चरुकर्मThe rite of the caru
Verse 75
आनीय तण्डुलांस्तत्र संस्थाप्य स्थण्डिलान्तिके । यस्मिन् कर्मणि ये देवाः पूजनीयाः सुरार्चिते ॥ ७५ ॥
ānīya taṇḍulāṁstatra saṁsthāpya sthaṇḍilāntikē | yasmin karmaṇi yē dēvāḥ pūjanīyāḥ surārcitē || 75 ||
Translation
He brings the rice and sets it near the altar. Then, you whom the gods worship, for each god to be worshipped in that rite
Word by word
- ānīya
- having brought
- taṇḍulāṁs
- (taṇḍulān) the rice
- tatra
- there
- saṁsthāpya
- having set
- sthaṇḍila
- the altar
- antikē
- near
- yasmin
- in which
- karmaṇi
- rite
- yē
- which
- dēvāḥ
- (devāḥ) gods
- pūjanīyāḥ
- (pūjanīyāḥ) are to be worshipped
- sura
- by the gods
- arcitē
- O worshipped one
Meaning
The dedication of the rice, explained over verses 75-77: for each deity of the rite the grain is taken, poured into the pot and sprinkled, each step with its own formula.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ānīya" and the rest. Then, at the place of the sacrifice, he brings the rice grains and sets them near the sthaṇḍila. Whichever gods are to be worshipped in the rite, the ṛtu-saṁskāra or another, saying the name of each in the dative and then saying "tvā juṣṭam", and then in order "gṛhṇāmi", "nirvapāmi" and "prokṣāmi", for each god he takes four handfuls of rice, puts them (nirvapet) into the pot, and sprinkles them with drops of water. With the mantra "amukadevāya tvā juṣṭaṁ gṛhṇāmi" ("I take you, pleasing to such-and-such a god") he takes the rice; with "amukadevāya tvā juṣṭaṁ nirvapāmi" ("I pour you out…") he puts it into the pot; with "amukadevāya tvā juṣṭaṁ prokṣāmi" ("I sprinkle you…") he sprinkles it with drops of water: that is the sense. "Tvājuṣṭam" divides as "tvā" and "ājuṣṭam"; ājuṣṭa is pleasure (prīti), and "ājuṣṭam" is used as an adverb.