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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.141

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 141

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 141

क्षालितञ्चाऽस्त्रबीजेन दध्यक्षतविचर्चितम् । स्थापयेद्ब्रह्मबीजेन सिन्दूरेणाऽङ्कयेत् श्रिया ॥ १४१ ॥

kṣālitañcā’strabījēna dadhyakṣatavicarcitam | sthāpayēdbrahmabījēna sindūrēṇā’ṅkayēt śriyā || 141 ||

Translation

washed with the weapon seed and smeared with curd and unbroken rice, he should set it up with the Brahma seed, and mark it with vermilion with śrī.

Word by word

kṣālitam
(kṣālitam) washed
ca
and
astra
weapon
bījēna
with the seed (oṁ)
dadhi
curd
akṣata
and unbroken rice
vicarcitam
(vicarcitam) smeared with
sthāpayēt
(sthāpayet) should set up
brahma
Brahma
sindūrēṇa
with vermilion
aṅkayēt
should mark
śriyā
with śrī (śrīṁ)

Meaning

The ṭīkā: the weapon seed is phaṭ; the Brahma seed is the praṇava, oṁ; śrī is śrīṁ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 140.