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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.144

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 144

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 144

पनसोडुम्बराश्वत्थवकुलाम्रसमुद्भवम् । पल्लवं तन्मुखे दद्यात् वाग्भवेन कृपानिधिः ॥ १४४ ॥

panasōḍumbarāśvatthavakulāmrasamudbhavam | pallavaṁ tanmukhē dadyāt vāgbhavēna kṛpānidhiḥ || 144 ||

Translation

At its mouth the compassionate one should set twigs of jack, fig, aśvattha, bakula and mango, with the vāgbhava.

Word by word

panasa
jack
uḍumbara
fig
aśvattha
aśvattha
vakula
bakula
āmra
and mango
samudbhavam
(samudbhavam) from
pallavaṁ
twigs
tat
its
mukhē
at the mouth
dadyāt
should set
vāgbhavēna
with the vāgbhava (aiṁ)
kṛpānidhiḥ
the compassionate one

Meaning

The pañca-pallava, five sprays of leaves, crown the jar; vāgbhava is aiṁ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Tanmukhe: at the mouth of the jar. Vāgbhavena: with the mantra aiṁ.