पूर्णाहुतिःThe full oblation
Verse 54
स्वयं चेत् कर्मकर्त्ता स्यात् स्वयमेवाहुतिं क्षिपेत् । अभिषेकविधानादावेवमेव विधिः स्मृतः ॥ ५४ ॥
svayaṁ cēt karmakarttā syāt svayamēvāhutiṁ kṣipēt | abhiṣēkavidhānādāvēvamēva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 54 ||
Translation
If the patron is himself the performer, he offers the oblation himself. The same rule holds in the rite of abhiṣeka and the others.
Word by word
- svayaṁ
- himself
- cēt
- if
- karma
- of the rite
- karttā
- the performer
- syāt
- is
- svayam
- (svayam) himself
- ēva
- alone
- āhutiṁ
- the oblation
- kṣipēt
- should offer
- abhiṣēka
- of abhiṣeka
- vidhāna
- the rite
- ādau
- in that and the rest
- ēvam
- (evam) the same
- vidhiḥ
- (vidhiḥ) rule
- smṛtaḥ
- is laid down
Meaning
When no separate priest is engaged, the yajamāna makes the full oblation alone. The same arrangement holds for abhiṣeka, the consecration by sprinkling taught in the later chapters, and similar rites.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
The verse "svayaṁ cet" and the rest has a plain meaning.