अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 166
पूर्ववद्देवपूजादि वह्निसंस्करणं तथा । एवं धारान्तकर्माणि सम्पाद्य विधिवत् पिता ॥ १६६ ॥
pūrvavaddēvapūjādi vahnisaṁskaraṇaṁ tathā | ēvaṁ dhārāntakarmāṇi sampādya vidhivat pitā || 166 ||
Translation
As before, the worship of the gods and the rest and the consecration of the fire; having duly completed the rites up to the end of the dhārā, the father
Word by word
- pūrvavat
- (pūrvavat) as before
- dēva
- of the gods
- pūjā
- the worship
- ādi
- and the rest
- vahni
- of the fire
- saṁskaraṇaṁ
- the consecration
- tathā
- and
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- dhārā
- stream
- anta
- up to the end of
- karmāṇi
- the rites
- sampādya
- having completed
- vidhivat
- duly
- pitā
- the father
Meaning
The common opening of the sacraments.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the procedure of the act of annaprāśana (first feeding with rice) with "pūrvavat" and the rest.