अथ अभिप्रातर् एव स्थालीपाकावृताज्यम् च इष्टित्वा स्थालीपाकस्य उपघातं जुहोति अग्नये स्वाहा अनुमतये स्वाहा देवाय सवित्रे सत्यप्रसवाय स्वाहा इति हुत्वा उद्धृत्य प्राश्नाति प्राश्य इतरस्याः प्रयच्छति प्रक्षाल्य पाणी उदपात्रं पूरयित्वा तेन एनां त्रिर् अभ्युक्षति उत्तिष्ठ अतः विश्वावसो अन्याम् इच्छ प्रपूर्व्याम् सं जायां पत्या सह इति
atha abhiprātar eva sthālīpākāvṛtājyam ca iṣṭitvā sthālīpākasya upaghātaṃ juhoti agnaye svāhā anumataye svāhā devāya savitre satyaprasavāya svāhā iti hutvā uddhṛtya prāśnāti prāśya itarasyāḥ prayacchati prakṣālya pāṇī udapātraṃ pūrayitvā tena enāṃ trir abhyukṣati uttiṣṭha ataḥ viśvāvaso anyām iccha prapūrvyām saṃ jāyāṃ patyā saha iti
And toward morning, having prepared butter in the manner of the pot-cooked rice, he offers from it: "To Agni, svāhā! To Anumati, svāhā! To the god Savitṛ, the truly-creating, svāhā!" Having offered, he takes it out and eats; having eaten, he gives to the other [his wife]. Having washed his hands and filled a vessel with water, he sprinkles her three times with it: "Rise up from here, Viśvāvasu, seek another young maiden — [leave] the wife with her husband!"
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The morning of the rite of conception, with oblations to Agni, to Anumati (the goddess of gracious consent — without her "yes" no one is conceived!) and to Savitṛ "the truly-creating" (satya-prasava). The meal is divided in two: he eats and gives to her — one porridge, one work.
And the pearl of the code is the dismissal of the gandharva: Viśvāvasu, the celestial spirit, the unseen "first bridegroom" of every maiden, is bidden to rise and seek another: uttiṣṭhataḥ viśvāvaso — "leave the wife with her husband!" The marriage bed is cleared of unseen claims: before her husband, the maiden was in the care of gods, and they are seen off with honour but firmly. A knower's house is peopled not with fears but with addressees: to every power its own word.