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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.16

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 16

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 16

ततो विप्रान् कुशमयानेकस्मिन्नेव भाजने । कौबेराभिमुखान् कृत्वा स्नापयेदमुना सुधीः ॥ १६ ॥

tatō viprān kuśamayānēkasminnēva bhājanē | kaubērābhimukhān kṛtvā snāpayēdamunā sudhīḥ || 16 ||

Translation

Then the wise one sets the kuśa vipras in a single vessel, facing north, and bathes them with this:

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
viprān
the vipras
kuśamayān
of kuśa
ēkasmin
(ekasmin) in one
ēva
single
bhājanē
vessel
kaubēra
north
abhimukhān
facing
kṛtvā
having set
snāpayēt
(snāpayet) should bathe
amunā
with this
sudhīḥ
the wise one

Meaning

The grass brāhmaṇas are bathed like honoured guests.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that the wise performer of the vṛddhi-śrāddha should set the kuśa vipras in one vessel, facing north (kaubera), and bathe them with this mantra, about to be given.