जानुहोमःThe kneeling offering
Verse 83
समाप्य प्रकृतं होमं स्विष्टिकृद्धोमपूर्वकम् । प्रायश्चित्तात्मकं हुत्वा कुर्यात् कर्मसमापनम् ॥ ८३ ॥
samāpya prakṛtaṁ hōmaṁ sviṣṭikṛddhōmapūrvakam | prāyaścittātmakaṁ hutvā kuryāt karmasamāpanam || 83 ||
Translation
Having completed the homa in hand, with the sviṣṭakṛt homa first and then the expiatory offering, he should bring the rite to its end.
Word by word
- samāpya
- having completed
- prakṛtaṁ
- in hand
- hōmaṁ
- the homa
- sviṣṭikṛt
- the sviṣṭakṛt
- hōma
- homa
- pūrvakam
- (pūrvakam) first
- prāyaścitta
- expiation
- ātmakaṁ
- whose nature is
- hutvā
- having offered
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) he should make
- karma
- of the rite
- samāpanam
- the completion
Meaning
The order of the close is the same as in the kuśaṇḍikā: sviṣṭakṛt (verses 48-50), the expiatory vyāhṛti-homa (51-53), and the rest.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Samāpya". Having finished the homa of the rite in hand in this way, he offers the expiatory homa preceded by the sviṣṭakṛt homa, and then brings the homa rite to its end.