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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.152

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Ullāsas
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 152

अग्निप्रज्वालनमन्त्रःThe mantra for kindling the fire

Verse 152

आज्यं गृहीत्वा मतिमान् दक्षनेत्रे हुताशितुः । मन्त्रेणानेन जुहुयात् प्रणवान्तेऽग्नये पदम् ॥ १५२ ॥

ājyaṁ gṛhītvā matimān dakṣanētrē hutāśituḥ | mantrēṇānēna juhuyāt praṇavāntē’gnayē padam || 152 ||

Translation

taking ghee, the wise one should offer it into the right eye of the eater of oblations with this mantra: after the praṇava the word "agnaye",

Word by word

ājyaṁ
ghee
gṛhītvā
taking
matimān
the wise one
dakṣa
right
nētrē
into the eye
hutāśituḥ
of the eater of oblations
mantrēṇa
with mantra
anēna
this
juhuyāt
should offer
praṇava
the praṇava
antē
after
agnayē
"agnaye", to Agni
padam
the word

Meaning

The mantra, ending in svāhā (verse 153): oṁ agnaye svāhā.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 151.