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One should perform the rites as before, addressing the deity by name while maintaining the secret name. If one is to offer libations to the ancestors after the name, one should do so. (182)
The rites of food-tasting, tonsure, initiation, and marriage are performed. In fierce rituals, the rites ending in death are performed. (183)
One should offer one oblation each with the limbs and the body of the fire's tongues. Then one should offer to Indra and others with the thunderbolt and other weapons ending in the directions. (184)
Having placed the ghee four times with the ladle sruk large sacrificial ladle, the wise one should take that same ladle with the sruva small sacrificial ladle using both hands. (185)
Standing, one should place the base of these on the navel and throw flowers on the tip. The wise one, having placed the base on the left breast, using the heart-mantra, (186)
Should offer with the vaushat exclamation used during oblation ending, properly and attentively. Then, with the great Ganesha mantra, divided into ten parts, (187)
One should offer ghee oblations four times with the whole. The six seed-syllables joined with the preceding ones, the arrows and the missiles, (188)
The sages, and the seekers are known as the divisions of that mantra. The Om, Shri, Hrim, Klim, Bhuh, and the Lord of Ganas Ganesha (189)
Ganesha in the fourth case, at the end of the boon, saying "bestower of boons," and at the end of all, saying "Janami" bring to me, and at the end of "Me Vasham," say "Honor." (190)
Before the fire offering of five sticks. The rite called initiation is to be performed by name, following the secret name as before, with eight ghee oblations, such as Rama-Agni, Krishna-Agni, and so on. Regarding this fire, one should place the ancestors—Vagisha and Vagisha—from the pit into one's own heart. Initiation, sacred thread, marriage. (181-185)
Flowers, ten-fold, divided. (186-187)
He explains that same division: the six seed-syllables, the arrow is five letters, the missiles are five, the sages are seven, the seekers are five. He explains the Ganesha mantra: the tara Om, Lakshmi Shri, Girisuta Hrim, Kama Klim, Bhuh Glaum, the Lord of Ganas Gam, this is the six seed-syllables for Ganapati...