Devanagari
तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: ।
इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥
Verse text
teṣu yajṣasya paśavaḥ
savanaspatayaḥ kuśāḥ
idaṁ ca deva-yajanaṁ
kālaś coru-guṇānvitaḥ
Synonyms
teṣu
—
in such sacrifices
;
yajṣasya
—
of the sacrificial performance
;
paśavaḥ
—
the animals or the sacrificial ingredients
;
sa
—
vanaspatayaḥ — along with flowers and leaves
;
kuśāḥ
—
the straw
;
idam
—
all these
;
ca
—
as also
;
deva
—
yajanam — the sacrificial altar
;
kālaḥ
—
a suitable time
;
ca
—
as also
;
uru
—
great
;
guṇa
—
anvitaḥ — qualified .
Translation
For performing sacrificial ceremonies, one requires sacrificial ingredients, such as flowers, leaves and straw, along with the sacrificial altar and a suitable time [spring].
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
By using the limbs of the Lord, I assembled the following ingredients: animals, the sacrificial posts, the kuśa grass, the proper place and the proper time such as spring; plates and other utensils, plants like rice, ghee, honey, metals like gold, earth, water, verses of the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma Vedas, the various offerings of oblations; the names of the sacrifices like jyostiṣṭoma, the mantras, gifts, vows, assigning the regions of the devatās, the sacrificial manuals, ritual vows, and the modes of performance.
Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
This sentence continues for four verses. In order to make ingredients (teṣu) for sacrifice, I produced the ingredients from the Lord’s limbs (saṁbharāḥ sambhṛtāḥ). The end of the sentence is in verse 28. Vanaspatayaḥ means sacrificial posts. Deva-yajanam is a sacrificial ground, for it is said that one should sit in a place worthy of sacrifice. Bahu-guṇānvitaḥ means times like spring. Vastūni means plates and other utensils. Oṣadhayaḥ means plants like rice. Snehā means oils like ghee. Rasa means liquids like honey. Loha means metals like gold. Cātur-hotram means acts like offering oblations.
Nāmadheyāni means the names of the sacrifices such as jyotiṣṭoma. Devatānukrama means assigning the locations of the devatās. Kalpa means a practical guide to the actions such as Baudhāyana-śrauta-sūtras. Saṁkalpa means the utterance of a ritual vow, such as “Now I perform this ceremony.” Tantram means the method of performance.