तत्रैव जिह्वास्त्रिविधा ध्यायेन्मंत्रपुरःसराः
There, meditate upon the threefold tongue, preceded by mantras.
त्वमादिः सर्वभूतानां संसारार्णवतारकः
You are the origin of all beings, the one who carries them across the ocean of existence.
दद्यादासनमेतेन पुष्पगुच्छत्रयेण तु 2.1.16.
Offer a seat with this cluster of flowers.
वैश्वानर नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते हव्यवाहन
O Vaiśvānara, salutations to you; salutations to you, O carrier of oblations.
नमस्ते भगवन्देव आपोनारायणात्मक
Salutations to you, O blessed Lord, O god whose essence is the waters and Nārāyaṇa.
नारायणपरं धाम ज्योतीरूप सनातन
O eternal one, supreme abode of Nārāyaṇa, form of light.
जगदादित्यरूपेण प्रकाशयति यः सदा
He who always illumines the world in the form of the sun.
धनंजय नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वपापप्रणाशन
O Dhanañjaya, salutations to you, destroyer of all sins.
हुताशन महाबाहो देवदेव सनातन
O Hutāśana, mighty-armed, god of gods, eternal one.
ज्योतिषां ज्योतीरूपस्त्वमनादिनिधनाच्युत
You are the light of lights, without beginning or end, imperishable.
देवीदेवा मुदं यांति यस्य सम्यक्समागमात्
Gods and goddesses rejoice from proper union with you.
त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं हि ब्रह्मा च ज्योतिषां गतिरीश्वर
You are Viṣṇu, you are indeed Brahmā, the goal of the lights, O Lord.
देवतानां पितॄणां च सुखमेकं सनातनम् 2.1.16.
You are the one eternal happiness of the gods and ancestors.
त्वमेकः सर्वभूतेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च
You alone exist in all beings, both stationary and moving.
नमोऽस्तु यज्ञपतये प्रभवे जातवेदसे
Salutations to the Lord of sacrifice, to the mighty Jātavedas.
हुताशन नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्ते रुक्मवाहन
O Hutāśana, salutations to you; salutations to you, O golden-rayed one.
इत्यनेन तु मन्त्रेण दद्याद्दिव्येऽप्यधीतकम्
With this very mantra, one should offer even in a divine recitation.
अग्निवर्णनम् यथावेदानुसारेण यथाग्रहण योजनम्
Description of Agni: According to the Vedic tradition, as is the method of acceptance, so is the application.
शतार्धे वह्निरुद्दिष्टः शतार्धे काश्यपः स्मृतः
In the half-hundred, fire is prescribed; in the half-hundred, Kāśyapa is remembered.
सहस्रे ब्राह्मणो नाम अयुते हरिरुच्यते
In the thousand, he is called Brāhmaṇa; in the ten thousand, he is called Hari.
वरुणः शांतिके ज्ञेयो मारणे ह्यरुणः स्मृतः
Varuṇa is to be known in rites for peace; in rites for destruction, Aruṇa is remembered.
लोहितश्चान्नयज्ञे यो ग्रहाणां प्रत्यनुक्रमात्
He who is red in the food-sacrifice is so according to the respective order of the grahas.
प्रजापतिर्वास्तुयागे मंडपे चापि पद्मके
Prajāpati is in the house-sacrifice and also in the lotus-shaped pavilion.
गोदाने च भवेद्रुद्रः कन्यादाने तु गोऽजकः
In the gift of cows, he becomes Rudra; in the gift of a maiden, he is Go'jaka.
वृषोत्सर्गे भवेत्सूर्योऽवसानांते रविः स्मृतः
In the release of the bull, he becomes Sūrya; at the end of the rites, he is remembered as Ravi.
त्रासने च भवेत्कालः क्रव्यादः शरदाहने
In frightening, he becomes Kāla; in the burning of corpses, he is the flesh-eater.
गर्भाधाने च मरुतः सीमंते पिंगलः स्मृतः 2.1.17.
In conception, he is the Maruts; at the parting of the hair, he is remembered as Piṃgala.
नामसंस्थापने चैवमुपन्यस्ते च पार्थिवः
In the establishment of a name and in the investiture, he is the earthly one.
षडाननश्च चूडायां व्रतादेशे समुद्भवः
Ṣaḍānana is in the tonsure ceremony; in the vow, he is Samudbhava.
उदरे जठराग्निश्च समुद्रे वडवानलः
In the belly, he is the digestive fire; in the ocean, he is the submarine fire.