व्यवहारमयूख (नीलकण्ठ भट्ट - पश्चिमी भारत की हिन्दू न्याय-संहिता एवं व्यवहार कोष)

S IV 5 39- IV 6.1 ] ADOPTION 133
M. p. 64 l. 33 p 65 l. 32 ]
'at the time of placing fuel-sticks on the fire, and (having made the saṅkalpa)
'I shall offer to Agni who is the principal deity in this rite, to Vāyu, the
Sun, Prajāpati one oblation each, one oblation again to fire and six oblations
of boiled rice to Sūryāsāvitrī, and the rest to (Agni) Sviṣṭakṛt,' he should
perform (all the rites) ending with ājyotpavana.¹ Then the adopter having
gone near the giver should make a request (through the priest) 'give your
son', while the giver, after reciting the five ṛks 'ye yajñena' (Rg X 62.
1-5), recalling the time &c and having repeated the words beginning with
'between me and others' (vide above p 132) and ending with 'for the creation
&c' should declare 'I make a gift to you of this son who is decked with orna-
ments according to my ability'. Of the five verses (beginning with the
words) 'ye yajñena', Nābhānediṣṭha the son of Mānava, all the gods, Jagatī
(are respectively the seer, the deity and the metre) and they are employed
in the rite of giving a son The adopter, having accepted (the boy) with
the words 'devasya tvā', having recited the psalm to Kāma² as laid down in
his own śākhā (recension of the Veda), having muttered the ṛk 'aṅgād-
aṅgāt', having smelt the head of the boy, having decked him with clothes
and the like, should take him inside the house to the accompaniment of
auspicious music Then the ācārya, having performed the rites beginning
with the ājyasthāpana and ending with ājyabhāga ³, and having offered
oblations of clarified butter itself to the accompaniment of the vyāhṛtis se-
parately and together ⁴, should then offer boiled rice* 'Yastvā hṛdā' (is
the mantra), Vasuśrut (is the seer), Agni (is the deity), Triṣṭup (is
the metre), its employment is in the homa with boiled rice that is the prin-
cipal (rite) in the adoption of a son (After repeating) 'Yas-tvā hṛdā'
(Rg V 4 10), the offering should be surrendered with the words 'this is
for Agni, (it is) not mine' (now) Of (the mantra) 'tubhyamagre',
Sūryā-sāvitrī, Sūryā-sāvitrī, Anuṣṭup (are respectively the seer, the deity and
the metre) 'Tubhyamagre' (Rg. X 85 38), 'this is for Sūryā-sāvitrī, it
is not mine' Of the five (mantras) 'somo dadat' (Rg X. 85 41-45)
Sūryā-sāvitrī, Sūrya-sāvitrī and Anuṣṭup (are the seer, deity and metre)
The employment is as before, 'Somo dadat' Then he should finish (the
homa to Agni) Sviṣṭakṛt. This is the (whole) rite (of adoption)
We return to the subject in hand. Kātyāyana states a special rule
about the division of debts:
1 Ājyotpavana consists in purifying clarified butter by passing two kuśa blades
through it
2 Vide Āśvalāyana-s'rauta 5 13 and Āp. s'r s 14 11 2 for slightly differing kāmastutis.
3. Ājyabhāgas are two offerings made to Agni and Soma respectively to the north-east
and south-east of the āhavanīya fire.
4 The vyāhṛtis are the mystic syllables bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and svaḥ The offerings will be
accompanied with these syllables as follows 'Om bhūḥ svāhā, om bhuvaḥ svāhā, om svaḥ
svāhā, om bhūrbhuvaḥ-svaḥ svāhā.'

• P. 122 (text).