वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed
Verse 34
आग्नेय्यां पात्रमेकन्तु संस्थाप्य कुलनायिके । रक्षोघ्नममृतं प्रोच्य यज्ञरक्षां कुरुष्व मे । इत्युक्त्वा भाजने तस्मिंस्तुलसीदलसंयुतम् ॥ ३४ ॥
āgnēyyāṁ pātramēkantu saṁsthāpya kulanāyikē | rakṣōghnamamṛtaṁ prōcya yajñarakṣāṁ kuruṣva mē | ityuktvā bhājanē tasmiṁstulasīdalasaṁyutam || 34 ||
Translation
Setting one vessel in the south-east, O mistress of the kula, saying "rakṣoghnam amṛtam ... yajñarakṣāṁ kuruṣva me", he puts into that vessel water with tulasī leaves;
Word by word
- āgnēyyāṁ
- in the south-east
- pātram
- (pātram) vessel
- ēkam
- (ekam) one
- tu
- and
- saṁsthāpya
- having set
- kulanāyikē
- O mistress of the kula
- rakṣōghnam
- (rakṣoghnam) slaying demons
- amṛtaṁ
- nectar
- prōcya
- having said
- yajña
- of the sacrifice
- rakṣāṁ
- protection
- kuruṣva
- make
- mē
- for me
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- having said
- bhājanē
- into the vessel
- tasmiṁs
- (tasmin) that
- tulasī
- tulasī
- dala
- leaves
- saṁyutam
- (saṁyutam) with
Meaning
The mantra, as the ṭīkā assembles it: "rakṣoghnam amṛtam asi, mama yajñarakṣāṁ kuruṣva", "you are the nectar that slays demons; guard my sacrifice". The vessel in the south-east, Agni's corner, holds the water that protects the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Āgneyyām" and the rest. Then, setting one vessel in the south-east (āgneya), first saying "rakṣoghnam amṛtam" and then "yajñarakṣāṁ kuruṣva me", that is, with the mantra that results, "rakṣoghnam amṛtam asi, mama yajñarakṣāṁ kuruṣva" ("you are the nectar that slays demons; protect my sacrifice"), he puts water with tulasī and barley into that vessel set in the south-east. Then the wise performer of the śrāddha, in the order beginning with the gods, gives a mouthful of water (jalagaṇḍūṣa) to the kuśa vipras, and with the sentence "viśvedevā idam āsanaṁ vo namaḥ" ("O Viśvedevas, this seat is yours; salutation") gives a seat to the Viśvedevas; with the sentence "amuka-gotra nāndīmukha pitar amuka-devaśarman, amuka-gotra nāndīmukha pitāmaha amuka-devaśarman, amuka-gotra nāndīmukha prapitāmaha amuka-devaśarmann idam āsanaṁ vaḥ svadhā" to the father and the rest; with the sentence "amuka-gotre nāndīmukhi mātar amuki devi, amuka-gotre nāndīmukhi pitāmahi amuki devi amuka-gotre nāndīmukhi prapitāmahi amuki devi idam āsanaṁ vaḥ svadhā" to the mother and the rest; with the sentence "amuka-gotra nāndīmukha mātāmaha amuka-devaśarman, amuka-gotra nāndīmukha pramātāmaha…, amuka-gotra nāndīmukha vṛddhapramātāmaha amuka-devaśarmann idam āsanaṁ vaḥ svadhā" to the maternal grandfather and the rest; and with the sentence "amuka-gotre nāndīmukhi mātāmahi amuki devivṛddhapramātāmahi amuki devi idam āsanaṁ vaḥ svadhā" he should give a kuśa seat to the maternal grandmother and the rest too. "Tataḥ" and the rest. Then the learned performer of the śrāddha should invite to the kuśa seats: the Viśvedevas with the sentence "viśvedevā ihāgacchateha tiṣṭhateha sannidhatta mama pūjāṁ gṛhṇīta" ("Viśvedevas, come here, stay here, be present here, accept my worship"); the father and the rest with the sentence "amuka-gotrā nāndīmukhāḥ pitṛ-pitāmaha-prapitāmahā amukāmukāmuka-devaśarmāṇa ihāgacchateha tiṣṭhateha sannidhatta mama pūjāṁ gṛhṇīta"; and likewise the mother and the rest, the maternal grandfathers and the maternal grandmothers with the same sentence in their own forms.