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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.92

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 92

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 92

ततः प्राणादिमुद्राभिः पञ्चभिः प्राशयेद्धविः ॥ ९२ ॥

tataḥ prāṇādimudrābhiḥ pañcabhiḥ prāśayēddhaviḥ || 92 ||

Translation

Then with the five gestures of prāṇa and the rest he should make her partake of the oblation.

Word by word

tataḥ
then
prāṇa
prāṇa
ādi
and the rest
mudrābhiḥ
with the gestures
pañcabhiḥ
five
prāśayēd
(prāśayet) should make her partake
haviḥ
of the oblation

Meaning

With "prāṇāya svāhā, apānāya svāhā, samānāya svāhā, udānāya svāhā, vyānāya svāhā": the food is offered to the five breaths of the Goddess.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, after that, with the five gestures of prāṇa and the rest, taught by the guru, with the mantras "prāṇāya svāhā, apānāya svāhā, samānāya svāhā, udānāya svāhā, vyānāya svāhā", he should make the Goddess partake of the oblation, feed her.