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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.122

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 122

असंस्कृतजलाशयादिदाननिषेधःNo gift of a reservoir or the like unconsecrated

Verse 122

जलाशयगृहारामसेतुसंक्रमशाखिनः । वाहनासनयानानि वासोऽलङ्करणानि च ॥ १२२ ॥

jalāśayagṛhārāmasētusaṁkramaśākhinaḥ | vāhanāsanayānāni vāsō’laṅkaraṇāni ca || 122 ||

Translation

Reservoirs, houses, gardens, bridges, causeways and trees, vehicles, seats and carriages, clothes and ornaments,

Word by word

jala
of water
āśaya
(āśaya) reservoirs
gṛha
houses
ārāma
gardens
sētu
bridges
saṁkrama
causeways
śākhinaḥ
(śākhinaḥ) and trees
vāhana
vehicles
āsana
seats
yānāni
and carriages
vāsaḥ
(vāsaḥ) clothes
alaṅkaraṇāni
(alaṅkaraṇāni) ornaments
ca
and

Meaning

Verses 122-123 are one rule: nothing is given to a god without first being consecrated.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 121.