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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.33

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 33

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 33

पठित्वैनं त्रिधा हस्ते जलमादाय सत्तमः । वँ हूँ फडिति मन्त्रेण श्राद्धद्रव्याणि शोधयेत् ॥ ३३ ॥

paṭhitvainaṁ tridhā hastē jalamādāya sattamaḥ | vam̐ hūm̐ phaḍiti mantrēṇa śrāddhadravyāṇi śōdhayēt || 33 ||

Translation

Having recited this three times, the good man takes water in his hand and purifies the articles of the śrāddha with the mantra "vaṁ hūṁ phaṭ".

Word by word

paṭhitvā
having recited
ēnaṁ
this
tridhā
three times
hastē
in the hand
jalam
(jalam) water
ādāya
having taken
sattamaḥ
the good man
vam̐
vaṁ
hūm̐
hūṁ
phaḍ
(phaṭ) phaṭ
iti
thus
mantrēṇa
with the mantra
śrāddha
of the śrāddha
dravyāṇi
the articles
śōdhayēt
should purify

Meaning

Vaṁ, the seed of Varuṇa, purifies with water; hūṁ protects; phaṭ drives off what is hostile.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Paṭhitvainam" and the rest. Having recited this mantra, from "devatābhyaḥ" to "bhavantv iti", three times, then the good performer of the śrāddha, taking water in his hand, should purify the articles of the śrāddha with the mantra "vaṁ hūṁ phaṭ".