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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.142

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 142

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 142

क्षकाराद्यैरकारान्तैर्वर्णैर्बिन्दुविभूषितैः । मूलमन्त्रत्रिजापेन पूरयेत् कारणेन तम् ॥ १४२ ॥

kṣakārādyairakārāntairvarṇairbinduvibhūṣitaiḥ | mūlamantratrijāpēna pūrayēt kāraṇēna tam || 142 ||

Translation

With the letters from kṣa back to a, each adorned with bindu, and three recitations of the root mantra, he should fill it with kāraṇa,

Word by word

kṣakāra
kṣa
ādyaiḥ
(ādyaiḥ) from
akāra
a
antaiḥ
(antaiḥ) to
varṇaiḥ
(varṇaiḥ) with the letters
bindu
with bindu
vibhūṣitaiḥ
(vibhūṣitaiḥ) adorned
mūlamantra
of the root mantra
tri
three
jāpēna
with recitations
pūrayēt
should fill
kāraṇēna
with kāraṇa (wine)
tam
it

Meaning

The alphabet recited in reverse (viloma), kṣaṁ, laṁ, haṁ ... aṁ, the mātṛkā, the Goddess as the letters, fills the jar with power; kāraṇa is wine.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Kṣakārādyaiḥ" and the rest. Then, with the letters from kṣa back to a, adorned with bindu, ornamented with the anusvāra, together with three recitations of the root mantra, he should fill that jar with the kāraṇa, wine, or with tīrtha water, or with other pure water. Then he should put the nine gems or gold into the jar.