1. 1 And lays the (three) pegs round (the fire).
2. On the west side (of the fire) he places the middle (peg), with its broad end to the north,
3. On the south side (of the fire the second peg), so that it touches the middle one, with its broad end to the east,
4. On the north side (of the fire the third peg), so that it touches the middle one, with its broad end to the east.
5. To the west of the fire (the teacher who is going to initiate the student), sits down with his face turned towards the east.
6. To the south (of the teacher) the boy, wearing the sacrificial cord over his left shoulder, having sipped water, sits down and touches (the teacher).
7. 7 Then (the teacher) sprinkles water round the fire (in the following way):
8. On the south side (of the fire he sprinkles
12. He then sacrifices with the (spoon called) Darvi (the following oblations):
13. 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 Âgya), directed towards the south-east.
14. Approaching the Darvi (to the fire) by the southern junction of the pegs (laid round the fire),
17. 17 Between them he sacrifices the other (oblations).
18. 18 (He makes four oblations with the following Mantras): 'Thou whom we have set to work, Gâtavedas! carry forward (our offerings). Agni! Perceive this work (i.e. the sacrifice), as it is performed (by us). Thou art a healer, a creator of medicine. Through thee may we obtain cows, horses, and men. Svâhâ!
'Thou who liest down athwart, thinking, "It is I who keep (all things) asunder:" to thee who art propitious (to me), I sacrifice this stream of ghee in the fire. Svâhâ!
'To the propitious goddess svâhâ!
'To the accomplishing goddess svâhâ!'
141:1 2, 1. The 'pegs' are the pieces of wood mentioned above, I, 19.
141:7 7-10. Gobhila I, 3, 1 seq. The vocative Sarasvate instead of Sarasvatî is given by the MSS. also in the Khâdira-Grihya 1, 2, 19.
142:11 As to the Mantra, compare Sâṅkhâyana II, 10, 4, &c.
142:13 13, 14. The two oblations described in these Sûtras are the so-called Âghâras; see Sûtra 15, and Pâraskara I, 5, 3; Âsvalâyana I, 10, 13. Regarding the northern and the southern junction of the Paridhi woods, see above, Sûtras 3 and 4. According to Mâtridatta, the words 'long, uninterrupted' (Sûtra 13) are to be supplied also in Sûtra 14.
143:16 Âsvalâyana I, 10, 13; Sâṅkhâyana I, 9, 7, &c. As to the expressions uttarârdhapûrvârdhe and dakshinârdhapûrvârdhe, comp. Gobhila I, 8, 14 and the note.
143:17 I.e. between the places at which the two 'Âgya portions' are offered. Comp. Sâṅkhâyana I, 9, 8.
143:18 Satapatha Brâhmana XIV, 9, 3, 3 (= Brihad Âranyaka VI, 3, 1; S.B.E., vol. xv, p. 210); Mantra-Brâhmana I, 5, 6.
