ग्रहवर्णानुरूपं पुष्पादिदानविधिःFlowers and gifts in the colours of the planets
Verse 117
कुशण्डिकोक्तविधिना वह्निं संस्थापयन् सुधीः । पुष्पैरुच्चावचैर्यद्वा समिद्भिर्होममाचरेत् ॥ ११७ ॥
kuśaṇḍikōktavidhinā vahniṁ saṁsthāpayan sudhīḥ | puṣpairuccāvacairyadvā samidbhirhōmamācarēt || 117 ||
Translation
Setting up the fire by the rite told for the kuśaṇḍikā, the wise man should make the homa with flowers of every kind, or with sticks of wood.
Word by word
- kuśaṇḍikā
- for the kuśaṇḍikā
- ukta
- (ukta) told
- vidhinā
- by the rite
- vahniṁ
- the fire
- saṁsthāpayan
- setting up
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
- puṣpaiḥ
- (puṣpaiḥ) with flowers
- uccāvacaiḥ
- (uccāvacaiḥ) of every kind
- yadvā
- or
- samidbhiḥ
- (samidbhiḥ) with sticks of wood
- hōmam
- the homa
- ācarēt
- should make
Meaning
The commentary glosses "samidh" as sticks of wood (kāṣṭha), the fuel offered into the fire.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Samidbhiḥ: with sticks of wood (kāṣṭha).