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VISHZVU.
XXI, 3.
3. Close to the food left (by the Brahmazzas) let
him offer a ball of rice, at the same time calling out
his name and (that of) his race.
4. The Brahmazzas having taken food and having
been honoured with a gift, let him offer, as im-
perishable food, water to the Brahmazzas, after
having called out the name and Gotra of the de-
ceased ; and let him dig three trenches, each four
Ahgulas in breadth, their distance from one another
and their depth also measuring (four Ahgulas), and
their length amounting to one Vitasti (or twelve
Ahgulas).
5. Close by the trenches let him light three fires,
and having added fuel to them, let him make three
oblations (of boiled rice) in each (fire, saying),
6. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Soma, accompanied
by the manes.
7. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Agni, who conveys
the oblations addressed to the manes.
8. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Yama Angiras?
9. Then let him offer balls of rice as (ordained)
before (in Sutra 3) on the three mounds of earth
(adjacent to the three trenches).
10. After having filled the three trenches with
3. This must be done with the Mantra, ‘ This is for you.’
(Nand.) Regarding this Mantra, see note on Sutra 10.
4. The ‘imperishable water,’ akshayyodakam, derives its name
from the Mantra, with which it is delivered, expressing the wish
that the meal ‘ may give imperishable satisfaction’ (akshayyam
astu). This is the explanation which Nand. gives of the term
akshayyodakam in his gloss on LXXIII, 27. In his comment on
the present Sutra he says that the ‘imperishable water’ must be
presented with the (further ?) Mantras, ‘ Let arrive ’ and ‘ Be
satisfied.’ See Y. I, 251; <Sankh. IV, 2, 5, 6.
10. The whole Mantra runs as follows, ‘ This is for you, father,
VISHZVU.
XXI, 3.
3. Close to the food left (by the Brahmazzas) let
him offer a ball of rice, at the same time calling out
his name and (that of) his race.
4. The Brahmazzas having taken food and having
been honoured with a gift, let him offer, as im-
perishable food, water to the Brahmazzas, after
having called out the name and Gotra of the de-
ceased ; and let him dig three trenches, each four
Ahgulas in breadth, their distance from one another
and their depth also measuring (four Ahgulas), and
their length amounting to one Vitasti (or twelve
Ahgulas).
5. Close by the trenches let him light three fires,
and having added fuel to them, let him make three
oblations (of boiled rice) in each (fire, saying),
6. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Soma, accompanied
by the manes.
7. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Agni, who conveys
the oblations addressed to the manes.
8. ‘ Svadha and reverence to Yama Angiras?
9. Then let him offer balls of rice as (ordained)
before (in Sutra 3) on the three mounds of earth
(adjacent to the three trenches).
10. After having filled the three trenches with
3. This must be done with the Mantra, ‘ This is for you.’
(Nand.) Regarding this Mantra, see note on Sutra 10.
4. The ‘imperishable water,’ akshayyodakam, derives its name
from the Mantra, with which it is delivered, expressing the wish
that the meal ‘ may give imperishable satisfaction’ (akshayyam
astu). This is the explanation which Nand. gives of the term
akshayyodakam in his gloss on LXXIII, 27. In his comment on
the present Sutra he says that the ‘imperishable water’ must be
presented with the (further ?) Mantras, ‘ Let arrive ’ and ‘ Be
satisfied.’ See Y. I, 251; <Sankh. IV, 2, 5, 6.
10. The whole Mantra runs as follows, ‘ This is for you, father,