Agnyaadhaanam
Agni-aadhaan: Lighting of havan fire1
With this mantra, light the fire:
Om bhoor bhuvah svah.2
With this mantra, place the lighted fire into the havan kunda
Om bhoor bhuvah svar dyaur-iva bhoom-naa
prithiveeva varimṇaa.
Tasyaaste prithivi deva-yajani
priṣhṭhe ‘gnim-annaa dam-annaa dyaa-yaa dadhe.3
Letting the flame rise
Om ud budhya sva-agne prati-jaagrihi
tvamiṣhṭaa poorte sam sṛije thaam ayam cha.
Asmint sadhasthe adhyut-tar-asmin
vishve devaa yajamaan-as-cha seedata.4
- Lighting of fire is symbolic and a physical act. While the physical flame is lit to enable the Agnihotra and the burning of Ghee & Samagree (purifying of the atmosphere), the symbolic flame should be lit in the heart chakra to help the aspiring devotee in his Yogic practices and the elevation of the Kundalini. While a fire burns whatever comes into contact with it, may the spiritual flame burn all negative forces and all bad habits from within the mind so that the holy, pure & evolved human emerges at the end of the Agnihotra.
- Gobhil Grihyasurta 1.1.11
- Yajur Veda 3.5
- Yajur Veda 15.54
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