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KHÂDIRA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
31. He should recite over the pits (the verse), * Bringing strength' (MB. II, 3, 13).
32. The middle Pinda he should give to his wife to eat, if she is desirous of a son, with (the verse), "Give fruit.
33. With (the verse), '(Gatavedas) has been our messenger' (MB. II, 3, 15), he should throw the firebrand into the fire.
34. They should take the sacrificial vessels back two by two.
35. The same is the rite of the Pindapitriyagña.
36. Let him cook the Havis in the sacred) domestic fire.
37. From that fire (let him take the fire which) he carries forward (see above, Satra 2).
38. (Here is only) one pit. 39. No layer of grass (Satra 10).
40. Of the mess of cooked food sacred to Indrani he should sacrifice with (the verse), The Ekâshtakâ' (MB. II, 3, 19). He should sacrifice with (the verse), The Ekâshtaka.
End of the Third Patala.
31. Orgam vahantîr iti karshûr anumantrayeta. 32. madhyamam pindam putrakâmâm prâsayed âdhattety. 33. abhûn no data ity ulmukam agnau prakshiped. 34. dvandvam pâtrâny atihareyur. 35. esha eva pindapitriyagñakalpo. 36. grihyes gnau havis srapayet. 37. tata evâtipranayed. 38. ekâ karshûr. 39. na svastara. 40. Indrânya sthâlipâkasyaikâshtaketi guhuyâd ekâshtaketi guhuyât. tritîyapatalah.
35-39=IV, 4, 1 seqq. 40=IV, 4, 32. 33.
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