Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 19: Performing the Puḿsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.19.22

śvo-bhūte 'pa upaspṛśya

kṛṣṇam abhyarcya pūrvavat

payaḥ-śṛtena juhuyāc

caruṇā saha sarpiṣā

pāka-yajña-vidhānena

dvādaśaivāhutīḥ patiḥ

SYNONYMS

śvaḥ-bhūte — on the following morning; apaḥ — water; upaspṛśya — contacting; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; abhyarcya — worshiping; pūrva-vatas previously; payaḥ-śṛtena — with boiled milk; juhuyāt — one should offer; caruṇā — with an offering of sweet rice; saha — with; sarpiṣā — ghee; pāka-yajña-vidhānena — according to the injunctions of the Gṛhya-sūtras; dvādaśa — twelve; eva — indeed; āhutīḥ — oblations; patiḥ — the husband.

TRANSLATION

On the morning of the next day, one should wash oneself, and after worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa as before, one should cook as one cooks for festivals as stated in the Gṛhya-sūtras. Sweet rice should be cooked with ghee, and with this preparation the husband should offer oblations to the fire twelve times.

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