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XIV KÂNDA, 2 ADHYÂYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 43. 489
41. He then offers (the second of) the two Rauhina ? (cakes) with, May the day be pleased with its brightness, the well-lighted with its light, hail!'--the mystic import of this is the same as before ;-'may the night be pleased with its brightness, the well-lighted with its light, hail!'-the mystic import of this is the same as before.
42. He then hands to the Sacrificer the remainder of the Gharma. He, having solicited an invitation (to the meal), drinks it with, Offered is the honey unto Agni, the greatest of Indras,'
Offered is the honey unto Agni, the most powerful,' he thereby means to say ;-'let us eat of . thee, god Gharma: reverence be unto thee, injure us not!'-a blessing he thereby invokes.
43. Now, on the south side sand has been strewn; there they cleanse themselves 8: in this there is the
1 Viz. XIV, 2, 1, 1. · Viz. at the hands of the officiating priests, by saying to each, Invite me, N. N.!' whereupon each of them replies, 'Thou art invited. Cf. XII, 8, 3, 30. According to Âpast. Sr. XV, 11, 12, the priests and the Sacrificer partake of the residue in the order -Hotri, Adhvaryu, Brahman, Pratiprasthålri, Agnidh, and Sacrificer; or, optionally (ib. 14), only the Sacrificer drinks of it, whilst the priests merely smell it. Cf. the eating of the whey (of clotted curds). II, 4. 4. 25. to which the present eating of the remains is stated, by Kâty. XXVI, 6, 20, to be analogous; whilst the offering is said to be on the model of the Agnihotra.
The usual place to do so is over the pit (kâtrála), cf. III, 8, 2, 30; XII, 8, 1, 22 ; whilst the utensils are cleaned in the Mârgâliya. On the present occasion a mound of sand (or covered with sand) the so-called ukkhishta-khara '(mound of remains)-is raised in the south part of the sålå, close to the mat or hurdle forming its wall, just east of the southern door. According to Kâty. XXVI, 6, 21 seqq., Āpast. XV, 12, i seqq., the Mahavira and the remaining
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