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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.159

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 159

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 159

यदि स्वल्पजलास्ते स्युः शवदुर्गन्धिदूषिताः । सपङ्कं सलिलं सर्वमुद्धृत्याप्लावयेत्तु तान् ॥ १५९ ॥

yadi svalpajalāstē syuḥ śavadurgandhidūṣitāḥ | sapaṅkaṁ salilaṁ sarvamuddhṛtyāplāvayēttu tān || 159 ||

Translation

If they have little water and are defiled by the stench of the corpse, he should take out all the water with its mud and then flood them.

Word by word

yadi
if
svalpa
little
jalāḥ
(jalāḥ) water
tē
they
syuḥ
have
śava
of the corpse
durgandhi
by the stench
dūṣitāḥ
(dūṣitāḥ) defiled
sapaṅkaṁ
with its mud
salilaṁ
the water
sarvam
(sarvam) all
uddhṛtya
taking out
āplāvayēt
(āplāvayet) should flood
tu
then
tān
them

Meaning

Small reservoirs are emptied.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now, since step-wells and the like differ in having little water or water as deep as an elephant, he tells the particular purification in two verses, "yadi" and the rest. If those step-wells and the like, defiled by the stench of a corpse, have little water, then taking out all the water with its mud, he should flood them in the manner told.