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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.90

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 90

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 90

प्रोक्षणञ्चावगुण्ठञ्च रक्षणञ्चामृतीकृतम् । मूलेन सप्तधाऽऽमन्त्र्य अर्घ्याद्भिर्विनिवेदयेत् ॥ ९० ॥

prōkṣaṇañcāvaguṇṭhañca rakṣaṇañcāmṛtīkṛtam | mūlēna saptadhā’’mantrya arghyādbhirvinivēdayēt || 90 ||

Translation

Having done the sprinkling, veiling and protection, made it nectar, and charged it seven times with the root mantra, he should offer it with the water of the arghya.

Word by word

prōkṣaṇa
sprinkling
ñcāva
(ca ava) and
guṇṭha
veiling
ñca
(ca) and
rakṣaṇa
protection
ñcā
(ca) and
amṛtīkṛtam
made nectar
mūlēna
with the root mantra
saptadhā
seven times
āmantrya
charging
arghya
arghya
adbhir
(adbhiḥ) with the water
vinivēdayēt
should offer

Meaning

Phaṭ to sprinkle and protect, huṁ to veil, the dhenu gesture and vaṁ to make it nectar.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He should do for the food offering in that vessel: sprinkling with phaṭ, veiling with the seed huṁ (enclosing it), protection with phaṭ itself, and making it nectar with the dhenu gesture and the seed vaṁ. Then, having consecrated that food offering seven times with the root mantra, he should offer it to the Goddess with the water of the arghya.