"ओँ तत्सत्" मन्त्र माहात्म्यम्The greatness of the mantra oṁ tat sat
Verse 161
चतुर्विधानामन्नानामन्येषामपि वस्तुनाम् । मन्त्रान्यैः शोधनेनाऽलं स्याच्चेदेतेन शोधितम् ॥ १६१ ॥
caturvidhānāmannānāmanyēṣāmapi vastunām | mantrānyaiḥ śōdhanēnā’laṁ syāccēdētēna śōdhitam || 161 ||
Translation
If the four kinds of food and other things are purified by this, there is no need of purifying them by any other mantra.
Word by word
- catur
- (catuḥ) four
- vidhānām
- kinds of
- annānām
- food
- anyēṣām
- other
- api
- also
- vastunām
- things
- mantra
- mantra
- anyaiḥ
- (anyaiḥ) by other
- śōdhanēna
- by purifying
- alaṁ
- no need
- syāc
- (syāt) it is
- cēd
- (cet) if
- ētēna
- by this
- śōdhitam
- purified
Meaning
The commentary lists the four as what is eaten, chewed, licked and sucked (bhakṣya, carvya, lehya, coṣya). The mantra is thus enough for the whole of what the Kaula offers and takes.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Caturvidhānām" and the rest. Caturvidhānām: of the four kinds of food, what is eaten, chewed, licked and sucked (bhakṣya, carvya, lehya, coṣya) (verses 161 to 167).