गृहप्रतिष्ठाThe consecration of a house
Verse 179
विधायाऽत्र विशेषेण यजेद्देवं प्रजापतिम् । प्राजापत्यञ्च हवनं कुर्यात् साधकसत्तमः ॥ १७९ ॥
vidhāyā’tra viśēṣēṇa yajēddēvaṁ prajāpatim | prājāpatyañca havanaṁ kuryāt sādhakasattamaḥ || 179 ||
Translation
…and here in particular the best of sādhakas should worship the god Prajāpati and make the oblation to Prajāpati.
Word by word
- vidhāya
- having done
- atra
- here
- viśēṣēṇa
- in particular
- yajēt
- should worship
- dēvaṁ
- the god
- prajāpatim
- Prajāpati
- prājāpatyaṁ
- to Prajāpati
- ca
- and
- havanaṁ
- the oblation
- kuryāt
- should make
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- sattamaḥ
- (sattamaḥ) the best
Meaning
For a house the presiding god is Prajāpati Brahmā (verse 137), so the homa is prājāpatya.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Atra: in the consecration of a house.