जानुहोमःThe kneeling offering
Verse 81
ततः स्रुवे चरुस्थाल्या घृताधारणपूर्वकम् । किञ्चिच्चरुं समादाय जानुहोमं समाचरेत् ॥ ८१ ॥
tataḥ sruvē carusthālyā ghṛtādhāraṇapūrvakam | kiñciccaruṁ samādāya jānuhōmaṁ samācarēt || 81 ||
Translation
Then, first pouring ghee into the ladle, he takes a little caru from the pot and performs the kneeling homa.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- sruvē
- into the ladle
- caru
- the caru
- sthālyāḥ
- (sthālyāḥ) from the pot
- ghṛta
- of ghee
- ādhāraṇa
- the pouring
- pūrvakam
- (pūrvakam) preceded by
- kiñcit
- (kiñcit) a little
- caruṁ
- caru
- samādāya
- having taken
- jānu
- knee
- hōmaṁ
- the homa
- samācarēt
- should perform
Meaning
The jānu-homa, "knee offering", is so called because it is made with the right knee on the ground. A little ghee goes into the sruva first, then a little caru on it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ". After that, first pouring ghee (ghṛtādhāraṇa, ghṛtasecana), he takes a little caru from the caru pot into the sruva and performs the jānu-homa. The homa offered after letting the right knee rest on the ground is to be known as the jānu-homa.