अग्नेः सप्तजिह्वाःThe seven tongues of the fire
Verse 27
तथैव याम्यमारभ्य कौबेरान्तं हुताशितुः । त्रिधा पर्युक्षणं कुर्यात्ततो यज्ञीयवस्तुनः ॥ २७ ॥
tathaiva yāmyamārabhya kaubērāntaṁ hutāśituḥ | tridhā paryukṣaṇaṁ kuryāttatō yajñīyavastunaḥ || 27 ||
Translation
In the same way, from the south to the north, he should sprinkle round the fire three times; then the things for the sacrifice.
Word by word
- tathā
- likewise
- ēva
- just
- yāmyam
- (yāmyam) the south, Yama's quarter
- ārabhya
- beginning from
- kaubēra
- the north, Kubera's quarter
- antaṁ
- ending at
- hutāśituḥ
- of the fire
- tridhā
- three times
- paryukṣaṇaṁ
- sprinkling round
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) he should do
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- yajñīya
- for the sacrifice
- vastunaḥ
- (vastunaḥ) of the things
Meaning
A second sprinkling, from Yama's quarter, the south, to Kubera's, the north; then the articles of the rite are sprinkled three times as well, as the commentary explains.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tathaiva" and the rest. Then, in the same way with a wet hand, starting from the south (yāmya) and ending at the north (kaubera), he should sprinkle (paryukṣaṇa, abhiṣecana) the fire (hutāśitṛ) three times; after that he should sprinkle the things for the sacrifice three times as well.