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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.123

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 123

असंस्कृतजलाशयादिदाननिषेधःNo gift of a reservoir or the like unconsecrated

Verse 123

पानाशनीयपात्राणि देयवस्तूनि यान्यपि । असंस्कृतानि देवाय न प्रदद्युः फलेप्सवः ॥ १२३ ॥

pānāśanīyapātrāṇi dēyavastūni yānyapi | asaṁskṛtāni dēvāya na pradadyuḥ phalēpsavaḥ || 123 ||

Translation

…vessels for drinking and eating, and whatever other things are to be given: those who seek the fruit should not give them to a god unconsecrated.

Word by word

pāna
for drinking
aśanīya
(aśanīya) and eating
pātrāṇi
vessels
dēya
to be given
vastūni
things
yāni
which
api
other
asaṁskṛtāni
unconsecrated
dēvāya
to a god
na
not
pradadyuḥ
should give
phala
the fruit
īpsavaḥ
(īpsavaḥ) those who seek

Meaning

Each gift must be purified and sprinkled with its own mantra first (verses 126-137).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 121.