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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.83

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 83

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 83

मध्यमानामिकाभ्याञ्च गन्धन्दद्याद्धृदम्बुजे । नमोऽन्तेन च मन्त्रेण वौषडन्तेन पुष्पकम् ॥ ८३ ॥

madhyamānāmikābhyāñca gandhandadyāddhṛdambujē | namō’ntēna ca mantrēṇa vauṣaḍantēna puṣpakam || 83 ||

Translation

With the middle and ring fingers he should give scent on her heart-lotus, with the mantra ending in namaḥ; the flower with one ending in vauṣaṭ.

Word by word

madhyamā
middle finger
anāmikābhyā
(anāmikābhyām) and ring finger
ñca
(ca) and
gandhan
(gandham) scent
dadyād
(dadyāt) should give
hṛd
(hṛt) heart
ambujē
on the lotus
namō
(namaḥ) namaḥ
antēna
ending in
ca
and
mantrēṇa
with the mantra
vauṣaḍ
(vauṣaṭ) vauṣaṭ
puṣpakam
the flower

Meaning

… eṣa gandha ādyāyai kālyai namaḥ; … idaṁ puṣpam ādyāyai kālyai vauṣaṭ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Ending in namaḥ": with the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā eṣa gandha ādyāyai kālyai namaḥ" he should give scent on the Goddess's heart-lotus with the middle and ring fingers. "Ending in vauṣaṭ": with the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhedaṁ puṣpam ādyāyai kālyai vauṣaṭ" he should give the Goddess a flower.