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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.3

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 3

सुराभेदकथनम्The kinds of wine

Verse 3

तथा देशविभेदेन नानाद्रव्यविभेदतः । बहुधेयं समाख्याता प्रशस्ता देवतार्चने ॥ ३ ॥

tathā dēśavibhēdēna nānādravyavibhēdataḥ | bahudhēyaṁ samākhyātā praśastā dēvatārcanē || 3 ||

Translation

So too, by the difference of region and of the many substances it is made from, it is described in many ways; it is approved for the worship of the deity.

Word by word

tathā
so too
dēśa
region
vibhēdēna
by the difference
nānā
many
dravya
substance
vibhēdataḥ
by the difference
bahudhā
in many ways
iyaṁ
this
samākhyātā
described
praśastā
approved
dēvatā
deity
arcanē
in the worship

Meaning

Whatever the local kind of wine, it may be used in worship.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 2. Iyam: this, the wine, is described in many ways by the difference of region and of the substances it is made from.