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KHÂDIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
4. Having circumambulated the fire so that their right sides are turned towards it, he shows her the polar star (literally, the firm one), with the verse, 'Firm is the sky' (1. 1. 7).
5. She should break her silence by respectfully calling her Gurus by their Gotra names.
6. A cow constitutes the sacrificial fee.
7. Here the Arghya ceremony should be performed.
8. (Or rather it should be performed) when they have come to their house), according to some (teachers) : [comp. Sânkh. I, 12, 10.]
9. Through a period of three nights they should avoid eating saline. food and drinking milk, and should sleep together without having conjugal intercourse.
10. Having murmured over food which is fit for sacrifice, the (verses), With the tie of food' (MB. I, 3, 8-10), he should pronounce the wife's name, *N. N.!'
11. After he has sacrificed (or, eaten ?) he should give the rest to the wife.
12. After the lapse of that period of three nights, he should make oblations of Agya with the four
4. pradakshinam agnim parikramya dhruvam darsayati dhruvâ dyaur ity. 5. abhivadya gurûn (gurum, Gobhila) gotrena visriged vâkam. 6. gaur dakshinâ. 7. strârghyam. 8. âgateshvity eke. 9. trirâtram kshâralavane dugdham iti vargayantau (vargayânau the MSS.) saha sayîyâtâm (sayyâtâm, saryyatâm the MSS.) brahmakârinau. 10. havishyam annam parigapyânnapäsenety asâv iti vadhva nama brûyâd. II. hutvokkhishtam (bhuktvo?) vadhvai dadyâd. 12. Ürdhvam trirâtrâk katasrıbhir âgyam guhuyâd Agne prâyaskittir iti samasya paskamîm sampâtân avanayann uda pâtre.
12-13=II, 5, I seqq.
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