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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.150

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 150

अग्निप्रज्वालनमन्त्रःThe mantra for kindling the fire

Verse 150

वज्राद्यस्त्राणि सम्पूज्य प्रादेशपरिमाणकम् । कुशपत्रद्वयं नीत्वा घृतमध्ये निधापयेत् ॥ १५० ॥

vajrādyastrāṇi sampūjya prādēśaparimāṇakam | kuśapatradvayaṁ nītvā ghṛtamadhyē nidhāpayēt || 150 ||

Translation

Having worshipped their weapons, the thunderbolt and the rest, taking two kuśa blades a span long, he should set them in the middle of the ghee.

Word by word

vajra
thunderbolt
ādy
(ādi) and the rest
astrāṇi
weapons
sampūjya
having worshipped
prādēśa
span
parimāṇakam
measuring
kuśa
kuśa
patra
blades
dvayaṁ
two
nītvā
taking
ghṛta
ghee
madhyē
in the middle
nidhāpayēt
should set

Meaning

On the left and right of the ghee, which become iḍā and piṅgalā in the next verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, having worshipped the weapons of Indra and the others, the thunderbolt and the rest, taking two kuśa blades a prādeśa long, he should set, place, them in the middle of the ghee, on the left and on the right.