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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.159

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 159

घटस्थापनम्, संक्षेपपूजाSetting up the jar; worship in brief

Verse 159

सुवासितजलैः पूर्णं मण्डले तत्र साधकः । प्रणवेन तु संस्थाप्य धूपदीपौ प्रदर्शयेत् ॥ १५९ ॥

suvāsitajalaiḥ pūrṇaṁ maṇḍalē tatra sādhakaḥ | praṇavēna tu saṁsthāpya dhūpadīpau pradarśayēt || 159 ||

Translation

filled with fragrant water, the practitioner should set it there in the maṇḍala with the praṇava, and show it incense and a lamp.

Word by word

suvāsita
fragrant
jalaiḥ
with water
pūrṇaṁ
filled
maṇḍalē
in the maṇḍala
tatra
there
sādhakaḥ
the practitioner
praṇavēna
with the praṇava
tu
and
saṁsthāpya
should set it
dhūpa
incense
dīpau
and a lamp
pradarśayēt
show

Meaning

The jar is filled with water scented, the commentary says, with camphor and the like, set on the maṇḍala with the syllable oṁ, and honoured with incense and light.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 158.