Manual for the Performance of Planetary Sacrifice

Da. Ko.

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...called Tavi. After worshipping the door-keepers, one should not speak with the five-fold bhikti?. "Sacrifice!"—thus [addressing] the HotrakasAssistant priests who recite the Rigvedic hymns during the sacrifice.. After the Uttyam mantras have been chanted, [the priests] should remain standing. Then they should recite the hymns that are to be mentioned.

In all the KundasSacred fire pits specially constructed for the ritual., the YajamanaThe patron or "sacrificer" who sponsors and pays for the ritual. [places] kusha grass and small sticks according to his own Vedic branch. The cooking of the CharuA sacrificial mash made of rice, milk, and clarified butter. takes place only in the southwestern fire pit, not in the others. This is the logic applied there.

Taking a measurement of sixteen fingers in length, one should place the sticks across the fire pit. Having placed the sticks on both sides of the pit, making it like a corner... after placing the middle fire-wood and taking the fire from the middle of the pit, it should be placed in the AraniWooden blocks used for generating fire by friction. and fanned into a blaze. The Charu should then be cooked. This is the method for cooking the Charu. ।। 110 ।।

Materials coated in clarified butter and slightly smeared with ash are the primary substances. From the initial fire-worship to the portions of clarified butter, the ritual is performed in all pits. The renunciation of the portions of butter in each pit belongs to the patron. The total count of offerings for the Koti (ten million) sacrifice is divided by the number of pits. For every thousand offerings, a PurnahutiThe "complete" or "final" oblation that marks the conclusion of a sequence. is performed. Thus, for the ten million count, there are ten thousand additional final oblations. At the end, a Purnahuti must be offered in every pit. First, the—

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—renunciation by the patron. As follows:

"I renounce this material—consisting of fuel sticks, clarified butter, rice mash, sesame, and others, sufficient for the entire sacrifice—to the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu The Navagrahas, or nine celestial influencers.; to Ishvara, Uma, Skanda, Vishnu, Brahma, Indra, Yama, Kala, Citragupta; to Fire, Water, Earth, Vishnu, Indra-Agni, Prajapati; to all the Planets, Vinayaka, Durga; to Wind, Sky, the two Ashvins, Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirriti, Varuna, Vayu, Soma, Ishana, Brahma, Ananta, Garutman, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Skanda, the Maruts, Vayu, the All-Gods, the Maker of Good Sacrifice original: "Svistakrit", Prajapati, and the Universal Fire original: "Vaishvanara". It is not mine." original: "Na mama." This is the essential formula of Vedic sacrifice where the patron surrenders ownership of the gift to the deity.

Then the sacrifice begins. For the purpose of the sacrifice, the priests enter their prescribed places around the fire pits. There are twenty Brahmins per pit. The placement of the priests, including the Teacher, is at the southwestern fire pit. For the sake of the sacrifice, everyone performs the ritual sipping of water original: "Achamana," a purification rite. twice. The sound of chanting the A no bhadra A famous Vedic prayer: "May noble thoughts come to us from all sides." and other auspicious mantras fills the air. The patron should provide one garland original: "Mala" made of jewels to each of the sacrificial performers. Then the teachers offer 108 oblations in each pit with the mantra Gana-nam tva A mantra dedicated to Ganesha, the lord of categories or hosts. using Palasha wood, clarified butter, rice mash, and sesame.