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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.216

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 216

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 216

देवमामन्त्र्य संप्रार्थ्य स्वागतप्रश्नमम्बिके । विहितं पाद्यमादाय मन्त्रमेनमुदीरयेत् ॥ २१६ ॥

dēvamāmantrya saṁprārthya svāgatapraśnamambikē | vihitaṁ pādyamādāya mantramēnamudīrayēt || 216 ||

Translation

Having addressed the deity and asked his welcome, O Ambikā, he should take the prescribed water for the feet and utter this mantra:

Word by word

dēvam
the deity
āmantrya
having addressed
saṁprārthya
asked
svāgata
of welcome
praśnam
the question
ambikē
O Ambikā
vihitaṁ
prescribed
pādyam
water for the feet
ādāya
taking
mantram
mantra
ēnam
this
udīrayēt
he should utter

Meaning

Each offering now follows with its mantra.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Devam" and the rest. O Ambikā, addressing (āmantrya, calling on) the deity, uttering the two mantras told and so asking the deity's welcome, and taking the prescribed water for the feet (pādya), he should utter this mantra.