अग्निध्यानम्Meditation on Agni
Verse 23
मायामेह्येहि पदतः सर्वामर वदेत् प्रिये । हव्यवाहपदान्ते च मुनिभिः स्वगणैः सह । अध्वरं रक्ष रक्षेति नमः स्वाहा ततो वदेत् ॥ २३ ॥
māyāmēhyēhi padataḥ sarvāmara vadēt priyē | havyavāhapadāntē ca munibhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ saha | adhvaraṁ rakṣa rakṣēti namaḥ svāhā tatō vadēt || 23 ||
Translation
Beloved, he should say māyā, then "ehy ehi", then "sarvāmara"; after the word "havyavāha", "munibhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ saha adhvaraṁ rakṣa rakṣa", and then "namaḥ svāhā".
Word by word
- māyām
- (māyām) māyā, the seed hrīṁ
- ēhi
- (ehi) come
- ēhyēhi
- (ehy ehi) come, come
- padataḥ
- (padataḥ) after the word
- sarvāmara
- of all the immortals
- vadēt
- he should say
- priyē
- O beloved
- havyavāha
- O bearer of oblations
- padāntē
- at the end of the word
- ca
- and
- munibhiḥ
- with the sages
- svagaṇaiḥ
- (svagaṇaiḥ) with your own hosts
- saha
- together
- adhvaraṁ
- the sacrifice
- rakṣa
- protect
- iti
- thus
- namaḥ
- salutation
- svāhā
- svāhā
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
Meaning
The verse spells out the invitation mantra piece by piece, as the ṭīkā assembles it: "hrīṁ ehy ehi sarvāmara-havyavāha munibhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ saha adhvaraṁ rakṣa rakṣa namaḥ svāhā". Māyā is the seed hrīṁ. In English: "hrīṁ. Come, come, O bearer of oblations to all the immortals; with the sages and your own hosts, protect, protect the sacrifice. Salutation, svāhā."
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the mantra for inviting the fire with "māyām" and the rest, in a verse and a half. O dear one, first he should say māyā, the seed hrīṁ; then, saying "ehy ehi", after that word the word "sarvāmara"; then "havyavāha", and after that word "munibhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ saha adhvaraṁ rakṣa rakṣa"; then "namaḥ svāhā". Putting all the words together the mantra is: hrīṁ ehy ehi sarvāmara-havyavāha munibhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ saha adhvaraṁ rakṣa rakṣa namaḥ svāhā.