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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.129

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 129

प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras

Verse 129

इष्ठकादिसमुद्भूत वक्तव्यन्त्विष्टकामये ॥ १२९ ॥

iṣṭhakādisamudbhūta vaktavyantviṣṭakāmayē || 129 ||

Translation

For one built of bricks, "O you made of bricks and the like" is to be said.

Word by word

iṣṭhakā
(iṣṭakā) of bricks
ādi
and the like
samudbhūta
O you made
vaktavyaṁ
is to be said
tu
but
iṣṭakā
of bricks
mayē
for one made

Meaning

For a brick house the opening words of the mantra change: "iṣṭakādisamudbhūta" replaces "tṛṇakāṣṭhādisambhūta".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Iṣṭakādi" and the rest. For a house made of bricks and the like, which is to be sprinkled, "iṣṭakādisamudbhūta" (O you arisen from bricks and the rest) is to be said in place of "tṛṇakāṣṭhādisambhūta".