पूर्णाहुतिःThe full oblation
Verse 162
ततः पूर्णाहुतिंदद्यात् फलपत्रसमन्विताम् । स्वाहान्तमूलमन्त्रेण ततः संहारमुद्रया । तस्माद्देवीं समानीय स्थापयेत् हृदयाम्बुजे ॥ १६२ ॥
tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṁdadyāt phalapatrasamanvitām | svāhāntamūlamantrēṇa tataḥ saṁhāramudrayā | tasmāddēvīṁ samānīya sthāpayēt hṛdayāmbujē || 162 ||
Translation
Then he should give the full oblation with fruit and leaves, with the root mantra ending in svāhā; then, with the gesture of withdrawal, bringing the Goddess back from it, he should set her in the lotus of his heart.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- pūrṇa
- full
- āhutiṁ
- oblation
- dadyāt
- should give
- phala
- fruit
- patra
- leaves
- samanvitām
- with
- svāhā
- svāhā
- anta
- ending in
- mūla
- root
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- saṁhāra
- withdrawal
- mudrayā
- with the gesture
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) from it
- dēvīṁ
- the Goddess
- samānīya
- bringing back
- sthāpayēt
- should set
- hṛdaya
- heart
- ambujē
- in the lotus
Meaning
The pūrṇāhuti closes the homa; the Goddess returns from the fire to the heart.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then, after that, with the root mantra ending in svāhā, he should give into the fire the full oblation (pūrṇāhuti), with fruit and leaves, fruit and betel. After that, with the gesture of withdrawal (saṁhāra-mudrā), bringing the Goddess back from the fire, he should set her in the lotus of his heart.