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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.83

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 83

सन्ध्याविधिःThe rule of the sandhyā

Verse 83

तदिदानीं कथं देव विप्रान् वैदिककर्मणि । नियोजयसि तत्सर्वं विशेषाद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ ८३ ॥

tadidānīṁ kathaṁ dēva viprān vaidikakarmaṇi | niyōjayasi tatsarvaṁ viśēṣādvaktumarhasi || 83 ||

Translation

Then how is it, Lord, that you now engage brāhmaṇas in Vedic rites? Please tell me all of it in detail.

Word by word

tad
(tat) then
idānīṁ
now
kathaṁ
how
dēva
O Lord
viprān
brāhmaṇas
vaidika
in Vedic
karmaṇi
rites
niyōjayasi
you engage
tat
that
sarvaṁ
all
viśēṣād
(viśeṣāt) in detail
vaktum
(vaktum) to tell
arhasi
please

Meaning

The question completed. "Niyojayasi", you engage, set to work, the commentary glosses. The answer that follows is one of the few places where the Tantra explains why it keeps a piece of Vedic practice.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Niyojayasi: you engage, set to work.