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blades, and should put them down into the pits in the same way as the Pindas,
22. And sesamum oil and perfumes.
23. For the Pindas and the following offerings he should alter the formula (Satra 17) accordingly.
24. Now (follows) the deprecation.
25. On the eastern pit he lays his hands, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of life! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of vital breath!' (MB. II, 3, 8.)
26. On the middle, turning the inside of the left hand upwards, with (the formula), 'Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of terror! Adoration to . you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap !' (MB. 1. 1.)
27. On the western, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with the formula), ' Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of comfort (svadha)! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of wrath!' (MB. II, 3, 9.)
28. Joining his hands
29. (He should murmur the formula), ' Adoration to you' (MB. II, 3, 9).
30. He should lay down threads into the pits in the same way as the Pindas, with (the formula), 'This (garment) to you.'
22. tailam surabhi ka. 23. pindaprabhriti yathârtham ühed. 24. atha nihnavanam. 25. půrvasyâm karshvam dakshinottanau pânî kritvå namo vah pitaro gîvâya namo vah pitaras sûshâyeti. 26. savyottânau madhyamâyâm namo vah pitaro ghorâya namo vah pitaro rasâyeti. 27. dakshinottânau paskimâyâm namo vah pitara svadhâyai namo vah pitaro manyava ity. 28. añgalim kritva 29. namo va iti. 30. sûtratantûn karshûshu nidadhyâd yathâpindam etad va ity.
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