अग्न्याधानम् – Agnyaadhaanam
Lighting of havan fire1
With this mantra, light the fire:
ओं भूर्भुवः स्वः॥
Om bhoor-bhuvah svah.2
With this mantra, place the lighted fire into the havan kunda
ओं भूर्भुवः स्वर्द्यौरेव भूम्ना पृथिवीव वरिम्णा।
तस्यास्ते पृथिवि देवयजनि पृष्ठेऽग्निमन्नदमन्नाद्यायादधे॥
Om bhoor-bhuvah svar-dyaur-iva bhoomnaa
prithiveeva varimṇaa.
Tasyaaste prithivi deva-yajani
priṣhṭhe‘gnim-annaa-dam-annaa-dyaa-yaa-dadhe.3
Letting the flame rise:4
ओम् उद्बुध्यस्वाग्ने प्रतिजागृहि त्वमिष्टापूर्ते संसृजेथामयं च।
अस्मिन्त्सधस्थे अध्युत्तरस्मिन् विश्वे देवा यजमानश्च सीदत॥
Om ud-budhya-sva-agne prati-jaagrihi
tvamiṣhṭaa-poorte sam-sṛije-thaam-ayam cha.
Asmint-sadhasthe adhyut-tar-asmin
vishve devaa yajamaanas-cha seedata.5
समिधादान – Samidhaadaan
Three sandalwood sticks are offered to the fire with these four mantras:
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.6
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.7
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.8
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.9
Idam-agnaye-aṅgirase, idanna mama.
- 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
- The awakening and ‘growth’ of the flame is physical as well as symbolical. May the flame arise to serve the intended purpose of burning the Ahutis offered into it; may it assure the conversion of the ingredients for the sake of purification of the atmosphere; may the rising flames symbolize the rising of the kundalini shakti, leading to our mental and spiritual evolution
- Yajur Veda 15.54
- Ashvalayana Grihyasutra 1.10.12
- Yajur Veda 3.1
- Yajur Veda 3.1
- Yajur Veda 3.3
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