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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.19

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 19

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 19

पश्चिमे दक्षिणे चैव युग्मयुग्मक्रमात् सुधीः । षट्पात्राणि सदर्भाणि स्थापयेत्तुलसीतिलैः ॥ १९ ॥

paścimē dakṣiṇē caiva yugmayugmakramāt sudhīḥ | ṣaṭpātrāṇi sadarbhāṇi sthāpayēttulasītilaiḥ || 19 ||

Translation

On the west and on the south, in pairs, the wise one sets six vessels with darbha, tulasī and sesame.

Word by word

paścimē
on the west
dakṣiṇē
on the south
caiva
(ca eva) and
yugmayugma
in pairs
kramāt
(kramāt) by order
sudhīḥ
the wise one
ṣaṭ
six
pātrāṇi
vessels
sadarbhāṇi
with darbha
sthāpayēt
(sthāpayet) should set
tulasī
with tulasī
tilaiḥ
and sesame

Meaning

Six seats for the six figures, two on the west, four on the south.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Paścime" and the rest. Then the wise performer should set, on the west and on the south, in pairs, six vessels with darbha, that is with kuśa, and with tulasī and sesame.