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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.119

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 119

होममण्डलसंस्कारादिPreparing the place of homa and the rest

Verse 119

ततो होमं प्रकुर्वीत तद्विधानं शृणु प्रिये । स्वदक्षिणे वालुकाभिर्मण्डलं चतुरस्रकम् ॥ ११९ ॥

tatō hōmaṁ prakurvīta tadvidhānaṁ śṛṇu priyē | svadakṣiṇē vālukābhirmaṇḍalaṁ caturasrakam || 119 ||

Translation

Then he should perform homa; hear its rule, beloved. On his right, with sand, a square maṇḍala

Word by word

tatō
(tataḥ) then
hōmaṁ
homa
prakurvīta
should perform
tad
(tat) its
vidhānaṁ
rule
śṛṇu
hear
priyē
O beloved
sva
own
dakṣiṇē
on the right
vālukābhir
(vālukābhiḥ) with sand
maṇḍalaṁ
maṇḍala
caturasrakam
square

Meaning

Homa is the fire offering, given in verses 119 to 165.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He gives in two verses what is to be done next, "tataḥ…". Now he gives the rule of homa with "sva-dakṣiṇe…". On his right, having made with sand a square, four-cornered, maṇḍala measuring four cubits, and having made with the root mantra its vīkṣaṇa, looking at it, and having struck it with kuśa grass with the astra mantra phaṭ, he should with that same phaṭ make the sprinkling of the maṇḍala. (Covers verses 119 and 120.)