अग्निप्रज्वालनमन्त्रःThe mantra for kindling the fire
Verse 150
वज्राद्यस्त्राणि सम्पूज्य प्रादेशपरिमाणकम् । कुशपत्रद्वयं नीत्वा घृतमध्ये निधापयेत् ॥ १५० ॥
vajrādyastrāṇi sampūjya prādēśaparimāṇakam | kuśapatradvayaṁ nītvā ghṛtamadhyē nidhāpayēt || 150 ||
Translation
Having worshipped their weapons, the thunderbolt and the rest, taking two kuśa blades a span long, he should set them in the middle of the ghee.
Word by word
- vajra
- thunderbolt
- ādy
- (ādi) and the rest
- astrāṇi
- weapons
- sampūjya
- having worshipped
- prādēśa
- span
- parimāṇakam
- measuring
- kuśa
- kuśa
- patra
- blades
- dvayaṁ
- two
- nītvā
- taking
- ghṛta
- ghee
- madhyē
- in the middle
- nidhāpayēt
- should set
Meaning
On the left and right of the ghee, which become iḍā and piṅgalā in the next verse.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then, having worshipped the weapons of Indra and the others, the thunderbolt and the rest, taking two kuśa blades a prādeśa long, he should set, place, them in the middle of the ghee, on the left and on the right.