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III ADHYAYA, 4 KANDIKÂ, 2.
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3. In that he recites the Rikas, rivers of milk flow, as a funeral oblation, to his Fathers. In that (he recites) the Yagus, rivers of ghee--the Samans, rivers of honey—the Atharvan and Angiras hymns, rivers of Soma—the Brâhmanas, Kalpas, Gâthâs, Nârâsamsis, Itihasas and Purânas, rivers of ambrosia.
4. After he has recited (those texts) as far as he thinks fit, he should finish with the following (verse),
Adoration to Brahman! Adoration be to Agni! Adoration to the Earth! Adoration to the Herbs! Adoration to the Voice! Adoration to the Lord of the Voice! Adoration I bring to great Vishnu!'
KANDIKÂ 4. 1. He satiates the deities : Pragâpati, Brahman, the Vedas, the gods, the Rishis, all metres, the word Om, the word Vashat, the Vyâhritis, the Savitri, the sacrifices, Heaven and Earth, the air, days and nights, the numbers, the Siddhas, the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the fields, herbs, trees, Gandharvas and Apsaras, the snakes, the birds, the cows, the Sâdhyas, the Vipras, the Yakshas, the Rakshas, the beings that have these (Rakshas, &c.) at their end.'
2. Then the Rishis: The (Rishis) of the hundred (Rikas), the (Rishis) of the middle (Mandalas), Grit
4, 1. Comp. Sânkhâyana-Grihya IV, 9. Nârâyana : Having finished (the Svâdhyâya) he satiates with water oblations these deities.
Pragâpati and the following words stand in the nominative; the verb to be supplied is tripyatu (tripyantu), 'may he (they) satiate himself (themselves).'
2. Sânkhayana-Grihya IV, 10. Sânkhâyana has pâvamânâh, the (Rishis) of the Pavamâna hymns,' but pragâthâh as Asvalayana has, and not as we should expect, prâgâthâh.
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