धाराहोमःThe offering in streams
Verse 43
ततोऽग्नेरुत्तरे याम्ये मध्ये च परमेश्वरि । अग्निं सोमं अग्नीषोमौ समुल्लिख्य यथाक्रमात् ॥ ४३ ॥
tatō’gnēruttarē yāmyē madhyē ca paramēśvari | agniṁ sōmaṁ agnīṣōmau samullikhya yathākramāt || 43 ||
Translation
Then, Supreme Goddess, on the north side of the fire, on the south and in the middle, naming in order Agni, Soma, and Agni and Soma together,
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- agnēḥ
- (agneḥ) of the fire
- uttarē
- on the north
- yāmyē
- on the south
- madhyē
- in the middle
- ca
- and
- paramēśvari
- O Supreme Goddess
- agniṁ
- Agni
- sōmaṁ
- Soma
- agnīṣōmau
- Agni and Soma together
- samullikhya
- having named
- yathākramāt
- in order
Meaning
Three further oblations are placed in three parts of the fire: north for Agni, south for Soma, the middle for Agni-and-Soma, the two Vedic deities who share one oblation. The mantras are given in the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. O Parameśvarī, then, on the north side of the fire, on the south side and in the middle, in that order, intending Agni, Soma and Agnīṣomau (Agni and Soma together), with the mantra beginning with māyāwith the seed hrīṁ first, the name in the dative and ending with namaḥ (hrīṁ agnaye namaḥ, hrīṁ somāya namaḥ, hrīṁ agnīṣomābhyāṁ namaḥ), having offered three oblations, the discerning one, the wise performer, should do the homa laid down for the rite in hand, the homa prescribed for that rite, the ṛtu-saṁskāra and the others.