i. 8. 1.
a Anumati he offers a cake
on eight potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a cow. The (grains) which are thrown
down to the west of the support he (offers) on one potsherd to Nirrti; the
sacrificial fee is a black garment with a black fringe.
Go
away, hail! rejoicing in the oblation.
This is thy share, O Nirrti;
O thou who hast prospered, thou art rich in oblation;
Free him from evil. Hail!
Honour to him who hath done this.
He offers an oblation to
Aditya; the sacrificial fee is a choice (ox). (He offers) to Agni and Visnu on
eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a dwarf beast of burden. (He offers)
to Agni and Soma [1] on eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is gold. (He
offers) to Indra on eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a bull as a beast
of burden. (He offers) to Agni on eight potsherds, and curds to Indra; the
sacrificial fee is a bull as a beast of burden. (He offers) to Indra and Agni
on twelve potsherds, and an oblation (caru) to the All-gods; the
sacrificial fee is a first-born calf. (He offers) an oblation of millet to
Soma; the sacrificial fee is a garment. (He offers) an oblation to Sarasvati,
and an oblation to Sarasvant; the sacrificial fee is a pair of oxen.
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