प्रकृतहोमःThe offering of the rite in hand
Verse 45
Translation
The offerings from the three oblations to Viṣṇu up to the three given just now are called the dhārā-homa.
Word by word
- āhuti
- oblations
- traya
- three
- dāna
- the giving
- antaṁ
- (antam) up to the end of
- dhārā
- of the streams
- hōmaṁ
- homa
- pracakṣatē
- they call
Meaning
A definition, used constantly in the rest of the chapter: the dhārā-homa, "homa of the streams", is the sequence from the three oblations to Viṣṇu (verse 40), through the two streams for Prajāpati and Indra, to the three oblations to Agni, Soma, and Agni-Soma (verses 43-44). Each sacrament below says "having done the rite up to the end of the dhārā-homa", meaning all of verses 15-44.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Āhuti" and the rest. From the giving of the three oblations intended for Viṣṇu to the giving of the three oblations intended for Agni and the others: this they call (pracakṣate, pravadanti) the dhārā-homa, the homa of the streams.