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I KÂNDA, 5 KANDIKÂ, 7.
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Soma has given thee to the Gandharva ; the Gandharva has given thee to Agni. Wealth and children Agni has given to me, and besides this wife.
'Pashan! Lead her to us, the highly blessed one. Så na ûrd usati vihara, yasyâm usantah praharama sepam yasyâm u kamâ bahavo nivishtyâ (nivishta ?) iti.'
KANDIKÂ 5. 1. Having led her around the fire, keeping it on his right side, according to some (teachers)
2. Having pushed with his right foot a bundle of grass or a mat to the west of the fire, he sits down.
3. While (the bride) touches him, (the following oblations are made :) the two Aghâra oblations, the two Âgya portions, the Mahâvyâhritis, the general expiation, the Prâgapatya oblation, and the Svishtakrit.
4. These are regular (oblations) at every sacrifice.
5. The Svishtakrit comes before the Mahâvyâhritis, if the sacrificial food is different from Âgya.
6. The place for the insertion (of the peculiar oblations belonging to the different sacrifices) is the interval between the general expiation and the oblation to Pragâ pati.
7. At the wedding (he may make oblations) with the Râshtrabhrit formulas (i.e. the formulas procuring royal power), if he likes, and with the Gaya and Abhyâtâna formulas (i.e. the formulas procuring
5, 3. See the note on Sânkhâyana-Grihya I, 9, 12.
6. See the note l. 1.--I have altered the division of Satras 6 and 7, so as to draw the word vivahe to the seventh Satra. The rule in § 6 has an entirely general character; the formulas stated in § 7 are given for the particular occasion of the viváha ceremony.
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