THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE OF YAGNA Part 14 by Pt.Shriram Sharma Acharya

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Author : Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya

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(A) Performing the Sunrise *Agnihotra*:

 

(1) Fire preparation:

 

About 5 to 10 minutes before the Sunrise, arrange pieces of dry cow dung cakes

in the *Agnihotra *pot. First take a small piece of cowdung cake and place it at

the bottom of the pot. Now put *Guggal *or camphor or cotton wick duly soaked

in cows ghee on the bottom piece. Then start arranging the pieces of cow dung

cake around it neatly leaving a little empty space in the centre to put the

offerings. Use a match stick to and lit the fire. If necessary, use the fan so

that all pieces are fully ablaze.

 

(2) Material:

 

Take two pinchfull of clean, unbroken rice grains on the palm of your left hand

or in a small dish. Smear these rice grains with a few drops of cow's pure

*ghee*. Divide this ghee smeared rice grains in two parts.

 

(A) Morning Agnihotra:

 

Exactly at the time of sunrise, utter first *Mantra Suryaya Swaha*; and offer

one part of the rice grains to the fire with the word *Swaha *and recite '*Idam

Suryaya Idam Na Mama*' to complete the first oblation. Offer other part of the

rice grains to the fire after saying '*Prajapataye Swaha*' and complete it by

uttering '*Idam Prajapataye Idam Na Mama*'. Concentrate on the fire till the

offerings are fully burnt. The morning *Agnihotra *is

thus completed.

 

(B) Sunset *Agnihotra*:

 

In the evening, before sunset remove very carefully the morning *Agnihotra*'s

ash from the pot and put it in a bag or box specially kept aside for it. Repeat

the procedures 1 and 2 the morning *Agnihotra*. Exactly at sunset time, recite

*Agnaye Swaha, *and offer the first part of the rice grains immediately with the

word '*Swaha*' and utter '*Idam Prajapataye Idam Na Mama*'. Concentrate on the

fire till the offerings are fully burnt. This concludes the evening *Agnihotra*.

 

 

..... To be Continued ....