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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.237

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 237

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 237

ततः कर्पूरखदिरलवङ्गैलादिभिर्युतम् । ताम्बूलं पुनराचम्यं दत्त्वा वन्दनमाचरेत् ॥ २३७ ॥

tataḥ karpūrakhadiralavaṅgailādibhiryutam | tāmbūlaṁ punarācamyaṁ dattvā vandanamācarēt || 237 ||

Translation

Then, having given betel with camphor, khadira, clove, cardamom and the rest, and water for rinsing again, he should make the salutation.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
karpūra
camphor
khadira
khadira
lavaṅga
clove
ēlā
cardamom
ādibhiḥ
(ādibhiḥ) and the rest
yutam
with
tāmbūlaṁ
betel
punar
(punaḥ) again
ācamyaṁ
(ācamyam) water for rinsing
dattvā
having given
vandanam
the salutation
ācarēt
he should make

Meaning

The betel (tāmbūla) and the last rinsing close the sixteen offerings, and the vandana, the bow, completes them.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 236.