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IV PATALA, 3 KHANDA, 11.
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fire, should sweep the coals away (from that surface), and should make an oblation (of butter) with his mouth.
4. If (the butter) catches fire, twelve villages (will be his).
5. If smoke rises, at least three.
6. Let him sacrifice in the evening and in the morning the fallings-off of rice-grains. Thus his means of livelihood will not be exhausted.
7. Of articles of trade let him make an oblation with (the formula), 'Here (this Visvakarman),' (MB. II, 6, 10.)
8. On the sacrificial day (i. e. on the first day of the fortnight) let him sacrifice a full oblation (with the verse MB. II, 6, 11, ‘A full oblation I sacrifice,' &c.).
9. One who is desirous of companions (should sacrifice) with (the formula), Indramavadât' (?), (MB. II, 6, 12.)
10. He should fast through a period of eight nights, and then should kindle a fire to the east or to the north of the village, at a place where four roads meet. The fuel should be Udumbara wood, and the Sruva and the cup (for water should be of the same wood). Let him sacrifice (Âgya) with (the formulas), 'Food indeed,' and 'Bliss indeed' (MB. II, 6, 13, 14).
11. A third (oblation) in the village with (the formula), 'The food's' (1. 1. 15).
4. dvadasa grâmâ gvalite. 5. tryavara dhome. 6. kambakan sâyampratar guhuyân nâsya vrittih kshîyata. 7. idam aham imam iti panyahomam guhuyât. 8. půrnahomam yaganîye guhuyâd. 9. Indramavadâd iti sahayakamo. 10. sshtarâtroposhitos param prân vodan vâ grâmâk katushpathe samidhyâgnim audumbara idhma syât sruvakamasau ka guhuyâd annam va iti srîr vâ iti. 11. grâme tritîyâm annasyety.
7-9=IV, 8, 19 seqq.
10-16=IV, 9, i seqq.
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