स्थण्डिलरचनम्, अग्निस्थापनम्Making the altar; installing the fire
Verse 20
संस्थाप्य तृणदारुभ्यां प्रबलीकृत्य पावकम् । समिधे द्वे घृताक्ते च हुत्वा तस्मिन् हुताशने । स्वकर्मविहितं नाम कृत्वा ध्यायेद्धनञ्जयम् ॥ २० ॥
saṁsthāpya tṛṇadārubhyāṁ prabalīkṛtya pāvakam | samidhē dvē ghṛtāktē ca hutvā tasmin hutāśanē | svakarmavihitaṁ nāma kṛtvā dhyāyēddhanañjayam || 20 ||
Translation
and having set it there and made the fire blaze up with grass and wood, offering into it two kindling sticks smeared with ghee, and giving it the name laid down for his rite, he should meditate on the fire, Dhanañjaya.
Word by word
- saṁsthāpya
- having set
- tṛṇa
- with grass
- dārubhyāṁ
- and wood
- prabalīkṛtya
- having made to blaze
- pāvakam
- (pāvakam) the fire
- samidhē
- two kindling sticks
- dvē
- two
- ghṛta
- with ghee
- aktē
- smeared
- ca
- and
- hutvā
- having offered
- tasmin
- into that
- hutāśanē
- fire
- sva
- own
- karma
- for the rite
- vihitaṁ
- laid down
- nāma
- the name
- kṛtvā
- having given
- dhyāyēt
- (dhyāyet) he should meditate
- dhanañjayam
- (dhanañjayam) on Dhanañjaya, the fire
Meaning
The fire is fed with grass and sticks until it blazes, and two samidhs (kindling sticks) smeared with ghee are offered into it. The fire is then named according to the rite: Agni takes a different name in each sacrament, and the chapter gives them as it goes (Māruta in the rite of the season, Candra in puṁsavana, Śiva in sīmantonnayana, Pārthiva in the naming, Śuci in the first feeding, Satya in the tonsure, Samudbhava in the investiture, Yojaka in marriage). Dhanañjaya, "winner of wealth", is a name of Agni; the meditation on him follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 19.