जातकर्मThe birth rite
Verse 140
ततः पञ्चाहुतीर्दद्यात् अग्निमिन्द्रं प्रजापतिम् । विश्वान् देवांश्च ब्रह्माणमुद्दिश्य तदनन्तरम् ॥ १४० ॥
tataḥ pañcāhutīrdadyāt agnimindraṁ prajāpatim | viśvān dēvāṁśca brahmāṇamuddiśya tadanantaram || 140 ||
Translation
Then he gives five oblations, for Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, the Viśvedevas, and after them Brahmā.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- pañca
- five
- āhutīḥ
- (āhutīḥ) oblations
- dadyāt
- he gives
- agnim
- (agnim) Agni
- indraṁ
- Indra
- prajāpatim
- (prajāpatim) Prajāpati
- viśvān
- the all
- dēvāṁś
- (devān) gods
- ca
- and
- brahmāṇam
- (brahmāṇam) Brahmā
- uddiśya
- for
- tadanantaram
- after them
Meaning
The Viśvedevas, the "all-gods", are a class of deities honoured together, invoked in rites for ancestors and on family occasions.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 139.