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fire (sacrificial) and repeat Virupakska hymn and make Kuskan- 

 dika. 



Having finished the KushandiM, Agni under the name of Prajdpati, 

 should be worshipped according to the rules of Aclitya Pur ana " Om 

 pmgabhru, &c." " Om ! brown-browed, brown-bearded, brown-haired 

 and brown-eyed, high-featured, red-stomached, seated on a goat, 

 seed- wreathed Agni, you are powerful." Then are to be offered 

 one hundred and eight oblations or dhutis to Brahma with a mixture 

 of honey, ghi, sesamum, and barley. And next, ten offerings should 

 be made to each of the worshipped gods. 



The Vilvapanchaka homa, or five offerings, with the leaves of the tree 

 Marmelosaeglops has then to be performed. The five hymns for the 

 purpose have Visvamitra for their rishi ; they are in Jagati metre, 

 their god is Vastu, their use lies in the propitiation of Vastu. 

 " Om Fastosphte prati, &c." 



Then with ghi alone, " Om Agnaye, SfC. svdhd. Om to Agni, the 

 originator and supporter of Sacrifices, this is given to Agni." 

 After the principal sacrifice and the Mahdvydhrti homa are over, 

 the tushni samit has to be offered without any mantras. Then 

 follow the prdyasehitta homa, the chanting of the Vdmadevya 

 hymn, and taking a handful of curd, repeat the following, " Om 

 Yajnam Grachchha, &c." Om, the sacrifice be ended, &c. Finally 

 the fire is to be extinguished with curd. 



This is to be followed by offering to the Vastu gods rice boiled with 

 milk with the mantra ' esha payasa vali om Is'aya namah,' and so on. 

 " This offering of milk and rice to Is'a, and so on, to other Vastu 

 gods." 



Then uttering Svasti perform S'dnti. 



Om in the S'anti work, om, do you three pronounce, " I am bless- 

 ed." The following are the directions for the performance of the 

 ceremony of S'anti. 



Let the priest sprinkle on the Yajamana, seated with his sons 

 and family facing east, water from the S'anti-ghata with the mantra, 

 " Om, Surdstvdmabhi sinchantu, &c. Om, may the gods purify you 

 with water; may Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesvara, Vasudeva, 

 Jagannatha as well as Sankarshana purify you. May Pradyumna 

 and Aniruddha give you victory. May Akhandala, Agni, Yama, 



