22 On Ordeals. [No. 1, 



(And) he should offer the adoration which begins with the (obla- 

 tion of) perfumes and ends with the (oblation of the) food. 



By (Brahmans) who have studied the Vedas a burnt-offering should 

 be presented in each of the four points of the horizon. Let him offer 

 at these offerings clarified butter, boiled rice Samidhs accompanying 

 the act with the recital of the Savitri, the Pranava (Omkara), and 

 the Svaha at the end." 



Havi's (oblation) (means) Charu, boiled rice. The Eastern Mi- 

 mamsakas declare in the Divyatattva, that the clarified butter, the 

 boiled rice and the sacred fuel (Samidhah) are offered conjointly, just 

 as at the two Samnaya-ishtis, because the deities, (to whom they are 

 offered), are not opposed to each other. 

 That is wrong. 



For (it is declared) in the Sutra of A'cvalayana and the rest : " He 

 cuts off two portions of ajya, he places fuel once on the boiled rice, he 

 cuts off (portions) of the boiled rice twice from the middle and the 

 fore-part (of the heap), and he sprinkles the rice which he has cut off 

 (with ghee). This is the rule for cutting off." 



Sruva means, (here) fuel, because it has also this meaning. 

 (Besides) the conjoint oblation (of the various offerings) is im- 

 possible, because (in each case) a different instrument (for completing 

 the oblation) is prescribed (by the Sutra) hastasya. 



But in the case of the two Samnaya ishtis the conjoint of oblation (of 

 the ghee, fuel and rice) is proper, because (there) only one instrument, 

 the juhu, is used. 



The same (Pitamaha says) : 



" The accused having written the (crime) of which he is accused, on 

 a scroll (of paper) together with the following Mantra, places that (scroll) 

 on his forehead. 



And the Mantra (is the following), 



" Sun and moon, wind and fire, heaven and earth, the waters, (man's 

 own) heart, and Yama, clay and night, the two twilights and Dharma 

 know man's actions." 

 Narada (says) : 



" Then the judge (who ought to be) a Brahman, who has studied 

 the Vedas and the Vedangas, who possesses fame and a good character, 

 who has extinguished (the passions of) his mind, who has forsaken 



