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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.17

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 17

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 17

ह्रीँ शन्नो देवीरभीष्टये शन्नो भवन्तु पीतये । शंयोरभिस्रवन्तु नः ॥ १७ ॥

hrīm̐ śannō dēvīrabhīṣṭayē śannō bhavantu pītayē | śaṁyōrabhisravantu naḥ || 17 ||

Translation

"Hrīṁ. May the divine waters be gracious to us for our help and for drinking; may they flow to us health and blessing."

Word by word

hrīm̐
hrīṁ
śam
(śam) gracious
naḥ
(naḥ) to us
dēvīḥ
(devīḥ) divine waters
abhīṣṭayē
for help
bhavantu
may they be
pītayē
for drinking
śaṁyōḥ
(śaṁyoḥ) health and blessing
abhisravantu
may they flow

Meaning

The Vedic mantra "śaṁ no devīr abhiṣṭaye" (Ṛgveda 10.9.4), here with hrīṁ for oṁ: the goddess of the waters is one with the Devī as Māyā. Śaṁyoḥ means welfare and freedom from harm.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

The mantra for bathing the kuśa brāhmaṇas: "hrīṁ śaṁ no" and the rest.