with this uninjured purifier, with the rays of the good sun'-once with this formula, twice silently.
4. The strewing (of grass) round (the fire) may be done or not done in the Agya offerings.
5. So also the two Agya portions (may optionally be sacrificed) in the Pâkayagñas.
6. And the (assistance of a) Brahman (is optional), except at the sacrifice to Dhanvantari and at the sacrifice of the spit-ox (offered to Rudra).
7. Let him sacrifice with the words), ‘To such and such a deity svâhâ !'
8. If there is no rule (as to the deities to whom the sacrifice belongs, they are) Agni, Indra, Pragapati, the Visve devâs, Brahman.
9. (Different Pâkayagñas, when) offered at the same time, should have the same Barhis (sacrificial grass), the same fuel, the same Âgya, and the same (oblation to Agni) Svishtakrit.
10. With reference thereto the following sacrificial stanza is sung :
"He who has to perform (different) Påkayagñas, should offer them with the same Ägya, the same
4. Comp. Sânkh.-Grıhya I, 8, 12.
5. On the two Âgyabhagas offered to Agni and Soma comp. below, chap. 10, 13; Sânkh.-Grıhya I, 9, 5 seq.
6. Comp. on these exceptions the Satras below, I, 12, 7; IV, 8, 15
7. Comp. Sânkh.-Grihya I, 9, 18.
9. On the oblation to Agni Svish/akrit, see Indische Studien, IX, 217.
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