Institutes of VIshnu 79

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1. He must not perform a S râddha with water collected at night.

2. On failure of Ku s a grass he must employ Kâ s a or Dûrvâ grass instead.

3. Instead of a garment (he may give) cotton thread.

4. He must avoid (giving) the fringe of cloth, though it be of cloth not yet used.

5. And (he must not give) flowers having a nasty odour, or no odour at all, the blossoms of thorny plants, and red flowers.

6. He may give white and sweet-smelling flowers, even though grown on thorny plants, and aquatic flowers, even though they be red.

7. He must not give marrow or fat instead of a lamp.

S. He may give clarified butter or sesamum-oil.

9. He must not give (the nails or horns) of animals instead of the incense of all kinds (prescribed for a S râddha).

10. He may give bdellium mixed up with honey and clarified butter.

11. He may give sandal, saffron, camphor, aloe wood, or Padmaka wood instead of an ointment.

12. He must not salt (the dishes) publicly (after they have been cooked).

13. He must not give clarified butter, condiments, or the like (i.e. sour milk, milk, etc.) with his hands.

14. He must use metallic vessels;

15. Especially vessels made of silver.

16. He must place (on the sacrificial ground) vessels made of the horn of the rhinoceros, blankets made of the hair of the mountain-goat, the skin of a black antelope, sesamum, white mustard, unbroken grains, (silver and copper vessels and other) purificatory objects, and (a goat and other animals or objects), by which the demons are kept aloof.

17. He must avoid to use pepper, (the onion called) Mukundaka, (the pot-herb called) Bhûst rin a, (the leaves, blossoms, or roots of) the S igru tree, mustard-seeds, (the plant) Nirgu nd î, (the fruit or leaves of) the S âl tree, the plant Suvar k alâ, the (pumpkin-gourd called) Kûshmâ nd a, the bottle-gourd, the egg-plant, (the plants or pot-herbs called) Pâlakyâ, Upo t akî, and Ta nd ulîyaka, the herbs of the safflower, the Pi nd âluka (root), and the milk of female buffalos.

18. And (he must not use the bean called) Râ g amâsha, (the lentil called) Masûra, stale food, and factitious salt.

19. Let him avoid wrath.

20. He must not shed a tear.

21. He must not be in a hurry.

22. In offering the clarified butter and other (liquids, such as condiments, sour milk, milk, and the like) he must use metallic vessels, vessels made of the horn of the rhinoceros, and vessels made of the wood of the Phalgu tree.

23. There is a S loka on this subject:

24. 'That which has been offered in vessels made of gold, or of silver, or of the horn of the rhinoceros, or of copper, or of Phalgu wood, becomes imperishable (and brings infinite reward to the sacrificer).'

The Insitutes of Vishnu CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVEN

Divisions 2331-2345