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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.146

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 146

घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar

Verse 146

वध्नीयाद्वस्त्रयुग्मेन ग्रीवां तस्य वरानने । शक्तौ रक्तं शिवे विष्णौ श्वेतवासः प्रकीर्त्तितम् ॥ १४६ ॥

vadhnīyādvastrayugmēna grīvāṁ tasya varānanē | śaktau raktaṁ śivē viṣṇau śvētavāsaḥ prakīrttitam || 146 ||

Translation

He should tie its neck with a pair of cloths, lovely one: red is declared for Śakti, white for Śiva and Viṣṇu.

Word by word

vadhnīyād
(badhnīyāt) should tie
vastra
of cloths
yugmēna
with a pair
grīvāṁ
the neck
tasya
its
varānanē
O lovely one
śaktau
for Śakti
raktaṁ
red
śivē
for Śiva
viṣṇau
and Viṣṇu
śvēta
white
vāsaḥ
(vāsaḥ) cloth
prakīrttitam
is declared

Meaning

The colour of the cloth follows the deity worshipped.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Tasya: of the jar. But with a pair of cloths of what colour should he bind the neck of the jar? To that he says "śaktau raktam" and the rest.