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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.47

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 47

पात्रस्थापनविधिः, तर्पणविधिःThe rule of setting the vessels; the rule of tarpaṇa

Verse 47

कलशस्थामृतेनैव त्रिभागं परिपूर्य च । माषप्रमाणं पात्रेषु शुद्धिखण्डं नियोजयेत् ॥ ४७ ॥

kalaśasthāmṛtēnaiva tribhāgaṁ paripūrya ca | māṣapramāṇaṁ pātrēṣu śuddhikhaṇḍaṁ niyōjayēt || 47 ||

Translation

Filling three parts with the nectar of the kalaśa, he should put into the vessels a piece of śuddhi the size of a bean.

Word by word

kalaśa
kalaśa
stha
in
amṛtēna
with the nectar
ēva
just
tri
three
bhāgaṁ
parts
paripūrya
filling
ca
and
māṣa
bean
pramāṇaṁ
the size of
pātrēṣu
into the vessels
śuddhi
śuddhi
khaṇḍaṁ
piece
niyōjayēt
should put

Meaning

Each vessel gets wine and a small piece of śuddhi (meat or the like), as the commentary says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Having filled three parts of those vessels with the nectar in the kalaśa itself, he should set, place, in the vessels a piece of śuddhi, a piece of meat or the like, the size of a bean (māṣa).