स्विष्टिकृद्धोमःThe sviṣṭakṛt offering
Verse 48
पूर्ववद्धविरादाय ब्रह्माणं मनसा स्मरन् । अस्मिन् कर्मणि देवेश प्रमादाद्भ्रमतोऽपि वा ॥ ४८ ॥
pūrvavaddhavirādāya brahmāṇaṁ manasā smaran | asmin karmaṇi dēvēśa pramādādbhramatō’pi vā || 48 ||
Translation
Taking the oblation as before and remembering Brahmā in his mind: "Lord of the gods, whatever in this rite, through carelessness or confusion,
Word by word
- pūrvavat
- (pūrvavat) as before
- haviḥ
- (haviḥ) the oblation
- ādāya
- having taken
- brahmāṇaṁ
- Brahmā
- manasā
- in the mind
- smaran
- remembering
- asmin
- in this
- karmaṇi
- rite
- dēvēśa
- O lord of the gods
- pramādāt
- (pramādāt) through carelessness
- bhramataḥ
- (bhramataḥ) through confusion
- api
- or
- vā
- or
Meaning
The sviṣṭakṛt offering: ghee is taken in the sruva as before, with Brahmā (Prajāpati) held in mind, and the mantra of verses 48-49 is said.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the sviṣṭakṛt homa with "pūrvavat" and the rest. As before, taking the oblation, ghee, with the sruc into the sruva, remembering in his mind Brahmā Prajāpati and intending it for him, with the mantra that begins with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, and ends with svāhā — "Asmin karmaṇi deveśa pramādād bhramato 'pi vā | nyūnādhikaṁ kṛtaṁ yac ca sarvaṁ sviṣṭakṛtaṁ kuru ||" With this mantra he should offer (hunet, dadyāt) an oblation. [The full mantra: hrīṁ asmin karmaṇi deveśa pramādād bhramato 'pi vā nyūnādhikaṁ kṛtaṁ yac ca sarvaṁ sviṣṭakṛtaṁ kuru svāhā: "O lord of the gods, whatever in this rite was done too little or too much, through carelessness or error, make it all well done."]