समिन्धनम् – Samindhanam
Three sandalwood sticks are offered to the fire with these four mantras:
Note: The English (and word-by-word) meaning of these Agnyaadhaan verses is already provided in the main section
With this mantra, place the first samidha into the fire:
ओम् अयंत् इध्म आत्मा जातवेदस्तेनेध्यस्व वर्धस्व चेद्ध वर्धय
चास्मान् प्रजया पशुभिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसेनान्नाद्येन समेधय स्वाहा॥
इदमग्नये जातवेदसे इदन्न मम॥
Om ayant idhma aatmaa
jaata-vedas-tene-dhyasva
vardha-sva ched-dha vardhaya chaas-maan
prajayaa-pashubhir-brahma-varchase-na-annaa-dyena
samedhaya svaahaa.1
Idam-agnaye jaata-vedase, idanna mama.
After the next two mantras, place the second samidha into the fire:
ओं समिधाग्निं दुवस्यत घृतैर्बोधयतातिथिम्।
आस्मिन् हव्य जुहोतन स्वाहा॥
इदमग्नये इदन्न मम॥
Om sami-dhaa-agnim duvas-yata
ghṛi-tair-bodhayataa-tithim
aasmin havyaa juhotana svaahaa.2
Idam-agnaye, idanna mama.
सुसमिद्धाय शोचिषे घृतं तीव्रं जुहोतन।
अग्नये जातवेदसे स्वाहा॥
इदमग्नये जातवेदसे इदन्न मम॥
Su-samid-dhaaya sho-chiṣhe
gṛitam teevram juhotana.
Agnaye jaata-vedase svaahaa.3
Idam-agnaye jaata-vedase, idanna mama.
With this mantra, place the third samidha into the fire:
तन्त्वा समिद्भिरङ्गिरो घृतेन वर्द्धयामसि।
बृहच्छोचा यविष्ठ्य स्वाहा॥
इदमग्नयेऽङ्गिरसे इदन्न मम॥
Tantvaa samid-bhir-aṅgiro
ghṛitena vardhayaa-masi.
Bṛihachho-chaa yaviṣh-ṭhaya svaahaa.4
Idam-agnaye-aṅgirase, idanna mama.
पञ्चहुतयः Paṅch-aahuti
Five oblations of Ghee5: Chant this mantra 5 times, and make oblations of Ghee each time with the word Svaahaa
Note: The English (and word-by-word) meaning of these Agnyaadhaan verses is already provided in the main section
ओम् अयंत् इध्म आत्मा जातवेदस्तेनेध्यस्व वर्धस्व चेद्ध वर्धय
चास्मान् प्रजया पशुभिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसेनान्नाद्येन समेधय स्वाहा॥
इदमग्नये जातवेदसे इदन्न मम॥
Om ayant idhma aatmaa
jaata-vedas-tene-dhyasva
vardha-sva ched-dha vardhaya chaas-maan
prajayaa-pashubhir-brahma-varchase-na-annaa-dyena
samedhaya svaahaa.6
Idam-agnaye jaata-vedase, idanna mama.
जलसिञ्चनम् – Jala-sinchanam
Sprinkling water in different directions7
Aaghaaraavaajyaahutih
Aaghaa-raavaagyaa-aahutih: Two directional oblations16
Note: The English (and word-by-word) meaning of these Agnyaadhaan verses is already provided in the main section
Make oblations in the Northern side of the Fire:
ओम् अग्नये स्वाहा।
इदमग्नये इदं न मम।
Om agnaye svaahaa.
Idam agnaye, idanna mama.17
Make oblations in the Southern side of the Fire:
ओं सोमाय स्वाहा।
इदं सोमाय इदं न मम।
Om somaaya svaahaa.
Idam somaaya, idanna mama.18
Aaghaaraavaagyaabhaagaahutih
Two oblations of Ghee19
ओं प्रजापतये स्वाहा।
इदं प्रजापतये इदं न मम।
Om prajaa-pataye svaahaa.
Idam prajaa-pataye, idanna mama.20
ओम् इन्द्राय स्वाहा।
इदं इन्द्राय इदं न मम।
Om indraaya svaahaa.
Idam indraaya, idanna mama.21
- Ashvalayana Grihyasutra 1.10.12
- Yajur Veda 3.1
- Yajur Veda 3.1
- Yajur Veda 3.3
- 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
- Two mantras: we make oblations to the northern and southern edges of the fire – let any force that pulls us in opposing directions be vanquished: may we develop the strength to pull our attention, forces and concentration to the center (God).
- Yajur Veda 22.6
- Yajur Veda 22.6
- The previous two mantras were to the northern and southern edges of the fire; for the following two mantras, we make ghee oblations to the center of the fire, symbolizing our desire to always return to the pathway of God.
- Yajur Veda 22.6
- Yajur Veda 22.6, Yajur Veda 22.27
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