द्वितीयेऽह्नि द्विसाहस्रं तृतीये तु सहस्रकम्
On the second day, two thousand; on the third day, a thousand.
नवाहे कल्पयेल्लक्षमेकैकांगं दिने दिने
In a nine-day rite, one should arrange a hundred thousand for each limb, day by day.
कोटिहोमे च तिथ्यंगे शतभागेन कल्पयेत्
For a ten-million-offering with lunar days as limbs, it should be arranged in a hundred parts.
नित्यमेकं दिने दद्यात्पृथङ्नित्यं न चाचरेत्
One should give one each day regularly, and not perform them separately each day.
अयुते लक्षहोमे च कोटिहोमे च सर्वदा
In a ten-thousand, hundred-thousand, or ten-million-offering, always—
महोत्सवे द्वितीये तु बलिदानं तथैव च
On the second day of a great festival, the giving of offerings is likewise prescribed.
पञ्चाहे तु तृतीयेऽह्नि बलिदानं प्रशस्यते 2.1.14.
In a five-day rite, on the third day, the giving of offerings is praised.
पञ्चाहे द्वादशाहे तु द्वात्रिंशत्षोडशेऽहनि
In a five-day, twelve-day, thirty-two-day, or sixteen-day rite—
कुण्डसंस्कारवर्णनम् असंस्कृते चार्थहानिस्तस्मात्संस्कृत्य होमयेत्
Description of the purification of the fire-pit: If it is not purified, there is loss of purpose; therefore, one should purify it and then perform the offering.
अष्टादश स्युः संस्काराः कुण्डानां तत्र दर्शिताः
There are eighteen purifications of the fire-pits, which are described here.
त्रिसूत्रीकरणं पश्चाद्वृत्तसूत्रं निपातयेत्
After making the three threads, one should place the circular thread.
जिह्वां प्रकल्पयेत्पश्चात्तस्मादग्निं समाहरेत्
Then, one should prepare the tongue, and after that, bring forth the fire.
नदीपर्वतशालाभ्यः स्त्रीहस्तात्परिवर्जयेत्
One should avoid (taking it) from a river, mountain, hut, or from a woman's hand.
तमग्निं प्रतिगृह्णीयादात्मनोऽभिमुखं यथा
One should receive that fire so that it faces oneself.
वागीश्वरीमृतुस्नातां वागीश्वरसमागताम्
A woman who has bathed after her period, or who has united with Vāgīśvarī (the goddess of speech),
कालबीजेन चैशान्यां योनावग्निं विनिक्षिपेत्
Should place the fire in the yoni (womb) in the northeast, with the seed of time.
पितृपिङ्गल दहदह पंचयुग्ममुदीर्य च
Reciting 'Pitṛpiṅgala, burn, burn,' and uttering the five pairs,
वह्निबर्हिषि संयुक्ताः सादियांताः सबिंदवः 2.1.15.
Those joined with the sacred grass on the fire, along with the offerings and drops.
जिह्वास्तास्त्रिविधाः प्रोक्ता यज्ञदत्तेन सत्तमाः
The three kinds of tongues have been declared by Yajñadatta, O best ones.
त्रिमध्वक्तैर्यत्र होमं कर्णिकायां च होमयेत्
Wherever the oblation is made with three kinds of honey, one should offer it in the center.
बहुरूपातिरूपा च सात्त्विका योगकर्मसु
She who is of many forms and superior form, sattvic in yogic actions,
लोहितास्यात्करालास्यात्कालीभासस्य इत्यपि
With a red mouth, a fierce mouth, and also of the form of Kālī—so it is said.
समिद्भेदेषु या जिह्वास्तास्तु तेनैव योजयेत्
The tongues that are in the different kinds of fuel—one should use those accordingly.
त्रिमध्वक्तैर्यथा होमं कर्णिकायां च होमयेत्
As the oblation is made with three kinds of honey, so should it be offered in the center.
बहुरूपा पुष्पहोमे कृष्णा चान्नेन पायसैः ।। इक्षुहोमे पद्मरागा सुवर्णा पद्महोमके
The many-formed one in the flower offering, the black one with food and milk-rice; in the sugarcane offering, the ruby-colored one; the golden one in the lotus offering.
लोहिता पद्महोमे च श्वेता वै बिल्वपत्रके
The red one in the lotus offering, and the white one with bilva leaves.
लोहितास्या पितृहोमे ततो ज्ञेया मनोजवा
The red-mouthed one in the ancestral offering, then the swift-minded one should be known.
समानमाज्यहोमे च निषण्णं शेषवस्तुषु 2.1.15.
The same in the ghee offering, and what remains among the other substances.
कर्णहोमे तु वै व्याधिर्नेत्रे तद्द्वयमीरितम्
If an offering is made into the ear, disease will arise; if into the eyes, both will be afflicted, it is said.
पुत्रं विपत्करं चैव तस्मात्तत्र न होमयेत्
A son will encounter misfortune; therefore, one should not offer oblations there.