प्रकृतहोमःThe offering of the rite in hand
Verse 44
सचतुर्थीनमोऽन्तेन मायाद्येनाहुतित्रयम् । हुत्वा विधेयकर्मोक्तं होमं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ॥ ४४ ॥
sacaturthīnamō’ntēna māyādyēnāhutitrayam | hutvā vidhēyakarmōktaṁ hōmaṁ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ || 44 ||
Translation
having offered three oblations with mantras that begin with māyā and end in the dative and namaḥ, the discerning one should perform the homa laid down for the rite in hand.
Word by word
- sacaturthī
- with the dative
- namaḥ
- namaḥ
- antēna
- ending with
- māyā
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- ādyēna
- (ādyena) beginning with
- āhuti
- oblations
- trayam
- three
- hutvā
- having offered
- vidhēya
- to be done
- karma
- for the rite
- uktaṁ
- laid down
- hōmaṁ
- the homa
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) should perform
- vicakṣaṇaḥ
- the discerning one
Meaning
The three mantras, as the commentary spells them out: "hrīṁ agnaye namaḥ", "hrīṁ somāya namaḥ", "hrīṁ agnīṣomābhyāṁ namaḥ", "hrīṁ, salutation to Agni; to Soma; to Agni and Soma". With these the preparatory offerings end, and the performer turns to the homa proper to the sacrament being performed (the ṛtu-saṁskāra or whichever it is), given with each sacrament below.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 43.