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I PATALA, 4 KHANDA, 3.
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28. Walking forward behind the fire, the watercarrier (see Sätra 5) should besprinkle the bridegroom on his forehead.
29. So also the bride.
30. When he has thus been besprinkled, (he should repeat the verse), “May (the Visve devâs) anoint (or, unite)' (MB. I, 2, 9).
31. He should seize her right hand, together with the thumb, with the six (verses), “I seize thy hand' (MB. I, 2, 10 seqq.).
KHANDA 4. 1. He should carry her away in a north-eastern direction.
2. In a Brâhmana's house he should establish the (nuptial) fire, should spread out to the west of the fire a red bull's hide with the hair outside and with the neck to the east, and should make her, who has to keep silence, sit down (thereon).
3. When (somebody) has said that a star has appeared, he should, while she touches him, make oblations (of Agya) with the Sruva, picking out (portions of it), with the six (verses) commencing with (the verse), 'In the lines' (MB. I, 3, I seqq.). The remnants he should pour out over the bride's head.
28. aparenâgnim auduko gatvâ pânigrâham mûrdhany avasiñked. 29. vadhum ka. 30. samañgantv ity avasikto. 31. dakshinam pânim sângushtham grihnîyâd gribhnâmi ta iti shadbhih.
4, 1. prâgudîkîm udvahed. 2. brâhmanakulesgnim upasamadhâya paskâd agner lohitam karmânaduham uttaraloma prâggrîvam astîrya vâgyatâm upavesayet. 3. prokte nakshatres nvârabdhâyâm sruvenopaghâtam guhuyât shadbhir lekhâprabhritibhih sampâtân avanayan mürdhani vadhvâh.
4, 1-11=Gobhila II, 3, 1 seqq.
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