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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.266

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 266

आरामसेत्वादि प्रतिष्ठाक्रमःGardens, bridges and the rest

Verse 266

विशेषेणाऽत्र कृत्येषु पूज्यो विष्णुः सनातनः । पूजाहोमौ तथा सर्वं गृहदानविधानवत् ॥ २६६ ॥

viśēṣēṇā’tra kṛtyēṣu pūjyō viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | pūjāhōmau tathā sarvaṁ gṛhadānavidhānavat || 266 ||

Translation

In these rites the eternal Viṣṇu in particular is to be worshipped; the worship, the homa and everything else are as in the rite of giving a house.

Word by word

viśēṣēṇa
in particular
atra
here
kṛtyēṣu
in rites
pūjyaḥ
(pūjyaḥ) is to be worshipped
viṣṇuḥ
(viṣṇuḥ) Viṣṇu
sanātanaḥ
(sanātanaḥ) the eternal
pūjā
the worship
hōmau
and the homa
tathā
and
sarvaṁ
everything
gṛha
a house
dāna
of giving
vidhānavat
as in the rite

Meaning

Viṣṇu presides over gardens, bridges and trees (verse 137).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 264.