स्विष्टिकृद्धोमःThe sviṣṭakṛt offering
Verse 46
यदुद्दिश्याहुतिं दद्यात् देयोद्देशोऽपि तत्कृते । समाप्य प्रकृतं कर्म स्विष्टकृद्धोममाचरेत् ॥ ४६ ॥
yaduddiśyāhutiṁ dadyāt dēyōddēśō’pi tatkṛtē | samāpya prakṛtaṁ karma sviṣṭakṛddhōmamācarēt || 46 ||
Translation
For whichever deity an oblation is given, the dedication of the offering is also made for that deity. Having completed the rite in hand, he should perform the sviṣṭakṛt homa.
Word by word
- yat
- (yat) which deity
- uddiśya
- intending
- āhutiṁ
- an oblation
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) one gives
- dēya
- of the offering
- uddēśaḥ
- (uddeśaḥ) the dedication
- api
- also
- tat
- that one's
- kṛtē
- for the sake
- samāpya
- having completed
- prakṛtaṁ
- in hand
- karma
- the rite
- sviṣṭakṛt
- the sviṣṭakṛt
- hōmam
- (homam) homa
- ācarēt
- should perform
Meaning
Each oblation is accompanied by a statement of dedication: with "hrīṁ viṣṇave svāhā" goes "idaṁ haviḥ viṣṇave", "this offering is Viṣṇu's". When the principal rite is finished, the sviṣṭakṛt homa follows. Sviṣṭakṛt means "that which makes the offering well offered": it makes good whatever was faulty in the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Yat" and the rest. For whatever deity he offers an oblation, for that deity's sake the dedication of the thing given must also be stated, as in "hrīṁ viṣṇave svāhā; idaṁ haviḥ viṣṇave", "this oblation is for Viṣṇu". Having completed in this way, by homa, the rite in hand that belongs to the rite to be performed, he should perform the sviṣṭakṛt homa, the homa that makes the desired good (that makes the offering well-offered).