पशुच्छेदनविधिःThe rule of the sacrifice
Verse 115
इत्थं निवेद्य च पशुं भूमिसंस्थन्तु कारयेत् । देवीभावपरो भूत्वा हन्यात्तीव्रप्रहारतः ॥ ११५ ॥
itthaṁ nivēdya ca paśuṁ bhūmisaṁsthantu kārayēt | dēvībhāvaparō bhūtvā hanyāttīvraprahārataḥ || 115 ||
Translation
Having offered the animal so, he should have it placed on the ground and, intent on the Goddess, kill it with a swift stroke.
Word by word
- itthaṁ
- so
- nivēdya
- having offered
- ca
- and
- paśuṁ
- the animal
- bhūmi
- ground
- saṁsthan
- (saṁstham) placed on
- tu
- and
- kārayēt
- should have
- dēvī
- Goddess
- bhāva
- thought
- parō
- (paraḥ) intent on
- bhūtvā
- being
- hanyāt
- should kill
- tīvra
- swift
- prahārataḥ
- with a stroke
Meaning
The text describes the rite as it was practised; this is its own teaching. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Paśum: the goat and the like. Svayam: by himself. In the slaying of the animal he should not employ (niyojayet), set to it, an enemy. (Covers verses 115 and 116.)