नामकरणम्Giving the name
Verse 154
अग्नये प्रथमां दत्त्वा वासवाय ततः परम् । ततः प्रजानाम्पतये विश्वदेवेभ्य एव च । ब्रह्मणे चाहुतिं दद्याद्वह्नौ पार्थिवसंज्ञके ॥ १५४ ॥
agnayē prathamāṁ dattvā vāsavāya tataḥ param | tataḥ prajānāmpatayē viśvadēvēbhya ēva ca | brahmaṇē cāhutiṁ dadyādvahnau pārthivasaṁjñakē || 154 ||
Translation
the first to Agni, after that to Vāsava, then to the lord of creatures and to the Viśvedevas, and an oblation to Brahmā, into the fire called Pārthiva.
Word by word
- agnayē
- to Agni
- prathamāṁ
- the first
- dattvā
- having given
- vāsavāya
- to Vāsava (Indra)
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) after that
- param
- then
- prajānām
- (prajānām) of creatures
- patayē
- to the lord
- viśvadēvēbhyaḥ
- (viśvadevebhyaḥ) to the Viśvedevas
- ēva
- and
- ca
- and
- brahmaṇē
- to Brahmā
- āhutiṁ
- an oblation
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) should give
- vahnau
- into the fire
- pārthiva
- Pārthiva
- saṁjñakē
- called
Meaning
The five, as at the birth rite; the fire in the naming is called Pārthiva, "the earthly".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
To which gods should he give the five oblations? To that question he says "agnaye" and the rest. [Agni, Vāsava (Indra), Prajāpati, the Viśvedevas and Brahmā; the fire is named Pārthiva.]