द्रव्यसंस्कारःPurifying the articles
Verse 39
आसाद्य स्रुक्स्रुवादीनि ह्रौँ ह्रीँ हूमिति मन्त्रकैः । दिव्यदृष्ट्या प्रोक्षणेन संस्कृत्य तदनन्तरम् ॥ ३९ ॥
āsādya sruksruvādīni hraum̐ hrīm̐ hūmiti mantrakaiḥ | divyadṛṣṭyā prōkṣaṇēna saṁskṛtya tadanantaram || 39 ||
Translation
and the large and small ladles and the rest; and having purified them with the mantras "hrauṁ hrīṁ hūṁ", with the divine gaze and with sprinkling, after that
Word by word
- āsādya
- having set out
- sruk
- the large ladle
- sruva
- the small ladle
- ādīni
- and the rest
- hraum̐
- hrauṁ
- hrīm̐
- hrīṁ
- hūm
- (hūṁ) hūṁ
- iti
- thus
- mantrakaiḥ
- (mantrakaiḥ) with the mantras
- divya
- divine
- dṛṣṭyā
- with the gaze
- prōkṣaṇēna
- with sprinkling
- saṁskṛtya
- having purified
- tadanantaram
- after that
Meaning
The sruk (the large offering ladle) and the sruva (the small spoon) are set out with the rest. All the articles are purified in three ways: with the three seeds hrauṁ, hrīṁ, hūṁ; with the divya-dṛṣṭi, the "divine gaze", looking at them steadily without blinking, as the eyes of the gods never blink; and by sprinkling them with water.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Āsādya". Having set out on the darbha the things, the prokṣaṇī vessel with water and the rest, and the vessels of the sacrifice, the sruk and sruva (the large and small ladles) and the rest, he purifies them with the mantras hrauṁ hrīṁ hūṁ, with the divine gaze and with sprinkling. Then, letting his right knee rest on the ground, taking ghee with the sruc into the sruva, the vessel of the sacrifice, the wise performer, thinking of his own good, offers three oblations intended for Viṣṇu with the mantra "hrīṁ viṣṇave" ending in dviṭha, that is in svāhā: hrīṁ viṣṇave svāhā.