पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 126
मन्त्रेणानेन रक्षोघ्नं चिन्तयित्वा हुताशनम् । रुद्रं प्रजापतिं ध्यायन् प्रदद्यात् द्वादशाहुतीः ॥ १२६ ॥
mantrēṇānēna rakṣōghnaṁ cintayitvā hutāśanam | rudraṁ prajāpatiṁ dhyāyan pradadyāt dvādaśāhutīḥ || 126 ||
Translation
With this mantra, thinking of the fire as the slayer of demons and meditating on Rudra and Prajāpati, he should give twelve oblations.
Word by word
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- anēna
- this
- rakṣōghnaṁ
- as the slayer of demons
- cintayitvā
- having thought of
- hutāśanam
- (hutāśanam) the fire
- rudraṁ
- Rudra
- prajāpatiṁ
- Prajāpati
- dhyāyan
- meditating on
- pradadyāt
- should give
- dvādaśa
- twelve
- āhutīḥ
- oblations
Meaning
For this offering the fire is thought of as Rakṣoghna, "slayer of rākṣasas"; twelve oblations of caru are made.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 124.