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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.145

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 145

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 145

शरावं मार्त्तिकं वापि फलाक्षतसमन्वितम् । रामां मायां समुच्चार्य स्थापयेत् पल्लवोपरि ॥ १४५ ॥

śarāvaṁ mārttikaṁ vāpi phalākṣatasamanvitam | rāmāṁ māyāṁ samuccārya sthāpayēt pallavōpari || 145 ||

Translation

Uttering ramā and māyā, he should set on the twigs a dish, or one of clay, with fruit and unbroken rice.

Word by word

śarāvaṁ
a dish
mārttikaṁ
of clay
vā
or
api
also
phala
fruit
akṣata
and unbroken rice
samanvitam
(samanvitam) with
rāmāṁ
(ramām) ramā (śrīṁ)
māyāṁ
māyā (hrīṁ)
samuccārya
uttering
sthāpayēt
should set
pallava
the twigs
upari
on

Meaning

Ramā is śrīṁ, māyā hrīṁ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Śarāvam" and the rest. Then, uttering ramā, the seed śrīṁ, and māyā, the seed hrīṁ, he should set on the twigs a dish made of gold and the rest, or of clay, with fruit and unbroken rice.