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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.140

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 140

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 140

संशोध्य पञ्चतत्त्वानि पुरःकल्पितमण्डले । स्वार्णं वा राजतं ताम्रं मृण्मयं घटमेव वा ॥ १४० ॥

saṁśōdhya pañcatattvāni puraḥkalpitamaṇḍalē | svārṇaṁ vā rājataṁ tāmraṁ mṛṇmayaṁ ghaṭamēva vā || 140 ||

Translation

Having purified the five tattvas, on the maṇḍala made before him, a jar of gold, silver, copper or earth,

Word by word

saṁśōdhya
having purified
pañcatattvāni
the five tattvas
puraḥ
(puraḥ) before him
kalpita
made
maṇḍalē
on the maṇḍala
svārṇaṁ
of gold
vā
or
rājataṁ
of silver
tāmraṁ
of copper
mṛṇmayaṁ
of earth
ghaṭam
(ghaṭam) a jar
ēva
just

Meaning

The kalaśa, the jar, is the centre of the consecration; the disciple will be sprinkled from it.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Saṁśodhya" and the rest. Having purified the five tattvas with the mantra told before, on the sarvatobhadra maṇḍala made in front, he should set up with the brahma-seed, the praṇava, a jar of gold, of silver, of copper or of earth, washed with the weapon-seed, the mantra phaṭ, and smeared with curd and unbroken rice; and with śrī, the seed śrīṁ, he should mark it with vermilion.