स्थण्डिलरचनम्, अग्निस्थापनम्Making the altar; installing the fire
Verse 17
आनीय वह्निं तत्पार्श्वे स्थापयेद्वाग्भवं स्मरन् ॥ १७ ॥
ānīya vahniṁ tatpārśvē sthāpayēdvāgbhavaṁ smaran || 17 ||
Translation
Having brought the fire, he should set it beside the square, remembering the vāgbhava.
Word by word
- ānīya
- having brought
- vahniṁ
- the fire
- tat
- of it
- pārśvē
- at the side
- sthāpayēt
- (sthāpayet) he should set
- vāgbhavaṁ
- the vāgbhava, the seed aiṁ
- smaran
- remembering
Meaning
The fire, once brought, is set down beside the sthaṇḍila, not yet on it, while the performer recites inwardly the vāgbhava seed, aiṁ, the seed of speech and of Sarasvatī.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ānīya" and the rest. Having brought the fire, remembering the vāgbhava, the mantra aiṁ, he should set it "tatpārśve", at the side of the sthaṇḍila.