Shloka 24

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

यवैश् च व्रीहिभिश्चैव जुहुयाद्वै पृथक्पृथक् प्रत्येकं सप्तवारं तु द्रव्यालाभे घृतेन तु

Transliteration

yavaiś ca vrīhibhiścaiva juhuyādvai pṛthakpṛthak pratyekaṃ saptavāraṃ tu dravyālābhe ghṛtena tu

Translation

यव व तांदूळ (व्रीहि) यांपासून वेगवेगळे हवन करावे; प्रत्येक द्रव्याची आहुती सात वेळा द्यावी. द्रव्य उपलब्ध नसल्यास घृतानेच आहुती द्यावी.

Word by Word

• यवैः: with barley

• च: and

• व्रीहिभिः: with rice grains

• च एव: and indeed

• जुहुयात्: one should offer into the fire (perform homa)

• वै: certainly

• पृथक्-पृथक्: separately, one by one

• प्रत्येकम्: each (item/oblations)

• सप्त-वारम्: seven times

• तु: moreover

• द्रव्य-अलाभे: when materials are not obtained/available

• घृतेन: with ghee

• तु: then/indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating traditional Shiva-puja/homa procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)