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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.219

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 219

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 219

जातीलवङ्गकक्कोलैर्जलं केवलमेव वा । प्रोक्षितार्चितमादाय मन्त्रेणाऽनेन चार्पयेत् ॥ २१९ ॥

jātīlavaṅgakakkōlairjalaṁ kēvalamēva vā | prōkṣitārcitamādāya mantrēṇā’nēna cārpayēt || 219 ||

Translation

Taking water with jasmine, clove and kakkola, or plain water alone, sprinkled and worshipped, he should offer it with this mantra:

Word by word

jātī
with jasmine
lavaṅga
clove
kakkōlaiḥ
(kakkolaiḥ) and kakkola
jalaṁ
water
kēvalam
plain
ēva
alone
vā
or
prōkṣita
sprinkled
arcitam
(arcitam) and worshipped
ādāya
taking
mantrēṇa
with mantra
anēna
this
ca
and
arpayēt
he should offer

Meaning

The water for rinsing the mouth may be scented or plain.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Jātī" and the rest. Taking water, sprinkled and worshipped, scented with jasmine (jātī), clove (lavaṅga) and kakkola, or plain water alone, he should offer it to the deity with this mantra about to be told.