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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.44

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 44

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 44

इति श्रीपात्रसंस्कारः कथितः कुलपूजने । अकृत्वा पापभाङ्मन्त्री पूजा च विफला भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥

iti śrīpātrasaṁskāraḥ kathitaḥ kulapūjanē | akṛtvā pāpabhāṅmantrī pūjā ca viphalā bhavēt || 44 ||

Translation

So the preparation of the śrīpātra in the Kula worship has been told. Without it the mantrī incurs sin and the worship is fruitless.

Word by word

iti
so
śrī
auspicious
pātra
vessel
saṁskāraḥ
preparation
kathitaḥ
told
kula
Kula
pūjanē
in the worship
akṛtvā
not doing
pāpa
sin
bhāṅ
(bhāk) incurring
mantrī
the practitioner
pūjā
worship
ca
and
viphalā
fruitless
bhavēt
becomes

Meaning

The śrīpātra is indispensable to the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Akṛtvā: not having done the preparation of the śrīpātra, is understood.