ब्रह्मस्थापनम्Seating the Brahmā of the rite
Verse 36
सोदकेन करेणाग्नेरीशानाद् ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिकम् । त्रिधा पर्युक्ष्य वह्निञ्च त्रिः प्रोक्ष्य तदनन्तरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
sōdakēna karēṇāgnērīśānād brahmaṇō’ntikam | tridhā paryukṣya vahniñca triḥ prōkṣya tadanantaram || 36 ||
Translation
With a wet hand he sprinkles three times from the north-east of the fire to near the Brahmā, and after that sprinkles the fire three times;
Word by word
- sōdakēna
- wet, with water
- karēṇa
- with the hand
- agnēḥ
- (agneḥ) of the fire
- īśānāt
- (īśānāt) from the north-east
- brahmaṇaḥ
- (brahmaṇaḥ) of the Brahmā
- antikam
- (antikam) to near
- tridhā
- three times
- paryukṣya
- having sprinkled round
- vahniṁ
- the fire
- ca
- and
- triḥ
- three times
- prōkṣya
- having sprinkled
- tadanantaram
- after that
Meaning
A line of water is laid from the north-east (Īśāna) corner of the fire to the Brahmā's seat, joining the two, and the fire itself is sprinkled three times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Sodakena". Then with a wet hand, starting from the north-east (īśāna) corner of the fire and going as far as near Brahmā, he sprinkles three times, and sprinkles the fire three times; after that, coming back by the same way he went to Brahmā's seat, the sacrificer sits on his own seat and spreads darbha, kuśa grass, with tips to the north, on the ground north of the sthaṇḍila.