Havi - AncientVoice

Mbh.13.14.1532	Thou, O illustrious one, art the Vedas, the Sacrifices, Soma, Dakshina, Pavaka, Havi, and all other requisites of sacrifice.
Mbh.13.40.4406	O foremost one of Bhrigu's race, do thou take every care for seeing that the chief of the celestials may not defile this spouse of mine like a wretched dog licking the Havi kept in view of a sacrifice.
Mbh.13.51.5218	Kine always afford the best food, in the form of Havi, unto the deities.
Mbh.13.66.6270	Those Brahmanas that make Homa with offerings of sesame, abstain from sexual intercourse, and are observant of the religion of Pravritti or acts, are regarded as equal in purity and efficacy to bovine Havi.
Mbh.13.66.6273	In ancient times when Havi clarified butter on one occasion had become unobtainable the Rishi Kusika, O scorcher of foes, made offerings of sesame seeds to his three sacrificial fires and succeeded in attaining to an excellent end.
Mbh.13.78.7081	They are the best Havi for the deities.
Mbh.13.78.7086	Morning and evening kine yield unto the Rishis, O foremost of men, Havi for use in Homa, O thou of great effulgence.
Mbh.13.81.7203	With their milk and with the Havi manufactured therefrom, kine uphold all creatures in the universe.
Mbh.13.83.7398	With their milk and the Havi produced therefrom, they uphold all creatures.
Mbh.13.88.8011	What Havi, again, if offered lasts for all time?
Mbh.13.90.8084	That Sraddha which is performed without sesame seeds, or that which is done by a person in anger, has its Havi robbed by Rakshasas and Pisachas.
Mbh.13.90.8105	He who performs Sraddhas for feeding only his friends and whose Havi does not gratify the deities and the Pitris, fails to ascend to Heaven.
Mbh.13.90.8111	The Havi and the Kavi offered at Sraddhas should be served unto them that are neither friends nor foes but are only indifferent or neutral.
Mbh.13.91.8194	Havi mixed with this is not acceptable to Pitris.
Mbh.13.93.8236	SECTION XCIII Yudhishthira said, If Brahmanas that are in the observance of a vow viz, fast eat, at the invitation of a Brahmana, the Havi offered at a Sraddha, can they be charged with the transgression or a violation of their vow, or should they refuse the invitation of a Brahmana when such invitation is received by them?
Mbh.13.93.8239	As regards those Brahmanas, however, that are observant of such vows are indicated in the Vedas, they are regarded as guilty of a breach of their vow, O Yudhishthira, by eating the Havi of a Sraddha at the request of him who performs the Sraddha'
Mbh.13.116.10404	That flesh which is dedicated in sacrifices performed in honour of the deities and the Pitris is called Havi and, as such, is worthy of being eaten.
Mbh.13.162.13575	With well-cooked frumenty, Yavaka, Krisara, and Havi clarified butter, one should worship the Pitris and the deities in the Sraddha called Ashtaka.
Mbh.14.54.2406	Know, O son of Bhrigu's race, that I am the sacrificial stake; I am the Soma drunk in sacrifices; I am the Charu cooked in sacrifices for being offered to the deities; I am the Homa that is performed; I am those acts which sacrificers perform for gratifying the deities; I am even the pourer of the sacrificial libation: and I am the Havi or libation that is poured.
Mbh.14.54.2408	I am the Kalpaka; and I am the highly sanctified sacrificial Havi.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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