Agni Purana — Dharma-shastra, Shloka 37

Ayuta–Lakṣa–Koṭi Fire-offerings (अयुतलक्षकोटिहोमाः) — Graha-yajña Vidhi

Devanagari script

वसोर्धारां ततो दद्याच्छय्याभूषादिकं ददेत् तत्रापि दश चाष्टौ च लक्षहोमे तथर्त्विजः

Transliteration

vasordhārāṃ tato dadyācchayyābhūṣādikaṃ dadet tatrāpi daśa cāṣṭau ca lakṣahome tathartvijaḥ

Translation

ତତ୍ପରେ ବସୋର୍ଧାରା ଆହୁତି ଦେବା ଉଚିତ ଏବଂ ଶୟ୍ୟା, ଆଭୂଷଣ ଆଦିର ଦାନ ମଧ୍ୟ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ସେହି ଏକେ ବିଧିରେ ଲକ୍ଷ-ହୋମ ପାଇଁ ଦଶ ଓ ଆଠ, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ଅଠାର, ଋତ୍ୱିଜ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ।

Word by Word

• वसोः: of Vasu / of wealth
• वसोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• धाराम्: stream/flow (offering)
• धाराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शय्या: bed
• शय्या: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (stem) used as compound-member (समासाङ्ग), स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• भूषा: ornament/adornment
• भूषा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक used as compound-member (समासाङ्ग), स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• आदिकम्: and the like (bed, ornaments, etc.)
• आदिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: शय्या-भूषा-आदिकम् (तत्पुरुष; ‘bed, ornaments, etc.’), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• ददेत्: should give
• ददेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there/in that (rite)
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• दश: ten
• दश: Vishesana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with implied ‘(ऋत्विजः)’ or count)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Vishesana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• लक्षहोमे: in the lakh-homa (100,000 oblations)
• लक्षहोमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लक्षस्य होमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• ऋत्विजः: priests (officiants)
• ऋत्विजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

Speaker

Lord Agni (narrating purāṇic ritual procedure)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वसोर्धाराम् = वसोः + धाराम्; दद्याच्छय्याभूषादिकम् = दद्यात् + शय्या + भूषा + आदिकम्; तत्रापि = तत्र + अपि; चाष्टौ = च + अष्टौ; तथर्त्विजः = तथा + ऋत्विजः.

Characters & Entities

• Vasordhārā
• Lakṣa-homa
• Ṛtvij (Vedic priests)

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

It prescribes a specific ritual sequence: performing/giving the Vasordhārā (a ghee-stream offering) and accompanying dānas (bed, ornaments, etc.), and it specifies the required officiants for a lakṣa-homa—eighteen ṛtvij priests.

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

It blends precise ritual engineering (type of homa, scale of oblations, priestly staffing) with dharma-oriented social practice (structured charitable gifts), showing how the text catalogs both liturgy and applied religious economics.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By coupling a major fire-rite (lakṣa-homa) with Vasordhārā and prescribed donations, the verse frames purification and merit (puṇya) as arising from both sacrificial action and generous, rule-based giving.