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I PRAPATHAKA, 3 KÂNDIKÂ, 6.
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32. Having slept, or eaten, or sneezed, or taken a bath, or drunk something, or changed (his garments), or walked on the high road, or gone to a cemetery, he should sip water and then sip water again.
KÂNDIKA 3.
1. Having put wood on the (sacred) fire, having swept (the ground) round it, he should, bending his right knee, pour out to the south of the fire his joined hands full of water with (the words), * Aditi! Give thy consent!'
2. To the west with (the words), 'Anumati! Give thy consent !
3. To the north with (the words), “Sarasvati ! Give thy consent!'
4. With (the words), 'God Savitri! Give thy impulse !' (Mantra-Brâhmana I, 1, 1) he should sprinkle (water) round the fire once or thrice so as to keep his right side turned towards it
5. Interchanging the points at which he begins and ends the (sprinkling of water), and sprinkling so as to encompass what he is going to offer (with the streams of water).
6. Let him then make oblations of the sacrificial food, be it prepared or raw, over the fire.
32. This Sūtra again forms a Sloka, though a slightly irregular Sloka.
3. Rules regarding the daily morning and evening sacrifice. 1--5. Khâdira-Grihya I, 2, 17-21.
6. The sacrificial food is either krita (prepared) or akrita (unprepared). A mess of boiled rice, for instance, is krita, rice grains are akrita.
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