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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.136

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 136

होममण्डलसंस्कारादिPreparing the place of homa and the rest

Verse 136

क्रव्यादेभ्यो वह्निजायां क्रव्यादांशं परित्यजेत् । अस्त्रेण वह्निं संवीक्ष्य कूर्चेनैवावगुण्ठयेत् ॥ १३६ ॥

kravyādēbhyō vahnijāyāṁ kravyādāṁśaṁ parityajēt | astrēṇa vahniṁ saṁvīkṣya kūrcēnaivāvaguṇṭhayēt || 136 ||

Translation

"kravyādebhyaḥ" and the wife of fire, he should cast away the flesh-eating part; looking at the fire with the astra, he should veil it with the kūrca.

Word by word

kravyādēbhyō
(kravyādebhyaḥ) to the flesh-eaters
vahni
fire
jāyāṁ
wife: svāhā
kravyāda
flesh-eating
aṁśaṁ
part
parityajēt
should cast away
astrēṇa
with the astra
vahniṁ
the fire
saṁvīkṣya
looking at
kūrcēna
with the kūrca
ēva
just
avaguṇṭhayēt
should veil

Meaning

The mantra: hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā huṁ phaṭ kravyādebhyaḥ svāhā. The kravyāda, flesh-eating, part of the fire, the rākṣasas' share, is thrown to the south.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 134.