शान्तिकर्मThe rite of peace
Verse 57
दत्तपूर्णाहुतिर्विद्वान् शान्तिकर्म समाचरेत् । प्रोक्षणीपात्रतोयेन कुशैः सम्मार्जयेच्छिरः ॥ ५७ ॥
dattapūrṇāhutirvidvān śāntikarma samācarēt | prōkṣaṇīpātratōyēna kuśaiḥ sammārjayēcchiraḥ || 57 ||
Translation
Having given the full oblation, the learned one performs the rite of peace: with kuśa he sprinkles his head with water from the sprinkling vessel,
Word by word
- datta
- given
- pūrṇāhutiḥ
- (pūrṇāhutiḥ) having the full oblation
- vidvān
- the learned one
- śānti
- of peace
- karma
- the rite
- samācarēt
- (samācaret) should perform
- prōkṣaṇī
- sprinkling
- pātra
- from the vessel
- tōyēna
- with water
- kuśaiḥ
- with kuśa
- sammārjayēt
- (sammārjayet) he should sprinkle
- śiraḥ
- (śiraḥ) the head
Meaning
The śānti-karma, the rite of peace, closes the homa. The performer dips kuśa in the water of the prokṣaṇī vessel and sprinkles his own head with the two mantras of verses 58-59.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Datta" and the rest. Having given the full oblation in this way, the learned performer should perform the śānti-karma, the rite of peace. He gives the procedure of the rite of peace itself with "prokṣaṇīpātra" and the rest.