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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.60

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 60

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 60

गायत्रीं दशधा जप्त्वा देवताभ्योऽपि पञ्चधा । दृष्ट्वा वह्निं रविं विप्रमिदं पृच्छेत् कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ६० ॥

gāyatrīṁ daśadhā japtvā dēvatābhyō’pi pañcadhā | dṛṣṭvā vahniṁ raviṁ vipramidaṁ pṛcchēt kṛtāñjaliḥ || 60 ||

Translation

Reciting the Gāyatrī ten times and the "devatābhyaḥ" five times, looking at the fire, the sun and the vipra, with joined palms he should ask this:

Word by word

gāyatrīṁ
the Gāyatrī
daśadhā
ten times
japtvā
having recited
dēvatābhyaḥ
"devatābhyaḥ"
api
also
pañcadhā
five times
dṛṣṭvā
having looked at
vahniṁ
the fire
raviṁ
the sun
vipram
(vipram) the vipra
idaṁ
this
pṛcchēt
should ask
kṛtāñjaliḥ
with joined palms

Meaning

The fire and the sun are witnesses of the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Gāyatrīm" and the rest. Then, reciting the Gāyatrī ten times and the mantra "devatābhyaḥ" five times, looking at the fire and the sun, with joined palms he should ask the vipra this.