ब्रह्मस्थापनम्Seating the Brahmā of the rite
Verse 38
तेषु यज्ञीयवस्तूनि सर्वाण्यासादयेत् सुधीः । सोदकं प्रोक्षणीपात्रमाज्यस्थालीसमित्कुशान् ॥ ३८ ॥
tēṣu yajñīyavastūni sarvāṇyāsādayēt sudhīḥ | sōdakaṁ prōkṣaṇīpātramājyasthālīsamitkuśān || 38 ||
Translation
On them the wise one sets out all the things for the sacrifice: the sprinkling vessel with water, the vessel of ghee, the kindling sticks and the kuśa,
Word by word
- tēṣu
- on them
- yajñīya
- for the sacrifice
- vastūni
- the things
- sarvāṇi
- (sarvāṇi) all
- āsādayēt
- (āsādayet) should set out
- sudhīḥ
- the wise one
- sōdakaṁ
- with water
- prōkṣaṇī
- for sprinkling
- pātram
- (pātram) the vessel
- ājya
- of ghee
- sthālī
- the pot
- samit
- kindling sticks
- kuśān
- kuśa grass
Meaning
The articles: the prokṣaṇī-pātra, the vessel of water for sprinkling; the ājya-sthālī, the pot of ghee; samidh, the kindling sticks; and kuśa grass. The list continues in the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Teṣu". The wise sacrificer should set out on that darbha all the things for the sacrifice. What things he sets out on the darbha he tells with "sodakam" and the rest.