210 The Vdstu Ydga. [No. S, 



griva, Pushpadanta, Varuna, Asura, S'esha, Papa, Poga, Ndga, Visva- 

 karma, Bhalldta, Yajnesvara, Ndgardja, S'ri, Aditi, Apa, Apava- 

 tsa, Aryamna, Soma, Vivasvata, Indra, Indrdtmaja, Mitra, Pudra, 

 Rdjayalcshmana, Pharddhara, Brahman, Skanda, Viddri, Putand, 

 Jamhhaka, Pdpardkshasi, Pilipinja, Char aha. 



In the square for Brahman, Vasudeva is to be invoked and 

 worshipped with sixteen upacharas, or articles of worship. There 

 also Lahshmi and Vasudevaganas, are to be worshipped. In the 

 same square with the same kinds of offerings Dhard (earth) 

 is likewise to be worshipped with the following. Om sar- 

 valoka dharam, &c. " Om, supporter of all creation, female figured, 

 well ornamented, be propitiated." In the four squares of Brah- 

 ma is to be scattered rice, and thereon a new strong water-pot 

 filled with water is to be placed, and into it gold and silver pieces 

 and Sarvoushadhi are to be dropped, and the whole covered with a 

 Vardhani. In this water-pot, the four-headed deity, Brahma, should 

 be invoked and worshipped with sixteen kinds of offerings, upacharas. 

 Towards the north-eastern corner of this water-pot, another pot 

 full of pure water into which have been put the five ratnas (jewels) 

 and gold and silver pieces is to be placed and, tying round its neck 

 a pair of new clothes, a garland, twigs of Asvatha, (the religious fig) 

 vata (the banian), mango, plaksha (the vulgar fig) and Udumbara 

 (the sacrificial fig) trees. Placing upon these a dish filled with 

 barley, the priest should recite the mantra " Ajighra Kalasam, &c." 

 also the invocation, Varuna, the water-god, om Varunasyotham- 

 Ihanamas'i &c. 



Then follows the invocation of the holy places " om Gangddya 

 Baritah, &e." Om, all the rivers beginning with Granga, oceans 

 and seas, all rivers, all oceans, all seas and all lakes, destroyers 

 of ill-luck of Yajamana, come hither." Then are to be dropped 

 • into the water-pot various kinds of earth, such as earth from stables, 

 from where elephants live, from ant-hills, from the confluence 

 of rivers, from the banks of a lake, from the fields where cattle 

 graze, and from the ruts of chariot-wheels, also water from sacred 

 places, and sarvoushadi and durvd grass. 



On the west of this water-pot, according to the rules of his own 

 Grihyasutra, let the owner or his representative Hota establish the 



