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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.194

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 194

देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple

Verse 194

तद्वन्मूलञ्च गायत्रीं व्याहृतिं समुदीरयन् । देवेश शर्करातोयैः स्नातो मे यच्छ वाञ्छितम् ॥ १९४ ॥

tadvanmūlañca gāyatrīṁ vyāhṛtiṁ samudīrayan | dēvēśa śarkarātōyaiḥ snātō mē yaccha vāñchitam || 194 ||

Translation

Likewise uttering the root mantra, the Gāyatrī and the vyāhṛti: "O lord of gods, bathed with sugar water, grant me what I desire."

Word by word

tadvat
(tadvat) likewise
mūlaṁ
the root mantra
ca
and
gāyatrīṁ
the Gāyatrī
vyāhṛtiṁ
the vyāhṛti
samudīrayan
uttering
dēvēśa
O lord of gods
śarkarā
sugar
tōyaiḥ
(toyaiḥ) with water
snātaḥ
(snātaḥ) bathed
mē
me
yaccha
grant
vāñchitam
what I desire

Meaning

The fifth bath, sugar water.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tadvat" and the rest. In the same way, uttering the root mantra, the Gāyatrī and the vyāhṛti, and then uttering "deveśa śarkarātoyaiḥ snāto me yaccha vāñchitam" (O lord of gods, bathed with sugar water, grant me what I desire), the doer should bathe the deity with sugar water.