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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.14

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 14

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 14

निर्गर्भैश्च कुशैः साग्रैर्दक्षिणावर्त्तयोगतः । सार्द्धद्वयावर्त्तनेन ऊर्द्ध्वाग्रैरच्चयेद् द्विजान् ॥ १४ ॥

nirgarbhaiśca kuśaiḥ sāgrairdakṣiṇāvarttayōgataḥ | sārddhadvayāvarttanēna ūrddhvāgrairaccayēd dvijān || 14 ||

Translation

with kuśa blades without the inner shoot, with their tips, wound to the right two and a half times, tips upward: so he should fashion the twice-born.

Word by word

nirgarbhaiḥ
(nirgarbhaiḥ) without the inner shoot
ca
and
kuśaiḥ
with kuśa
sāgraiḥ
(sāgraiḥ) with their tips
dakṣiṇa
right
āvartta
turning
yōgataḥ
(yogataḥ) by way of
sārddhadvaya
two and a half
āvarttanēna
by winding
ūrddhva
upward
agraiḥ
(agraiḥ) with tips
accayēd
(racayet) he should fashion
dvijān
the twice-born

Meaning

Nirgarbha kuśa is grass without the central shoot. The blades are wound clockwise two and a half turns, with the tips upright, to make each figure.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 13.