Shloka 8

Puṁsavana / Viṣṇu-vrata: Worship of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa for Auspicious Progeny and Fortune

Devanagari script

हवि:शेषं च जुहुयादनले द्वादशाहुती: । ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महाविभूतिपतये स्वाहेति ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

haviḥ-śeṣaṁ ca juhuyād anale dvādaśāhutī oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahāvibhūti-pataye svāheti

Translation

പിന്നീട് ശേഷിക്കുന്ന ഹവിസ് പവിത്ര അഗ്നിയിൽ പന്ത്രണ്ട് ആഹുതികളായി ഹോമിക്കണം. ഓരോ ആഹുതിയോടും—“ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ മഹാപുരുഷായ മഹാവിഭൂതി-പതയേ സ്വാഹാ” എന്നു ജപിക്കണം।

Synonyms

• हविः-शेषम्: the remainder of the oblation
• हविः-शेषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जुहुयात्: should offer into fire
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg.)

• अनले: in the fire
• अनले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (locative sg.)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण (numeral adjective), द्वादश = twelve

• आहुतीः: oblations
• आहुतीः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• ॐ: Om
• ॐ: Invocation (आह्वान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रणवः, अव्यय

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (salutation usage)

• भगवते: to the Lord
• भगवते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन (dative sg.)

• महापुरुषाय: to the great Person
• महापुरुषाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुरुष (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुरुष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन (dative sg.)

• महाविभूतिपतये: to the Lord of great opulences
• महाविभूतिपतये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाविभूतिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन (dative sg.)

• स्वाहा: svāhā
• स्वाहा: Mantra-particle (मन्त्रनिपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: हविर्दान-सम्बन्धी निपातः (oblation exclamation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (उक्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

Characters & Entities

• Mahāpuruṣa (Bhagavān/Vishnu)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about offering oblations with the mantra 'Om Namo Bhagavate Mahapurushaya'?

This verse instructs that the remaining havis should be offered into the fire as twelve oblations while repeatedly chanting obeisances to the Supreme Lord (Mahāpuruṣa), acknowledging Him as the master of all divine opulences, with the offering call “svāhā.”

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe these fire offerings in Canto 6 Chapter 19?

He is outlining the regulated procedure of a Viṣṇu-centered vow (vrata), where ritual acts like āhuti are performed as devotional worship—directing the practitioner’s faith and results toward Bhagavān rather than toward mere ritualism.

Practical application of this shloka’s teaching in modern life?

Even without formal fire rituals, one can apply the essence by offering one’s actions as an offering to the Supreme Lord—repeating His names/mantras with humility and remembering that all power and prosperity ultimately belong to Him.