This is a photo of the setup.

The elements I use

in offering homa for the pleasure of the Lord are
compact and simplified. In the middle of the
photo is a vedi constructed of 3 pieces: a base
plate of brass, a copper kunda (available in Loi
Bazaar), and a good strong 8-sided bell-metal
plate that has a circular fire pit in the middle.
As you see in the photo the fire pit is now
stocked with bits of wood. Actually these are
incense sticks broken to size. Bamboo is used
for making joss sticks, and bamboo is one of
the 7 kinds of woods recommended for yajnas.
I've sprinkled camphor and ghee on to the
sticks. To the north of the fire altar (from the Vedic point of view it is actually east
but that's too confusing--take north in this picture to mean "in the direction above
the vedi") is an incense holder in which 5 sticks of incense are burning. To the
northeast is a silver plate bearing a brass ghee pot and the sacrificial ladel. To the
southeast is a incense holder which, like the one to the north, also has a holder for a
small ghee wick. I've put camphor into that holder. To the southwest is a copper
acamana cup and spoon for myself, a silver acamana pot and spoon for the fire, and
a little silver kumbha (pot topped with coconut and five mango leaves). To the west
is a brass bowl with extra camphor, should that be needed. To the northwest is a
candle, standing by as the "garhapatya flame" or source of fire for the offering.

I ingite a piece of camphor and drop it into the camphor at the southeast of the vedi.
I chant: om kravyadam agnim prahinomi duram yamarajyam gacchatu ripravahah.
This mantra is for casting away the inauspicious aspect of fire.
I ignite another piece of camphor and drop it into the yajna fuel. I chant: om bhur
bhuvah svar om. Then I chant om sri vaisnava namaagnaye and...
...showing avahana-mudra, I chant iha Then, showing stapana-mudra, I chant iha
'gaccha iha 'gaccha. tistha iha tistha.

Showing sannidhapani-mudra, chanting Showing sannirudhana-mudra, chanting

iha sannidehi iha sannidehi. iha sannirudhyasva, iha sannirudhyasya.

Showing sakali-karani-mudra. Showing sammukhi-karani-mudra,

chanting iha sammukho bhava iha
sammukho bhava.
Showing cakra mudra and chanting om Snapping fingers 8 times in 8 directions
astraya phat! around fire.

Showing maha-mudra. Showing pranama-mudra.

Showing hrdaya-mudra, chanting klim- Showing sirsa-mudra, chanting krsnaya-

hrdaya namah. sirse svaha.
Showing sikha-mudra, chanting Showing kavaca-mudra, chanting
govinda-sikhaya vasat. gopijana-kavacaya hum.

Showing cakra-mudra, chanting

svaha-astraya phat.

Showing maha-mudra and pranama-

mudra.

Showing netra-mudra, chanting

vallabhaya-netrabhyam vausat.

Showing galini-mudra at heart.

Now I worship the fire with mudra and water offerings. I chant etat-padyam om sri
vaisnave namah and with the silver spoon offer a drop of water from the Lord's
acamana pot onto the brass base place of the vedi. I meditate upon washing the
lotus feet of Lord Vaisnava Agni.

I show the arghya-mudra and chant idam

I show acamaniya-mudra, then chant idam
arghyam om sri vaisnave namah as I
acamaniyam om sri vaisnave namah as I
offer a drop and meditate upon offering
offer a drop, meditating on refreshing the
Him scented water for washing His hands
Lord's mouth by acamana.
and face.

I show the acamaniya-mudra again, and

chant idam punaracamaniyam om sri
vaisnave namah while offering a drop and
meditating upon refreshing His mouth
once more after He has taken a sweet
drink.

I show the madhu-parka mudra, then

chant esa madhuparka om sri vaisnave
namah while offering a drop and
meditating upon giving a sweet drink to
the Lord.
Gandha-mudra, chant esa gandha om sri Puspa-mudra, chant etat sacandana
vaisnave namah, offer a drop, meditate puspani om sri vaisnave namah, offer a
upon applying scented oil and drop, meditate upon offering flowers to
sandalwood pulp to the Lord's body. the lotus feet of the Lord.

Malya-mudra, chant idam malyam om sri

vaisnave namah, offer a drop, meditate
upon garlanding the Lord.

Sarva-mudra, chant idam sarvam, offer a drop, meditate on the Lord kindly
accepting my worship as complete although it is sadly so incomplete. Then I show
pranama-mudra again and chant yat-pujanena vibudhah pitaror-iccatas ca tusta-
bhavanti rsi-bhuta-saloka-palah sarve grahas-tarani soma-kujadi mukhya govindam
adi purusam tam aham bhajami, a Pancaratrik verse that declares that worship of
Govinda includes worship of forefathers, rishis, all living entities, the guardians of the
directions, all the planetary deities, etc.

Purifying ghee pot with water. Passing ghee pot through fire 3 times,
starting from left to right each time.

Purifying sacrificial ladle with acamana Passing the ladle through fire 3 times,
water. starting from left to right.

Putting drops of water into right palm, turning palm sideways on the right side of the
vedi so that the water sprinkles in a straight vertical line, I chant om ananta
anumanyasva.

Doing the same along along a horizontal And doing the same along a vertical line
line south of the vedi, I chant om acyuta on the left side of the vedi, I chant om
anumasyasva. sarasvaty anumanyasva.
Then I take the silver coconut with 5 leaves off the top of the kumbha, dip a leaf in
the water of the kumbha, and sprinkle the water around the vedi while chanting Om
klim gopijanavallabhaya namah.

Now the yajna beings. Om bhur svaha idam visnave idam na mama; om bhuvah
svaha idam acyutaya idam ma mama; om svar svaha idam narayanaya idam na
mama; om bhur bhuvah svah svaha idam anantaya idam na mama. This is called the
Vyasta Samasta Mahavyahrti homa. What shoud follow this are sixteen offerings that
could, as you have been doing, be accompanied by chanting the sixteen prayers of
the Purusa Sukta. Actually you can chant any sixteen prayers you like. You can take
sixteen prayers from Bhagavad-gita, for example. In the yajna I do, I begin with four
Vedic mantras--the first prayer of Purusa-sukta, then two mantras from Taittirya
Brahmana, then a Yajur-veda mantra--and then I chant the oblation mantra given in
SB 6.19.8 twelve times, putting fire into the ghee after each time and chanting
svaha. This Bhagavatam oblation mantra is a short form of a puja mantra given in
the previous verse. In his purport to that verse, Srila Prabhupada states, "This
mantra is very important. Anyone engaged in Deity worship should chant this
mantra, as quoted above, beginning with om namo bhagavate maha-purusaya."

Vyasta Samata Mahavyahrti homa is performed again, followed by Mula-Mantra-

Gayatri homa: chanting aim guruva namah, klim gauraya namah, klim
gopijanaballabaya namah, srim-klim radha-krsnabhyam namah, ksraum
narasimhaya namah and om sudarsanaya namah, I offer ghee into the fire with each
mantra. On days like ekadasi when it is nice to increase the service to the Lord, I
chant each mantra 10 times with an offering each time.

After these mula-mantra/gayatri offerings I again do Maha Samasta Mahavyahrti

homa. This is followed by Udicya Karma. The fire is "changed" from Vaisnava-agni to
Vidhu-agni. This is done by showing the installation mudras and chanting the
associated mantras (om vidhu namagnaye iha vaha iha vaha; iha tistha etc.). Then
the nyasa mudras should be shown, and their mantras chanted (klim hrdaya namah;
krsnaya svaha etc.).

Vaysta Samasta Mahavyahrti homa is to be performed again. Then prayascitta homa,

consisting of offerings to these mantras:

om pahi no 'cyuta enase svaha idam visnave idam na mama

om pahi no visva vedase svaha idam visnave idam na mama
om yajnam pahi hare vibho svaha idam visnave idam na mama
om sarvam pahi sriyah pate svaha idam visnave idam na mama
om pahi no 'nanta ekaya pahi uta dvitiyaya pahi urjam trtiyaya pahi girbhis
catasrbhih visno svaha idam visnave idam na mama
om purnar urja nivartasva punar visna isa ayusa punar nah pahi ahamsah svaha
idam visnave idam na mama
om saha rayya nivartasva visno pinvasva dharaya visvapsnya visvatas pari svaha
idam visnave idam na mama
om prajapateh visno na tvat etani anyo visva jatani pari ta babhuva yat kamas te
junumas tanno 'stu vayagrh syama patayo rayinam svaha idam visvave idam na
mama
Vyasta Samasta Mahavyahrti Homa again. Then Vaisnava homa, which I've
condensed to the om ajnana timirandhandasya mantra (one ahuti or offering in the
fire), the two Srila Prabhupada pranama mantras (two ahutis), the vanca-kalpa verse
(one ahuti), the Panca-tattva mahamantra (one ahuti) and the Hare Krsna
mahamantra (one ahuti).

Then I sprinkle a circle of water around the vedi from the silver kumba leaves,
chanting Om klim gopijanavallabhaya namah; then I sprinkle water from the side of
my palm on 3 sides of the fire, chanting (these mantras are a little different from the
first time around): om ananta anumamsthah, om acyuta anumamsthah, om
sarasvati anumamsthah.

Then I rise to perform purna ahuti. I chant the namo brahmanya devaya verse and
offer ghee into the fire: idam krsnaya idam na mama. Then showing the maha
mudra and pranam mudra I recite the invocation to Sri Isopanisad (om purnam
adaha purnam idam...).

The comes Vamadeva-gam. Still standing, I take up the silver kumbha and sprinkle
water on the "northwest" side of the fire, chanting om bhur bhuvah svah kaya nas
citra abhuvad uti sada vrdhah sakha kaya sacisthaya vrta. Again sprinkle in the same
place, then chant om bhur bhuvah svah kas tva satyo madanam mamhistho matsad
andhasah drda cidaruje vasu. Again sprinkle in the same place, then chant om bhur
bhuvah svah abhi sunah sakhinam avita jaritrnam satam bhavasya utaye.

Then I sprinkle the 10 directions around the fire. There are mantras to be chanted
for each of these sprinkles:

om dyauh santir antariksam santih pritivi santir apah santih

vayuh santis tejah santir osadhayah santir lokah santih
brahmana santih vaisnava cantih santir astu dhrtir astu

om santir om santir om santih

Mantras for forgiveness of offenses follow. Then Prema-dhvani prayers (Jaya om

visnupada paramahamsa...etc.).

At the end one should glorify Lord Vamanadeva. I chant the calayasi vikramane
balim... prayer from Dasavatara-stotram (actually I chant the whole stotram because
it is so auspicious, but the verse to Lord Vamana is needed to end the yajna. The
reason is given in SB 8.23.31p.