Agnihotra Mantra

Evening Agnihotra:

Agnaye swaáhá,
Agnaye idam na mama
Prajápataye swaáhá,
Prajápataye idam na mama

Meaning:
Unto the fire I am offering all.
This offering is not mine it is
Thine.

Agnaye … fire
swáhá … offering
Agnaye … fire
idam … this
na mama … not mine
prajá- … all the living
pataye … The Lord
swáhá … offerino
prajá … all the living
pataye …The Lord
idam … this
na mama … not mine

Morning Agnihotra:

Sooryáya swáahá,
Sooryáya idam na mama
Prajápataye swáahá,
Prajápataye idam na mama

Meaning:
Unto the sun I am offering this
offering,
This is not mine...This is Thine

Sooryáya … sun
swáhá … offering
Sooryáya … sun
idam … this
na mama … not mine
prajá … all the living
pataye … the lord
swaha, … offering
prajá … all the living
pataye … the lord
idam … this
na mama … not mine

How to perform Agnihotra in Summary

1. Smear few cow dung chips with ghee and arrange them in the Agnihotra pot.
2. Mix about a teaspoon full of rice with a small amount of ghee and keep them aside.
3. Start the fire few minutes before sunrise/sunset time.

While chanting the mantra offer the rice smeared with ghee (just enough that one can hold in the tip
of five fingers) at the utterance of ‘Swaaha’ in the fire.

There are only two offerings at Sunset or Sunrise each in the Agnihotra fire.

Agnihtora Mantra:

Word to word meaning does not give the purport of the mantras.

When the mantras are chanted in the meter in which they are composed, by Supreme Grace the
inherent meaning and the power and vibrations impact the entire creation. The healing occurs at
the grass roots level in the subtlest manner.

This power of the mantra is locked into the ashes that develop in the fire upon the oblations. These
vibrations pulsate the entire universe in a profound, subtle but sure impact and affect.

It is like the fragrance and beauty of a flower when the flower is in the form of a bud.

By grace it radiates all its beauty and joy for the good of the entire universe.

The word Soorya refers to an aspect of Almighty power, the Creator.
Etymologically, “SOO” means to give
birth to, to create.
Prajapati means Lord of Creation, another aspect of Almighty power.
The words Soorya,
Prajapati and Agni all refer to The Almighty.

On uttering the word Swaaha and the offering in the fire a phenomenal nourishing and
energizing impact is
created on the entire life & creation.

Idam Na Mama means, “Not mine but Thine.

Accented "á" is pronounced as the ‘a’ in father. Unaccented "a" is pronounced as the 'a' in
mature.