Shloka 10

Graha-yajña-vidhi

Procedure for the Planetary Sacrifice

Devanagari script

होतव्या मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां दध्ना चैव समन्वितः / गुडौदनं पायसं च हविष्यं क्षीरषाष्टिकम्

Transliteration

hotavyā madhusarpirbhyāṃ dadhnā caiva samanvitaḥ / guḍaudanaṃ pāyasaṃ ca haviṣyaṃ kṣīraṣāṣṭikam

Translation

ينبغي أن تُقدَّم القرابين (الهَفِس) المُعَدَّة بالعسل والسمن المصفّى (ghee) مع اللبن الرائب؛ وكذلك أرزٌّ مع سكر القصب (jaggery) وأرزٌّ بالحليب الحلو (pāyasa)، ومعها الهَفِس المقدّس—وخاصةً إعداد ṣāṣṭika القائم على الحليب.

Word by Word

• होतव्या: to be offered
• होतव्या: Karya (Obligation/कर्तव्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → होतव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/भाव्य), विधेय; प्रथमा बहुवचन (feminine implied with understood offerings/हविष्यानि)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Sadhana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; (समासपूर्वपद)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Sadhana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; (समासपूर्वपद)

• मधुसर्पिर्भ्याम्: with honey and ghee
• मधुसर्पिर्भ्याम्: Sadhana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण) द्विवचन

• दध्ना: with curd
• दध्ना: Sadhana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण) एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• समन्वितः: endowed/combined (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण (of the performer/offerer understood)

• गुड: jaggery
• गुड: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• ओदनम्: cooked rice
• ओदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासोत्तरपद); द्वितीया एकवचन

• गुडौदनम्: rice with jaggery
• गुडौदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड + ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (गुडयुक्त ओदनः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• पायसम्: milk-rice/pudding
• पायसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• हविष्यम्: oblation/offerable food
• हविष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• क्षीर: milk
• क्षीर: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• षाष्टिकम्: made of ṣāṣṭika rice (a variety)
• षाष्टिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षाष्टिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (of rice/food)

• क्षीरषाष्टिकम्: ṣāṣṭika rice cooked in milk
• क्षीरषाष्टिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर + षाष्टिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (क्षीरेण/क्षीरयुक्तं षाष्टिकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Proper dravya (materials) and anna (food) offerings refine intention and yield auspicious ritual efficacy.

Vedantic Theme: Karma as yajña—action consecrated through offering, purifying the doer (karma-śuddhi).

Application: Prepare prescribed oblations (madhu-sarpiḥ, dadhi, guḍaudana, pāyasa, kṣīra-ṣāṣṭika) with cleanliness and offer with mantra and right timing.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: ritual-space (griha/vedi)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.101 (graha/offerings sequence context)

FAQs

What is the importance of havis (sacred food offerings) in Garuda Purana death rituals?

This verse specifies traditional havis items—honey, ghee, curd, jaggery-rice, and pāyasa—indicating that consecrated, sattvic foods are prescribed as ritual offerings in śrāddha-related contexts.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

Indirectly: by prescribing śrāddha-style offerings, it supports the Garuda Purana’s broader teaching that proper rites and offerings aid the departed’s post-death journey and welfare in the preta stage.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

When performing śrāddha/annual remembrance, keep offerings simple and sattvic (e.g., ghee, curd, sweet rice, milk-rice), prepared and offered with purity and intention, following one’s family tradition and priestly guidance.