1. 1 Now (follows) the sacrifice of the sûlagava (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,
4. To the middle (between the two huts) the 'conqueror' (i.e. a calf of those two parents).
5. He gives them water to drink in the same order in which they have been led (to their places), prepares three messes of boiled rice, 'spreading under' and sprinkling (Âgya) on them, and touches (the three beasts with those portions of rice) in the order in which they have been led (to their places), with (the Mantras), 'May he, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svâhâ! May she, the bountiful one, touch it. To the bountiful one svâhâ! May the conqueror touch it. To the conqueror svâhâ!'
6. After he has performed (the rites) down to the Vyâhriti oblations, he takes the messes of boiled rice (to the fire) and sacrifices them (the first with the Mantra),
'To the god Bhava svâhâ! To the god Rudra svâhâ! To the god Sarva svâhâ! To the god Îsâna . . . Pasupati . . . Ugra . . . Bhîma svâhâ! To the great god svâhâ!'
7. Then he sacrifices the consort's rice to the consort (of Rudra, with the Mantra), 'To the consort
220:1 8, 1. Comp. Âsvalâyana IV, 8; Pâraskara III, 8; Âpastamba VII, 20. 221:3 3, 4. The text has mîdhiushîm, gayantam.
