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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.222

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 222

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 222

तापत्रयविनाशार्थमखण्डानन्दहेतवे । मधुपर्कं ददाम्यद्य प्रसीद परमेश्वर ॥ २२२ ॥

tāpatrayavināśārthamakhaṇḍānandahētavē | madhuparkaṁ dadāmyadya prasīda paramēśvara || 222 ||

Translation

"For the destruction of the three afflictions and for unbroken bliss I give you the madhuparka today; be gracious, supreme Lord."

Word by word

tāpa
afflictions
traya
the three
vināśa
of the destruction
artham
for
akhaṇḍa
(akhaṇḍa) unbroken
ānanda
bliss
hētavē
for
madhuparkaṁ
the madhuparka
dadāmi
I give
adya
(adya) today
prasīda
be gracious
paramēśvara
supreme Lord

Meaning

The three afflictions (tāpatraya) are those from oneself, from other beings and from the powers of nature.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He tells that mantra itself, "tāpatrayavināśārtham".