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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.81

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 81

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 81

स्वाहापदेन मतिमान् स्वधेत्याचमनीयकम् । मुखे नियोजयेन्मन्त्री मधुपर्कं मुखाम्बुजे । वंस्वधेति समुच्चार्य पुनराचमनीयकम् ॥ ८१ ॥

svāhāpadēna matimān svadhētyācamanīyakam | mukhē niyōjayēnmantrī madhuparkaṁ mukhāmbujē | vaṁsvadhēti samuccārya punarācamanīyakam || 81 ||

Translation

with the word svāhā; with "svadhā" the wise mantrī should put water for sipping in her mouth, the madhuparka in her lotus mouth, and saying "vaṁ svadhā", water for sipping again.

Word by word

svāhā
svāhā
padēna
with the word
matimān
the wise one
svadhā
svadhā
ity
(iti) thus
ācamanīyakam
water for sipping
mukhē
in the mouth
niyōjayēn
(niyojayet) should put
mantrī
the practitioner
madhuparkaṁ
the madhuparka
mukha
mouth
ambujē
in the lotus
vaṁ
vaṁ
samuccārya
saying
punar
(punaḥ) again

Meaning

The endings change with the offering: svāhā for arghya, svadhā for the water for sipping and the madhuparka (honey mixed with curd and ghee).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"With the word svāhā" connects with what goes before. The wise mantrī should place, give, the water for sipping in the Goddess's mouth with the mantra containing the word svadhā, "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā idam ācamanīyam ādyāyai kālyai svadhā". With the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā eṣa madhuparka ādyāyai kālyai svadhā" he should place the madhuparka in the Goddess's lotus mouth. Saying "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā idam ācamanīyam ādyāyai kālyai vaṁ svadhā", he should again place water for sipping in the Goddess's mouth.