Khila Kanda. Adhyaya 6, Brahmana 3. The rite for greatness
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Each mantra is given four ways: the Sanskrit in its Devanagari script, the same sounds in Roman letters, an English translation set in our own voice, and then the line once more in plain words, for a first and unhurried reading.
Not every passage is opened to the same depth. A few central mantras carry the full cross-school commentary, where the schools are set side by side. The rest are kept here whole and faithful, set in their place but not expounded, so the book stays entire and nothing is dropped for being thought minor.
Where the schools read a line differently, the difference is kept open. None is crowned and none is corrected. Each is met on its own terms, and where they contradict, the contradiction is left standing for you to sit with.
The fig-wood vessels and the ten grains
There are four articles made of fig wood: the ladle is of fig wood, the cup is of fig wood, the fuel-stick is of fig wood, and the two stirring rods are of fig wood. There are ten cultivated grains: rice, barley, sesamum, beans (mash), millet (anu), panic seeds (priyangu), wheat, lentils, pulse (khalva), and vetches (khalakula). Having ground them, he sprinkles them with curd, honey, and clarified butter, and offers clarified butter.
A closing note on the materials. Four of the implements are made of fig (udumbara) wood: the ladle, the cup, the fuel-stick, and the two stirring rods. Ten kinds of cultivated grain are used: rice, barley, sesame, beans, millet, panic seeds, wheat, lentils, and two more pulses (khalva and khalakula). He grinds these, moistens them with curd, honey, and ghee, and makes the offering of clarified butter.