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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.134

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 134

प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras

Verse 134

प्रणवो वारुणञ्चाऽस्त्रं बीजत्रितयमम्बिके । सर्वसाधारणद्रव्यप्रोक्षणे विनियोजयेत् ॥ १३४ ॥

praṇavō vāruṇañcā’straṁ bījatritayamambikē | sarvasādhāraṇadravyaprōkṣaṇē viniyōjayēt || 134 ||

Translation

O Ambikā, the three seeds, praṇava, vāruṇa and astra, he should use in sprinkling any ordinary thing.

Word by word

praṇavaḥ
(praṇavaḥ) praṇava
vāruṇaṁ
vāruṇa
ca
and
astraṁ
(astram) astra
bīja
seeds
tritayam
the three
ambikē
O Ambikā
sarva
any
sādhāraṇa
ordinary
dravya
thing
prōkṣaṇē
in sprinkling
viniyōjayēt
he should use

Meaning

For gifts with no mantra of their own the commentary gives the three seeds: oṁ (the praṇava), vaṁ (the seed of Varuṇa, lord of water) and phaṭ (the weapon-seed that drives off harm): "oṁ vaṁ phaṭ".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Praṇavaḥ" and the rest. O Ambikā, he should use the three bījas, praṇava, the oṁkāra, vāruṇa, vaṁ, and astra, phaṭ, in sprinkling any ordinary thing.