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I PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 8 SECTION, 5.
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time; in the morning and in the evening he brings (to his teacher) the food which he has received as alms and a pot of water; every day (he fetches) a bundle of firewood; in the morning and in the evening, or daily in the evening he puts fuel on (the fire, in the following way):
3. Before sprinkling (water) round (the fire), he wipes (with his wet hand) from left to right round (the fire) with the verse, 'As you have loosed, O Vasus, the buffalo-cow' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 7, 15, 7), and sprinkles (water) round (the fire) as above.
4. (Then) he puts (four) pieces of wood (on the fire) with the single (Vyâhritis) and with (the three Vyâhritis) together, and (four other pieces) with (the following four verses),
'This fuel is thine, Agni ; thereby thou shalt grow and gain vigour. And may we grow and gain vigour. Svâhâ!
'May Indra give me insight; may Sarasvatt, the goddess, (give) insight; may both Asvins, wreathed with lotus, bestow insight on me. Svâhâ!
'The insight that dwells with the Apsaras, the mind that dwells with the Gandharvas, the divine insight and that which is born from men may that insight, the fragrant one, rejoice in me! Svâhâ!
'May insight, the fragrant one, that assumes all shapes, the gold-coloured, mobile one, come to me. Rich in sap, swelling with milk, may she, insight, the lovely-faced one, rejoice in me! Svâhâ!'
5. Having wiped round (the fire) in the same way, he sprinkles (water) round (the fire) as above.
3. See I, 1, 2, 7 seq.; Âpastamba Dharma-sûtra I, 1, 4, 18. 4. Âpastamba I, 1, 4, 16; Sânkhâyana II, 10, 4, &c. 5. See Sûtra 3 and the note.
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