| 16. I am kratu,
I am yajna, I am svadha, I am aushadha, I am mantra, Myself the butter,
I am fire, I the act of suffering. Kratu is a class of Vedic sacrifices.
Yajna is the worship enjoined in the smriti. Svadha is the food offered
to ancestors (Pitris). The aushadha means plants in general, including rice
and barley, eaten by all living beings. Or, svadha is food in general, and
aushadha is the medical (food) serving to alleviate sicknessI am the mantra,
the chant with which the oblation is offered to the Pitris and the Devatas.
I am the fire into which the offering is poured. And, |
