Panch Aahuti
Five oblations of Ghee1
Om ayant idhma aatmaa
jaata-vedas tene dhyasva
vardha-sva ched-dha vardhaya
chaas-maan prajayaa pashubhir
brahma varchase-na-annaa-dyena samedhaya svaahaa.2
Idam agnaye jaata-vedase, idanna mama.
Jala-sinchanam
Sprinkling water in different directions3
Around, in all directions10
Om deva savitah pra-suva yajyam
prasuva yajya-patim bhagaaya.
Divyo gandharvah keta-pooh
ketan nah punaatu
vaachas-patir vaachan nah svadatu.11
- Each of the 5 chants of this mantra focuses on an aspect of its request: prajayaa – good children, pashubhih – harmony with other species, brahmavarchase – physical and spiritual wisdom, annadyena – grains and food (that is, health and strength), and samedhaya – prosperity and luxury.
- Ashvalayana Grihyasutra 1.10.12
- Water is sprinkled in different directions, outside of the Kunda. The significance of water in Agnihotra is manifold: 1) Washing/cleaning – may the mind be washed clean of any negative; 2) Water represents cooling (opposing) force to fire – where there is fire there should be water; 3) Where the fires of passions arise there should be the cooling temperament of good senses; (4) Water flows from the ultimate source of Godhead (a reference to Ganga flowing from the head of Shiva); (5) Water also represent the force of God – e.g., the great flood of Manu. (6) Water is an alien force to earth that provided the catalyst to life.
- Start at the Southern edge and end at the Northern edge of the kunda.
- Gobhil Grihyasurta 1.3.1
- Start at the Southern edge and end at the Northern edge of the kunda.
- Gobhil Grihyasurta 1.3.2
- Start at the Western edge and end at the Eastern edge of the kunda.
- Gobhil Grihyasurta 1.3.3
- Start at mid-eastern-point, go clockwise and end at same point.
- Yajur Veda 30.1
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