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ÂSVALÂYANA-GRIHYA-SÛTRA.
It is understood (in the Sruti), 'This is what Darbha grass is: it is the essence of waters and herbs. He thus makes the Brahman provided with essence.'
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Looking at the point where heaven and earth touch each other, or shutting his eyes, or in whatever way he may deem himself apt (for reciting the Veda), thus adapting himself he should recite (the sacred texts) for himself.
3. The Vyâhritis preceded by (the syllable) Om (are pronounced first).
4. He (then) repeats the Sâvitrî (Rig-veda III, 62, 10), (firstly) Pâda by Pâda, (then) hemistich by hemistich, thirdly the whole.
KANDIKA 3.
1. He then should recite for himself (the following texts, viz.) the Rikas, the Yagus, the Sâmans, the Atharvan and Angiras hymns, the Brâhmanas, the Kalpa (Sûtras), the Gâthâs, the (texts in honour of kings and heroes, called) Nârâsamsts, the Itihâsas and Purânas.
2. In that he recites the Rikas, he thereby satiates the gods with oblations of milk-in that (he recites) the Yagus, with oblations of ghee-the Sâmans, with oblations of honey-the Atharvan and Angiras hymns, with oblations of Soma-the Brâhmanas, Kalpas, Gâthâs, Nârâsamsis, Itihâsas and Purânas, with oblations of ambrosia.
3, 1. On this and the following paragraphs comp. chiefly Satapatha Brahmana XI, 5, 6. Other enumerations, contained in the Veda itself, of the texts that were considered as forming the Veda or as attached to the body of the Veda, are found in the Satapatha Brahmana XIV, 5, 4, 10 (Sacred Books, XV, 111), and in the Khandogya Upanishad VII, 1 (Sacred Books, I, 109).
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