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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.236

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 236

ऋणत्रयमोचनम्Release from the three debts

Verse 236

पूर्वादिक्रमतो दद्यादासनानां द्वयं द्वयम् । देवादीन् क्रमतस्तत्राऽऽवाह्य पूजां समाचरेत् ॥ २३६ ॥

pūrvādikramatō dadyādāsanānāṁ dvayaṁ dvayam | dēvādīn kramatastatrā’’vāhya pūjāṁ samācarēt || 236 ||

Translation

Beginning in the east, he should set out seats two by two, and invoking the gods and the rest there in order, perform their worship.

Word by word

pūrva
the east
ādi
beginning
kramatō
(kramataḥ) in order
dadyād
(dadyāt) he should set out
āsanānāṁ
of seats
dvayaṁ
two
dēva
the gods
ādīn
and the rest
kramatas
(kramataḥ) in order
tatra
there
āvāhya
invoking
pūjāṁ
worship
samācarēt
perform

Meaning

The commentary explains: in each of the three quarters, beginning with the east, two seats; on them, in order, the gods and the others are invoked and worshipped.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now, in the verses beginning "pūrvādikramataḥ", he gives in brief the procedure of the worship of the gods and the rest. Pūrvādikramataḥ: in order, beginning from the east: in the three quarters he should set down seats two by two. Then, on the pairs of seats, he should invoke the gods and the rest in order and perform their worship.