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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.88

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
385
Minutes
192
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 88

Verse 88

अश्वमेधादिभिर्यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा यत् फलमश्नुते । भक्षिते ब्रह्मनैवेद्ये तस्मात् कोटिगुणं लभेत् ॥ ८८ ॥

aśvamēdhādibhiryajñairiṣṭvā yat phalamaśnutē | bhakṣitē brahmanaivēdyē tasmāt kōṭiguṇaṁ labhēt || 88 ||

Translation

Ten million times the fruit one gains by worshipping with the Aśvamedha and the other sacrifices one gains when the offering to Brahman is eaten.

Word by word

aśvamēdhādibhiryajñairiṣṭvā
having worshipped with the Aśvamedha and other sacrifices
yat
what
phalamaśnutē
fruit one obtains
bhakṣitē
when eaten
brahmanaivēdyē
the offering to Brahman
tasmāt
than that
kōṭiguṇaṁ
ten million times
labhēt
one gains

Meaning

Aśnute is glossed as "obtains".