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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.220

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 220

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 220

यदुच्छिष्टमुपस्पृष्टं शुद्धिमेत्यखिलं जगत् । तस्मै मुखारविन्दाय आचामं कल्पयामि ते ॥ २२० ॥

yaducchiṣṭamupaspṛṣṭaṁ śuddhimētyakhilaṁ jagat | tasmai mukhāravindāya ācāmaṁ kalpayāmi tē || 220 ||

Translation

"Touched by whose leavings the whole world becomes pure, to that lotus mouth of yours I offer water for rinsing."

Word by word

yad
(yat) whose
ucchiṣṭam
leavings
upaspṛṣṭaṁ
touched
śuddhim
purity
ēti
reaches
akhilaṁ
the whole
jagat
world
tasmai
to that
mukha
mouth
aravindāya
(aravindāya) lotus
ācāmaṁ
water for rinsing
kalpayāmi
I offer
tē
your

Meaning

What the god has tasted purifies the world. The commentary glosses "eti" as reaches.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He tells that mantra itself, "yad ucchiṣṭam". Eti: reaches. With this mantra he should give the water for rinsing the mouth (ācamanīya) to the mouth of the deity.