Putting a piece of gold on some blades of Kusha grass spread out on the ground, the sacrificer pours libations upon it. If libations are poured upon also the pores of an anthill, upon the right ear of a goat, upon a piece of level earth, upon the waters of a Tirtha, or on the hand of a Brahmana, the illustrious god of fire becomes pleased and considers it as a source of his own advancement as also that of the celestials through his.
कुशस्तम्बे जुहोत्यग्निं सुवर्णे तत्र च स्थिते। बल्मीकस्य वपायां च कर्णे वाजस्य दक्षिणे॥ शकटो। परस्याप्सु ब्राह्मणस्य करे तथा। हते प्रीतिकरीमृद्धिं भगवांस्तत्र मन्यते॥