5.
5 After it has been killed, he silently 'strengthens' its sense-organs (by touching them) with water, and silently takes out the omentum, the heart, and the kidneys.
6. With the Vap
srapa
n of Udumbara wood he roasts the omentum; with spits of Udumbara wood the other (parts mentioned in Stra 5) separately.
7. After he has roasted them, and has sprinkled
gya over them, and has taken them from the fire, he sprinkles water round (the fire) from right to left, puts a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), and sacrifices with a Darvi spoon of Udumbara wood the omentum, spreading under and sprinkling over it (
gya), with (the verse), 'Carry the omentum,
Gtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled. Svadh! Adoration!'
8.
8 He sacrifices the omentum entirely. The other parts (Stra 5) he should offer to the Brhma
nas and should feed them (with those parts of the cow).
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