अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 167
दद्यात् पञ्चाहुतीस्तत्र शुचिनाम्नि हुताशने । अग्निमुद्दिश्य प्रथमां द्वितीयां वासवं स्मरन् ॥ १६७ ॥
dadyāt pañcāhutīstatra śucināmni hutāśanē | agnimuddiśya prathamāṁ dvitīyāṁ vāsavaṁ smaran || 167 ||
Translation
should give five oblations there, into the fire named Śuci: the first for Agni, the second remembering Vāsava,
Word by word
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) should give
- pañca
- five
- āhutīḥ
- (āhutīḥ) oblations
- tatra
- there
- śuci
- Śuci
- nāmni
- named
- hutāśanē
- into the fire
- agnim
- (agnim) Agni
- uddiśya
- for
- prathamāṁ
- the first
- dvitīyāṁ
- the second
- vāsavaṁ
- Vāsava (Indra)
- smaran
- remembering
Meaning
In the first feeding the fire is called Śuci, "the pure".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tatra": in the act of annaprāśana. To which gods should he give the five oblations? To that question he says "agnim" and the rest.