अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 170
पञ्चप्राणाहुतेर्मन्त्रैर्भोजयित्वा तु पञ्चधा । ततोऽन्नव्यञ्जनादीनां दत्त्वा किञ्चित् शिशोर्मुखे ॥ १७० ॥
pañcaprāṇāhutērmantrairbhōjayitvā tu pañcadhā | tatō’nnavyañjanādīnāṁ dattvā kiñcit śiśōrmukhē || 170 ||
Translation
Feeding him five times with the mantras of the offerings to the breaths, and then putting a little rice, curry and the like into the child's mouth,
Word by word
- pañca
- five
- prāṇa
- to the breaths
- āhutēḥ
- (āhuteḥ) of the offering
- mantraiḥ
- (mantraiḥ) with the mantras
- bhōjayitvā
- having fed
- tu
- and
- pañcadhā
- five times
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- anna
- rice
- vyañjana
- curry
- ādīnāṁ
- and the like
- dattvā
- having put
- kiñcit
- (kiñcit) a little
- śiśōḥ
- (śiśoḥ) of the child
- mukhē
- into the mouth
Meaning
The five mouthfuls are given with the prāṇāhuti mantras said before a meal: "prāṇāya svāhā, apānāya svāhā, samānāya svāhā, udānāya svāhā, vyānāya svāhā", offering the food to the five vital breaths. Eating is itself a homa into the fire within.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Pañca" and the rest. With the mantras of the five oblations to the breaths (prāṇāhuti), which are "prāṇāya svāhā, apānāya svāhā, samānāya svāhā, udānāya svāhā, vyānāya svāhā", having fed the son pāyasa five times, then giving a little of rice, curries and the rest into the child's mouth, he should bring the act of annaprāśana to its end with the sound of conch, trumpet and the rest, and the expiation.