ब्रह्मस्थापनम्Seating the Brahmā of the rite
Verse 37
आगत्य वर्त्मना तेन सूपविश्य निजासने । स्थण्डिलस्योत्तरे दर्भानुदगग्रान् परिस्तरेत् ॥ ३७ ॥
āgatya vartmanā tēna sūpaviśya nijāsanē | sthaṇḍilasyōttarē darbhānudagagrān paristarēt || 37 ||
Translation
then, returning by the same way and sitting down on his own seat, he spreads darbha north of the altar, its tips to the north.
Word by word
- āgatya
- having come back
- vartmanā
- by the way
- tēna
- that
- sūpaviśya
- (su-upaviśya) having sat down
- nija
- own
- āsanē
- on the seat
- sthaṇḍilasya
- of the altar
- uttarē
- to the north
- darbhān
- darbha grass
- udag
- (udak) north
- agrān
- (agrān) with tips
- paristarēt
- he should spread
Meaning
The performer walks back by the path he came and sits; on the ground north of the sthaṇḍila he spreads kuśa pointing north, the place where the articles of the rite will be laid out.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 36.