स्विष्टिकृद्धोमःThe sviṣṭakṛt offering
Verse 50
त्वमग्ने सर्वलोकानां पावनः स्विष्टकृत् प्रभुः । यज्ञसाक्षी क्षेमकर्त्ता सर्वान् कामान् प्रपूरय । अनेन हवनं कुर्यात् मायया वह्निजायया ॥ ५० ॥
tvamagnē sarvalōkānāṁ pāvanaḥ sviṣṭakṛt prabhuḥ | yajñasākṣī kṣēmakarttā sarvān kāmān prapūraya | anēna havanaṁ kuryāt māyayā vahnijāyayā || 50 ||
Translation
"You, Agni, are the purifier of all the worlds, the lord who makes the offering good, witness of the sacrifice and giver of welfare: fulfil all my desires." With this, with māyā and the wife of fire, he should make the offering.
Word by word
- tvam
- (tvam) you
- agnē
- O Agni
- sarva
- of all
- lōkānāṁ
- the worlds
- pāvanaḥ
- the purifier
- sviṣṭakṛt
- who makes the offering good
- prabhuḥ
- the lord
- yajña
- of the sacrifice
- sākṣī
- the witness
- kṣēma
- of welfare
- karttā
- the giver
- sarvān
- all
- kāmān
- desires
- prapūraya
- fulfil
- anēna
- with this
- havanaṁ
- the offering
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) he should make
- māyayā
- with māyā (hrīṁ)
- vahni
- of fire
- jāyayā
- with the wife (svāhā)
Meaning
A second sviṣṭakṛt oblation, to Agni. "The wife of fire" (vahnijāyā) is svāhā, the consort of Agni. Assembled: "hrīṁ tvam agne sarvalokānāṁ pāvanaḥ sviṣṭakṛt prabhuḥ yajñasākṣī kṣemakartā sarvān kāmān prapūraya svāhā". Agni is praised as pāvana, the purifier, the one who makes offerings acceptable, the witness who sees that the rite bears fruit.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tvam" and the rest. Then, intending it for Agni, with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, at the beginning and vahnijāyā, svāhā, at the end — "tvam agne sarvalokānāṁ pāvanaḥ sviṣṭakṛt prabhuḥ | yajñasākṣī kṣemakartā sarvān kāmān prapūraya ||" — with this mantra he should make the offering. [Assembled: hrīṁ tvam agne sarvalokānāṁ pāvanaḥ sviṣṭakṛt prabhuḥ yajñasākṣī kṣemakartā sarvān kāmān prapūraya svāhā.]