Shloka 1

अपना बछ। है २ २4 सप्तविशर्त्याधिेकशततमो< ध्याय: अग्नि

bhīṣma uvāca | salilasya aghaṃ jaliṃ pūrṇam akṣatāś ca ghṛtottarāḥ | somasya uttiṣṭhamānasya taj jalaṃ cākṣatāṃś ca tān |

Bhīṣma sprach: Wenn der Mond aufgeht und ein Mensch sich ihm zuwendet und eine volle Handspende (añjali) Wasser darbringt, zusammen mit Ghee und akṣata (ungebrochenen Körnern), dann gilt diese Gabe als Erfüllung der Pflicht des Agnihotra. Durch diese Tat werden die drei heiligen Feuer—wie das Gārhapatya und die anderen—als ordnungsgemäß durch Opfergaben gesättigt angesehen.

salilasyaof water
salilasya:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootsalila
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
agauin/at the mountain
agau:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootaga
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
jalima handful/measure (jali)
jalim:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootjali
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
pūrṇamfull
pūrṇam:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrṇa
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
akṣatāḥunbroken grains (rice)
akṣatāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootakṣata
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
ghṛta-uttarāḥtopped/covered with ghee
ghṛta-uttarāḥ:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootghṛta-uttara
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
somasyaof Soma / of the Moon
somasya:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootsoma
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
uttiṣṭhamānasyaof (him) rising
uttiṣṭhamānasya:
Sambandha
TypeVerb
Rootut-sthā
FormŚatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
tatthat
tat:
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
jalamwater
jalam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootjala
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
akṣatānunbroken grains (rice)
akṣatān:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootakṣata
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
tānthose
tān:
Karma
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
Soma (Moon)
W
water (salila)
G
ghee (ghṛta)
A
akṣata (unbroken grains)
A
Agnihotra
T
three sacred fires (Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇa)

Educational Q&A

A simple but properly timed and reverent offering—water with akṣata and ghee to the rising Moon—can be treated as equivalent in merit to the formal Agnihotra, emphasizing intention, correctness of observance, and devotional sincerity within dharma.

Bhishma explains a dharma-ritual principle: at moonrise (notably on the full-moon observance in the surrounding explanation), one offers a full anjali of water with ghee and akṣata facing the Moon; this is said to complete the Agnihotra obligation and satisfy the three sacred fires.