अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 168
ततः प्रजापतिं देवं विश्वान् देवान् ततः परम् । ब्रह्माणञ्च समुद्दिश्य पञ्चमीमाहुतिं त्यजेत् ॥ १६८ ॥
tataḥ prajāpatiṁ dēvaṁ viśvān dēvān tataḥ param | brahmāṇañca samuddiśya pañcamīmāhutiṁ tyajēt || 168 ||
Translation
then for the god Prajāpati, after him the Viśvedevas, and he should give the fifth oblation for Brahmā.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- prajāpatiṁ
- Prajāpati
- dēvaṁ
- the god
- viśvān
- the all
- dēvān
- gods
- param
- (param) after
- brahmāṇam
- (brahmāṇam) Brahmā
- ca
- and
- samuddiśya
- for
- pañcamīm
- (pañcamīm) the fifth
- āhutiṁ
- oblation
- tyajēt
- he should give
Meaning
The same five deities as at the naming.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 167.