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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
down in the third heaven from here. Khat! Go away. Sisarama! Sârameya! Adoration to thee, Sisara !
Your mother is called the messenger; your father is the mandâkaka (manddkaka, the frog ?). Khat! Go away, &c.
Your mother is called dulâ (the staggering one ?); your father is the mandâkaka. Khat! Go away, &c.
*The stallions (stamp with) their feet. Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. Khat! Go away, &c.
The carpenter hammers at (the chariots) that have wheels (?). Do not gnash (?) thy teeth. Khat! Go away,' &c.
3. Then (the performer of the ceremony) says, * Choose a boon.'
4. (The father or brother of the boy replies), 'I choose the boy.'
5. They should do so, when the attack assails him, three times in the day, in the morning, at noon, and in the afternoon, and when he has recovered.
End of the Second Patala.
Prasna II, PATALA 3, SECTION 8. 1. Now (follows) the sacrifice of the sulagava (or spit-ox, for propitiating Rudra and averting plague in cattle).
2. In the fortnight of the increasing moon, under an auspicious constellation, he puts wood on the fire, strews (Darbha grass) on the entire surface around the fire, cooks a mess of sacrificial food with milk,
5. There can be little doubt as to the correctness of the reading agadah instead of âgatah.
8, 1. Comp. Âsvalấyana IV, 8; Pâraskara III, 8; Âpastamba VII, 20.
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