अग्निध्यानम्Meditation on Agni
Verse 24
इत्यावाह्य हव्यवाहमयं ते योनिरुच्चरन् । यथोपचारैः सम्पूज्य सप्त जिह्वाः प्रपूजयेत् ॥ २४ ॥
ityāvāhya havyavāhamayaṁ tē yōniruccaran | yathōpacāraiḥ sampūjya sapta jihvāḥ prapūjayēt || 24 ||
Translation
Having invited the bearer of oblations so, he says "ayaṁ te yoniḥ", honours him with the due offerings, and then worships his seven tongues.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- āvāhya
- having invited
- havyavāham
- the bearer of oblations
- ayaṁ
- this
- tē
- your
- yōniḥ
- (yoniḥ) birthplace
- uccaran
- saying
- yathā
- as is due
- upacāraiḥ
- (upacāraiḥ) with the offerings
- sampūjya
- having honoured
- sapta
- the seven
- jihvāḥ
- tongues
- prapūjayēt
- he should worship
Meaning
"Ayaṁ te yoniḥ", "this is your birthplace", tells the fire that the altar is its proper seat. He then worships Agni with the upacāras, water for the feet and the rest, using his name-mantra beginning with oṁ and ending with namaḥ, as the commentary says; and with the same kind of mantra he worships the seven tongues with scent and flowers.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having invited the fire, the bearer of oblations, with this mantra, saying "ayaṁ te yoniḥ", "this, O fire, is your birthplace", he worships the fire duly with the offerings of water for the feet and the rest, using the name mantra that begins with praṇava (oṁ) and ends with namaḥ; then, with the name mantra beginning with praṇava and ending with namaḥ, he worships the seven tongues of the fire with scent, flowers and the rest.