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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.18

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 18

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 18

ततस्तु गन्धपुष्पाभ्यां पूजयेत् कुशभूसुरान् ॥ १८ ॥

tatastu gandhapuṣpābhyāṁ pūjayēt kuśabhūsurān || 18 ||

Translation

Then he should worship the kuśa brāhmaṇas with scent and flowers.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
tu
and
gandha
with scent
puṣpābhyāṁ
and flowers
pūjayēt
should worship
kuśa
kuśa
bhūsurān
brāhmaṇas

Meaning

Bhūsura, "god on earth", is a name for the brāhmaṇa.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tatas tu" and the rest. Then, with the name-mantra beginning with praṇava and ending with namaḥ, he should worship the kuśa brāhmaṇas (kuśabhūsura) with scent and flowers.