Bodhayana Brahmayajñam
Baudhāyana (Bodhayana) brahmayajñam (brahmayagyam) — Veda openings, dvāra-devatā tarpaṇam and the full deva-ṛṣi-pitṛ tarpaṇam list.
Brahmayajñaḥ
Śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam ।
Prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ॥
Perform prāṇāyāma and make the saṅkalpa.
Brahmayajñena yakṣye ॥
Vidyudasi vidya me pāpmānamṛtātsatyamupaimi ॥
With this, wash both hands. Sip water three times and wipe the lips twice.
Touch water once, then touch the head, eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth and chest. Sprinkle the left hand and the feet, place the right hand over the left and the right foot over the left, and recite.
Vedādhyayanam
Oṃ bhūḥ । tatsaviturvareṇyam ।
Oṃ bhuvaḥ । bhargo devasya dhīmahi ।
Oṃ svaḥ । dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt ।
Oṃ bhūḥ । tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi ।
Oṃ bhuvaḥ । dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt ।
Oṃ svaḥ । tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt ॥
Oṃ i̱ṣe tvo̱rje tvā̍ vā̱yava̍sthopā̱yava̍stha de̱vo va̍ssavi̱tā prārpa̍yatu̱ śreṣṭha̍tamāya̱ karma̍ṇe ॥
Oṃ a̱gnimī̍l̤e pu̱rohi̍taṃ ya̱jñasya̍ de̱vamṛ̱tvija̍m । hotā̍raṃ ratna̱dhāta̍mam ॥ Oṃ
Oṃ agna ā yāhi vītaye gṛṇāno havyadātaye । ni hotā satsi barhiṣi ॥
Oṃ śaṃ no̍ de̱vīra̱bhiṣṭa̍ya̱ āpo̍ bhavantu pī̱taye̍ । śaṃ yora̱bhi sra̍vantu naḥ ॥ Oṃ
Oṃ āmāvāsyena vā paurṇamāsena vā haviṣā yakṣyamāṇo bhavati ।
Purastādeva havirātañcanamupakalpayate ॥ hariḥ Oṃ ॥
Bhūrbhuvassuvaḥ satyaṃ tapaḥ śraddhāyāṃ juhomi ॥
With this, sprinkle water around yourself. Then, with the palms joined in añjali, recite:
Oṃ namo̱ brahma̍ṇe̱ namo̍ astva̱gnaye̱ nama̍ḥ pṛthi̱vyai nama̱ oṣa̍dhībhyaḥ ।
Namo̍ vā̱ce namo̍ vā̱caspata̍ye̱ namo̱ viṣṇa̍ve bṛha̱te ka̍romi ॥
Recite three times.
Vṛṣṭirasi vṛśca me pāpmānamṛtātsatyamupāgām ॥
With this, wash both hands with water and perform ācamana.
Deva tarpaṇam
Devarṣipitṛtarpaṇaṃ kariṣye ॥
Offer with the devatīrtha (over the fingertips).
| Agniḥ prajāpatissomo rudro'ditirbṛhaspatiḥ sarpā ityetāni prāgdvārāṇi daivatāni sanakṣatrāṇi sagrahāṇi sāhorātrāṇi samuhūrtāni tarpayāmi |
| Vasūṃśca tarpayāmi |
| Pitaro'ryamā bhagassavitā tvaṣṭā vāyurindrāgnī ityetāni dakṣiṇadvārāṇi daivatāni sanakṣatrāṇi sagrahāṇi sāhorātrāṇi samuhūrtāni tarpayāmi |
| Rudrāṃśca tarpayāmi |
| Mitra indro mahāpitara āpo viśve devā brahmaviṣṇū ityetāni pratyagdvārāṇi daivatāni sanakṣatrāṇi sagrahāṇi sāhorātrāṇi samuhūrtāni tarpayāmi |
| Ādityāṃśca tarpayāmi |
| Vasavo varuṇo'ja ekapādahirbudhnyaḥ pūṣāśvinau yama ityetāni udagdvārāṇi daivatāni sanakṣatrāṇi sagrahāṇi sāhorātrāṇi samuhūrtāni tarpayāmi |
| Sādhyāṃśca tarpayāmi |
| Brahmāṇaṃ tarpayāmi | Prajāpatiṃ tarpayāmi |
| Parameṣṭhinaṃ tarpayāmi | Hiraṇyagarbhaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Caturmukhaṃ tarpayāmi | Svayambhuvaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Brahmapāriṣadān tarpayāmi | Brahmapāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Agniṃ tarpayāmi | Vāyuṃ tarpayāmi |
| Varuṇaṃ tarpayāmi | Somaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Sūryaṃ tarpayāmi | Candramasaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Nakṣatrāṇi tarpayāmi | Jyotīṃṣi tarpayāmi |
| Sadyojātaṃ tarpayāmi | Oṃ bhūḥ puruṣaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Oṃ bhuvaḥ puruṣaṃ tarpayāmi | Oṃ suvaḥ puruṣaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaḥ puruṣaṃ tarpayāmi | Oṃ bhūḥ tarpayāmi |
| Oṃ bhuvaḥ tarpayāmi | Oṃ suvaḥ tarpayāmi |
| Oṃ mahaḥ tarpayāmi | Oṃ janaḥ tarpayāmi |
| Oṃ tapaḥ tarpayāmi | Oṃ satyaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Bhavaṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi | Śarvaṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Īśānaṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi | Paśupatiṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Rudraṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi | Ugraṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Bhīmaṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi | Mahāntaṃ devaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Bhavasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi | Śarvasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Īśānasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi | Paśupateḥ devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Rudrasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi | Ugrasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Bhīmasya devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi | Mahato devasya patnīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Bhavasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi | Śarvasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Īśānasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi | Paśupateḥ devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Rudrasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi | Ugrasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Bhīmasya devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi | Mahato devasya sutaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Rudrān tarpayāmi | Rudrapāriṣadān tarpayāmi |
| Rudrapāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi | Sanakaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Sanātanaṃ tarpayāmi | Sanatkumāraṃ tarpayāmi |
| Sanatsujātaṃ tarpayāmi | Skandaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Indraṃ tarpayāmi | Ṣaṣṭhīṃ tarpayāmi |
| Ṣaṇmukhaṃ tarpayāmi | Viśākhaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Jayantaṃ tarpayāmi | Subrahmaṇyaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Mahāsenaṃ tarpayāmi | Skandapāriṣadān tarpayāmi |
| Skandapāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi | Vighnaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vināyakaṃ tarpayāmi | Vīraṃ tarpayāmi |
| Śūraṃ tarpayāmi | Varadaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Hastimukhaṃ tarpayāmi | Ekadantaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Lambodaraṃ tarpayāmi | Vakratuṇḍaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Gaṇapatiṃ tarpayāmi | Śūrpakarṇaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Ibhavaktraṃ tarpayāmi | Vighnapāriṣadān tarpayāmi |
| Vighnapāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi | Keśavaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Nārāyaṇaṃ tarpayāmi | Mādhavaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Govindaṃ tarpayāmi | Viṣṇuṃ tarpayāmi |
| Madhusūdanaṃ tarpayāmi | Trivikramaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vāmanaṃ tarpayāmi | Śrīdharaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Hṛṣīkeśaṃ tarpayāmi | Padmanābhaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Dāmodaraṃ tarpayāmi | Śriyaṃ devīṃ tarpayāmi |
| Hriyaṃ devīṃ tarpayāmi | Puṣṭiṃ devīṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vainateyaṃ tarpayāmi | Kālaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Nīlaṃ tarpayāmi | Mṛtyuṃ tarpayāmi |
| Antakaṃ tarpayāmi | Yamaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Yamarājaṃ tarpayāmi | Dharmaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Dharmarājaṃ tarpayāmi | Citraṃ tarpayāmi |
| Citraguptaṃ tarpayāmi | Vaivasvataṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vaivasvatapāriṣadān tarpayāmi | Vaivasvatapāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Viṣṇuṃ tarpayāmi | Viṣṇupāriṣadān tarpayāmi |
| Viṣṇupāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi | Bharadvājaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Gautamaṃ tarpayāmi | Atriṃ tarpayāmi |
| Āṅgirasaṃ tarpayāmi | Vidyāṃ tarpayāmi |
| Durgāṃ tarpayāmi | Jyeṣṭhāṃ tarpayāmi |
| Dhanvantariṃ tarpayāmi | Dhanvantaripāriṣadān tarpayāmi |
| Dhanvantaripāriṣadīḥ tarpayāmi |
Ṛṣi tarpaṇam
Wear the yajñopavīta as a garland (nivīta) and offer with the ṛṣitīrtha (base of the little finger).
| Ṛṣīn tarpayāmi | Maharṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Paramarṣīn tarpayāmi | Devarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Brahmarṣīn tarpayāmi | Rājarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Vaiśyarṣīn tarpayāmi | Sūtarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Śrutarṣīn tarpayāmi | Janarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Taparṣīn tarpayāmi | Satyarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Saptarṣīn tarpayāmi | Kāṇḍarṣīn tarpayāmi |
| Ṛṣīkān tarpayāmi | Ṛṣipatnīḥ tarpayāmi |
| Ṛṣiputrān tarpayāmi | Ṛṣipautrān tarpayāmi |
| Kāṇvaṃ bodhāyanaṃ tarpayāmi | Āpastambaṃ sūtrakāraṃ tarpayāmi |
| Satyāṣāḍhaṃ hiraṇyakeśinaṃ tarpayāmi | Vājasaneyinaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Āśvalāyanaṃ śaunakaṃ tarpayāmi | Vyāsaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vasiṣṭhaṃ tarpayāmi | Praṇavaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Vyāhṛtīḥ tarpayāmi | Sāvitrīṃ tarpayāmi |
| Gāyatrīṃ tarpayāmi | Chandāṃsi tarpayāmi |
| Sadasaspatiṃ tarpayāmi |
Return the yajñopavīta to the normal position and offer with the devatīrtha:
| Ṛgvedaṃ tarpayāmi | Yajurvedaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Sāmavedaṃ tarpayāmi | Atharvavedaṃ tarpayāmi |
| Atharvāṅgirasaḥ tarpayāmi | Itihāsapurāṇāni tarpayāmi |
| Sarpadevajanān tarpayāmi | Sarvabhūtāni tarpayāmi |
Pitṛ tarpaṇam
Wear the yajñopavīta over the right shoulder (prācīnāvīta) and offer with the pitṛtīrtha (between the thumb and index finger).
| Somaḥ pitṛmān yamo'ṅgirasvān agniḥ kavyavāhanaḥ aryamā ityādayo ye pitaraḥ tān pitṝn tarpayāmi | Agniṣvāttān pitṝn tarpayāmi |
| Somapān pitṝn tarpayāmi | Barhiṣadaḥ pitṝn tarpayāmi |
| Sarvān pitṝn tarpayāmi | Sarvapitṛgaṇān tarpayāmi |
| Sarvapitṛpatnīḥ tarpayāmi | Sarvapitṛgaṇapatnīḥ tarpayāmi |
If the father is no longer living:
| Pitṝn svadhā namastarpayāmi | Pitāmahān svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Prapitāmahān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Mātṝḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Pitāmahīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi | Prapitāmahīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Mātāmahān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Pramātāmahān svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Vṛddhapramātāmahān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Mātāmahīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Pramātāmahīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi | Vṛddhapramātāmahīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Ācāryān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Ācāryapatnīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Gurūn svadhā namastarpayāmi | Gurupatnīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Sakhīn svadhā namastarpayāmi | Sakhipatnīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Jñātīn svadhā namastarpayāmi | Jñātipatnīḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Amātyān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Amātyāḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
| Sarvān svadhā namastarpayāmi | Sarvāḥ svadhā namastarpayāmi |
Ūrjaṃ vahantīramṛtaṃ ghṛtaṃ madhu payaḥ kīlālaṃ parisrutam ।
Svadhā stha tarpayata me pitṝn ॥
Return the yajñopavīta to the normal position and perform ācamana.