पूर्णाहुतिःThe full oblation
Verse 163
क्षमस्वेति च मन्त्रेण विसृजेत्तं हुताशनम् । कृतदक्षिणको मन्त्री अच्छिद्रमवधारयेत् ॥ १६३ ॥
kṣamasvēti ca mantrēṇa visṛjēttaṁ hutāśanam | kṛtadakṣiṇakō mantrī acchidramavadhārayēt || 163 ||
Translation
With the mantra "kṣamasva" he should dismiss the eater of oblations; having given the fee, the mantrī should affirm it flawless.
Word by word
- kṣamasva
- "kṣamasva", forgive
- iti
- thus
- ca
- and
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- visṛjēt
- should dismiss
- taṁ
- that
- hutāśanam
- eater of oblations
- kṛta
- given
- dakṣiṇakō
- (dakṣiṇakaḥ) the fee
- mantrī
- the practitioner
- acchidram
- flawless
- avadhārayēt
- should affirm
Meaning
"Agne kṣamasva", "O Fire, forgive"; and "may this rite be without flaw".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then with the mantra "agne kṣamasva" ("O Fire, forgive") he should dismiss that eater of oblations, the fire. Then the mantrī, the practitioner, who has given the fee (dakṣiṇā), should affirm, "May this rite of homa be without flaw (acchidra)." Then he should place the remains of the homa between the brows. (This explanation covers verses 163 to 165.)