Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
एतेन मन्त्रेण तु संयतात्मा तां वै वेदिं सकृदुल्लिख्य धीरः / शिवां हि बुद्धिं ध्रुवमिच्छमानः क्षिपेद्द्विचातिर्दिशमुत्तरां गतः
etena mantreṇa tu saṃyatātmā tāṃ vai vediṃ sakṛdullikhya dhīraḥ / śivāṃ hi buddhiṃ dhruvamicchamānaḥ kṣipeddvicātirdiśamuttarāṃ gataḥ
With this mantra, the self-restrained and steadfast one, having once marked out the vedi, desiring a surely auspicious and steady mind, should go toward the north and sprinkle twice.