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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.35

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 35

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 35

दूर्वाक्षतं रक्तपुष्पं बर्वरामपराजिताम् । मायया प्रक्षिपेत् पात्रे तीर्थमावाहयेदपि ॥ ३५ ॥

dūrvākṣataṁ raktapuṣpaṁ barvarāmaparājitām | māyayā prakṣipēt pātrē tīrthamāvāhayēdapi || 35 ||

Translation

With māyā he should put into the vessel unbroken rice with dūrvā, a red flower, barbarā and aparājitā, and invoke the holy waters too.

Word by word

dūrvā
dūrvā grass
akṣataṁ
unbroken rice
rakta
red
puṣpaṁ
flower
barvarām
barbarā
aparājitām
aparājitā
māyayā
with māyā (hrīṁ)
prakṣipēt
should put in
pātrē
into the vessel
tīrtham
the holy waters
āvāhayēd
(āvāhayet) should invoke
api
too

Meaning

Māyā is hrīṁ. Barbarā is a fragrant leaf, aparājitā a blue flower.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then he should put into the vessel, with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, unbroken rice with dūrvā grass, a red flower, a barbarā leaf and an aparājitā flower, and there too invoke the holy waters (tīrtha).