ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 94
प्राजापत्यश्चरुश्चात्र वायुनामा हुताशनः । समाप्य धाराहोमान्तं कृत्यमार्त्तवमारभेत् ॥ ९४ ॥
prājāpatyaścaruścātra vāyunāmā hutāśanaḥ | samāpya dhārāhōmāntaṁ kṛtyamārttavamārabhēt || 94 ||
Translation
Here the caru is Prajāpati's and the fire is named Vāyu. Having completed the rite up to the end of the dhārā-homa, he should begin the rite of the season.
Word by word
- prājāpatyaḥ
- (prājāpatyaḥ) Prajāpati's
- caruḥ
- (caruḥ) the caru
- ca
- and
- atra
- here
- vāyu
- Vāyu
- nāmā
- named
- hutāśanaḥ
- the fire
- samāpya
- having completed
- dhārā
- stream
- hōma
- homa
- antaṁ
- to the end of
- kṛtyam
- (kṛtyam) the rite
- ārttavam
- (ārtavam) of the season
- ārabhēt
- he should begin
Meaning
Each sacrament has its own caru deity and its own name for the fire. In the rite of the season the caru is prājāpatya, belonging to Prajāpati, lord of creatures and of birth, and the fire is called Vāyu (the commentary: Māruta).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Prājāpatya" and the rest. Here, in the ṛtu-saṁskāra rite, the caru that is cooked is prājāpatya, having Prajāpati as its deity; and the fire is named Vāyu (Māruta). Then, having completed the rite by the procedure given before up to the end of the dhārā-homa, he should begin the ārtava rite, the ṛtu-saṁskāra proper.