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GRIHYA-SÚTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
water) from west to east with (the words), 'Aditi ! Give thy consent!'—
9. On the west side, from south to north, with (the words), Anumati ! Give thy consent!' On the north side, from west to east, with the words), 'Sarasvati! Give thy consent !'
10. On all sides, so as to keep his right side turned towards (the fire), with (the Mantra), God Savitri! Give thy impulse !' (Taitt. Samh. I, 7, 7, 1).
11. Having (thus) sprinkled (water) round (the fire), and having anointed the fuel (with Ågya), he puts it on (the fire) with (the Mantra), • This fuel is thy self, Gatavedas! Thereby thou shalt be inflamed and shalt grow. Inflame us and make us grow; through offspring, cattle, holy lustre, and through the enjoyment of food make us increase. Svâhâ !'
12. He then sacrifices with the (spoon called) Darvi (the following oblations):
13. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the northerly junction of the pegs (laid round the fire), and fixing his mind on (the formula), ‘To Pragâpati, to Manu svâhâ !' (without pronouncing that Mantra), he sacrifices a straight, long, uninterrupted (stream of Agya), directed towards the south-east.
14. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the southern junction of the pegs (laid round the fire),
11. As to the Mantra, compare Sânkhâyana II, 10, 4, &c.
13, 14. The two oblations described in these Sätras are the so-called Aghâras; see Sūtra 15, and Paraskara I, 5, 3; Âsvalâyana 1, 10, 13. Regarding the northern and the southern junction of the Paridhi woods, see above, Satras 3 and 4. According to Matridatta, the words 'long, uninterrupted' (Sätra 13) are to be supplied also in Sätra 14.
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