अग्नेः सप्तजिह्वाःThe seven tongues of the fire
Verse 26
ततोऽग्नेः पूर्वमारभ्य सह कीलालपाणिना । उत्तरान्तं महेशानि त्रिधा प्रोक्षणमाचरेत् ॥ २६ ॥
tatō’gnēḥ pūrvamārabhya saha kīlālapāṇinā | uttarāntaṁ mahēśāni tridhā prōkṣaṇamācarēt || 26 ||
Translation
Then, O Great Goddess, with a hand holding water he should sprinkle round the fire three times, from the east to the north.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- agnēḥ
- (agneḥ) of the fire
- pūrvam
- (pūrvam) the east
- ārabhya
- beginning from
- saha
- with
- kīlāla
- water
- pāṇinā
- with a hand
- uttara
- the north
- antaṁ
- ending at
- mahēśāni
- O Great Goddess
- tridhā
- three times
- prōkṣaṇam
- (prokṣaṇam) sprinkling
- ācarēt
- he should do
Meaning
"Kīlāla" is water: with a wet hand he sprinkles water three times around the fire, starting from the east and ending at the north. This marks off and purifies the space of the fire.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. O Maheśānī, after that, "saha kīlālapāṇinā", with a hand holding water, he should sprinkle the fire three times, starting from the east and ending at the north.