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II PRASNA, 7 PATALA, 17 SECTION, 2.
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10. From that time he daily makes the Baliofferings till the full-moon day of Mârgastrsha.
11. Here the Kimsuka offerings (see § 5) are not repeated.
12. The sprinkling (of water) round (the house) does not take place (see § 8).
13. The last Bali he offers with (the words), 'Going to acquit myself, going to acquit myself.' End of the Sixth Patala.
PRASNA II, PATALA 7, SECTION 17.
1. We shall explain the Âgrahâyant ceremony. 2. On the full-moon day of Mârgastrsha he puts wood on the fire, strews (Darbha grass) on the entire surface round the fire, cooks a mess of sacrificial food with milk, sprinkles it (with Âgya), takes it from the fire, performs the rites down to the Vyâhriti oblations, and sacrifices (four oblations) with (the following Mantras):
'This offering, the creeping of Idâ, rich in ghee, moving and not moving, accept gladly, O Gâtavedas.
13. Some authorities understand, as Mâtridatta states, that he should offer the Bali only with the words as they stand in the Sûtra, others prescribe the formula (comp. § 6): To the terrestrial (aerial, &c.) Serpents I offer this Bali going to acquit myself, going to acquit myself.'
17, 1. Comp. on the Âgrahâyanî ceremony Sânkhâyana IV, 17 ; Pâraskara III, 2, &c.; Winternitz, Sarpabali, 32 seq.
2. The first Mantra is very corrupt; comp. Atharva-veda III, 10, 6. Regarding the legend of Idâ, who was procreated out of Manu's Pâka-sacrifice, and 'came forth as if dripping, and clarified butter gathered on her step,' comp. Satapatha Brahmana I, 8, 1, 7 (M. M., India, what can it teach us? p. 136).
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