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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.40

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 40

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 40

वारुणप्रोक्षितेष्वेषु पात्राण्यासाद्य साधकः । तेन क्षालितपात्रेषु सर्वोपकरणैः सह । पानार्थपाथसान्नानि क्रमेण परिवेशयेत् ॥ ४० ॥

vāruṇaprōkṣitēṣvēṣu pātrāṇyāsādya sādhakaḥ | tēna kṣālitapātrēṣu sarvōpakaraṇaiḥ saha | pānārthapāthasānnāni kramēṇa parivēśayēt || 40 ||

Translation

Setting the vessels on these, sprinkled with the Varuṇa seed, the sādhaka serves into the vessels washed with it, in order, food with water for drinking and all the accessories.

Word by word

vāruṇa
with the Varuṇa seed (vaṁ)
prōkṣitēṣu
sprinkled
ēṣu
on these
pātrāṇi
the vessels
āsādya
having set
sādhakaḥ
the sādhaka
tēna
with it
kṣālita
washed
pātrēṣu
into the vessels
sarva
all
upakaraṇaiḥ
(upakaraṇaiḥ) the accessories
saha
with
pāna
drinking
artha
for
pāthasā
with water
annāni
food
kramēṇa
in order
parivēśayēt
should serve

Meaning

Vāruṇa is vaṁ. By custom the vessels are leaves, usually plantain leaves.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Vāruṇa" and the rest. Then the sādhaka, setting the vessels in order on these maṇḍalas sprinkled with the seed of Varuṇa, vaṁ, should serve into the vessels, washed with that seed vaṁ, together with all the accessories, food with water for drinking, in order, beginning with the gods.