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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.52

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 52

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

Verse 52

स्वाहान्तेन त्रिधा मन्त्री तर्पयेदिष्टदेवताम् । शक्तिपात्रामृतैस्तद्वदङ्गावरणतर्पणम् ॥ ५२ ॥

svāhāntēna tridhā mantrī tarpayēdiṣṭadēvatām | śaktipātrāmṛtaistadvadaṅgāvaraṇatarpaṇam || 52 ||

Translation

ending in svāhā, the mantrī should satisfy the chosen deity three times; and with the nectar of the Śakti's vessel likewise the tarpaṇa of the limbs and the surrounding deities.

Word by word

svāhā
svāhā
antēna
ending in
tridhā
three times
mantrī
the practitioner
tarpayēd
(tarpayet) should satisfy
iṣṭa
chosen
dēvatām
deity
śakti
Śakti
pātra
vessel
amṛtais
(amṛtaiḥ) with the nectar
tadvad
(tadvat) likewise
aṅga
limbs
āvaraṇa
surrounding deities
tarpaṇam
tarpaṇa

Meaning

aṅgadevatās tarpayāmi svāhā, āvaraṇadevatās tarpayāmi svāhā, as the commentary gives them.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 51.