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VISILVU.

XXI, 15.

(the two Mantras), ‘ May earth unite thee1,’ and
‘United your minds2.’
15. Near the leavings he must make (and put)
four balls of rice.
16. Let him show out the Brahma/zas, after they
have sipped water duly and have been presented by
him with their sacrificial fee.
17. Then let him knead together the ball of the
deceased person with the three balls (of the three
ancestors), as (he has mixed up) his water for
washing the feet and his Arghya (with theirs).
18. Let him do the same (with the balls placed)
near the three trenches.
19. Or (see Sutra 12) the SapiWikarazza must be
performed on the thirteenth, after the monthly
Sraddha has been performed on the twelfth 1 day.
20. For Sudras it should be performed on the
twelfth day, without Mantras.
21. If there be an intercalary month in that year,
he must add one day to the (regular days of the)
monthly Sraddha.
22. The ceremony of investing women with the
relationship of SapiWa has to be performed in the
same manner. Later, he must perform a Sraddha
every year, while he lives, (on the anniversary of the
deceased relative’s death)1.
which is quoted at full in the Ka/^aka Gnhya-sutra, ‘ May ~Pri-
thivi (the earth), Vayu (air), Agni (fire), and Pra^apati (the lord of
creatures) unite thee with thy ancestors, and may you ancestors
unite with him.’ Regarding the particular ancestors implied here,
see below, LXXV. — 2 Rig-veda X, 191, 4.
19. 11, e. on that day on which the period of impurity expires.
(Nand.)
22. 1 The meaning is, that he must give him food and water, as
prescribed in 23. (Nand.)
 
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