Manual for the Performance of Planetary Sacrifice

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The oblations in the southwestern KundaA sacred fire pit. [are performed]. Regarding the statement "twelve in the last": because an equal division of the total number of oblations into 112 is not possible, one should take two extra and perform eleven oblations in each pit. In this manner, the divisions for the hundred-oblation sacrifices should be understood. Then, while the gatekeepers perform the SuktajapaThe meditative repetition of Vedic hymns. for the Sun and other planets, the AcharyaThe preceptor or head priest. performs the planetary sacrifice (Grahoma) in all the pits as previously prescribed. Here, for fear of being too wordy, [every detail] is not stated. The hymns (Suktas) are those found in the Pranarayaniya, the Sham na, the Mayurakha, and the limbs of the Vedas. The Shanti SuktasHymns for peace and the removal of obstacles. to be recited at the ten directions and gates are to be found in the Narayana Maharnava and the Tadagotsarga PaddhatiA ritual manual specifically for the "Dedication of Ponds.". Here, for fear of being too wordy, [the full text] is not provided. Now here
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are the hymns concerning the ritual context which are to be recited by the chanters. The
Night Hymn (Ratri Sukta), the Raudra hymn, the Pavamana hymn, and the Sumangala hymn: in the East, the BahvrichaA priest belonging to the Rig Veda tradition. should read the Peace hymn while facing North. [The hymn] Ratri vyakhya...

...and so on. The Raudra hymn [begins] Ni ma rudraya tava... the Pavamana [begins] Svadhishthaya pa... the Sumangala [begins] Kanikradajjanu... the Peace hymn [begins] Sham na indragni... At the southern gate, an excellent knower of the Yajur Veda should recite the Shakra, Raudra, Saumya, and the Peace hymns. The Shakra hymn [begins] Ashuh shishana... the Raudra is the section (anuvaka) [beginning] Yo virukshata svari... or the Raudra is the six-verse hymn [beginning] Ma rudraya stardhanvane... the Saumya is the six-verse hymn [beginning] Somo dhenum... the Kaushanda refers to the four sections [beginning] Yaddeva devahedanam... the Peace hymn is the chapter [beginning] Richam cha vacham... the Suparna is in the middle...

The Rudra Samhita, the Jyeshtha Saman, and the Peace hymn should be recited by the ChandogaA priest of the Sama Veda tradition, specialized in singing the melodies. in the West. The Sauvarna [consists of] three melodies (Samans) [beginning] Udu tyam... and so on. The Vairaja [begins] Piba somamada... the Agneya [begins] Kasta jami... the Rudra Samhita [begins] Aya hi rajanam... the Jyeshtha Saman [begins] Murdhanam divo... the Peace chapter Atho [begins] Vyagnir... and the Peace hymn, the Saura hymn, the Shakunika, the auspicious Paushtika... The Peace hymn [begins] Sham na indragni... the Saura is the five-verse hymn [beginning] Udu tyam jatavedasam... the ShakunaHymns related to interpreting the cries of birds as omens. is the auspicious six-verse hymn [beginning] Kandirutonana... the PaushtikaHymns for growth, nourishment, and prosperity. [begins] O...