स्थण्डिलरचनम्, अग्निस्थापनम्Making the altar; installing the fire
Verse 18
ततस्तस्मात् ज्वलद्दारु गृहीत्वा दक्षपाणिना । ह्रीँ क्रव्यादेभ्यो नमः स्वाहा क्रव्यादांशं परित्यजेत् ॥ १८ ॥
tatastasmāt jvaladdāru gṛhītvā dakṣapāṇinā | hrīm̐ kravyādēbhyō namaḥ svāhā kravyādāṁśaṁ parityajēt || 18 ||
Translation
Then, taking a burning stick from it with his right hand, he should cast away the share of the flesh-eaters with "hrīṁ kravyādebhyo namaḥ svāhā".
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tasmāt
- (tasmāt) from it
- jvalat
- (jvalat) burning
- dāru
- wood
- gṛhītvā
- having taken
- dakṣa
- right
- pāṇinā
- with the hand
- hrīm̐
- hrīṁ
- kravyādēbhyaḥ
- (kravyādebhyaḥ) to the eaters of raw flesh
- namaḥ
- salutation
- svāhā
- svāhā
- kravyāda
- of the flesh-eaters
- aṁśaṁ
- the share
- parityajēt
- he should cast away
Meaning
Before the fire is installed, one burning piece is taken from it and thrown aside, to the south as the commentary says, as the portion of the kravyādas, "eaters of raw flesh": the rākṣasas and other hostile beings who would otherwise disturb the rite. The mantra, given in full in the verse, means "hrīṁ, salutation to the flesh-eaters, svāhā". The rest of the fire is then pure for the gods.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that, taking from that fire one burning piece of wood, a blazing stick, in his right hand, with the mantra "hrīṁ kravyādebhyo namaḥ svāhā" he should cast away the kravyāda part, the share of the rākṣasas, to the south.