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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.91

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 91

वैदिकतान्त्रिकोभयसन्ध्याकरणे युक्तिःWhy both the Vedic and the Tantric sandhyā are done

Verse 91

आसनं वसनं पात्रं शय्या यानं निकेतनम् । गृह्यकं वस्तुजातञ्च स्वच्छात् स्वच्छं प्रशस्यते ॥ ९१ ॥

āsanaṁ vasanaṁ pātraṁ śayyā yānaṁ nikētanam | gṛhyakaṁ vastujātañca svacchāt svacchaṁ praśasyatē || 91 ||

Translation

Seat, clothes, vessels, bed, carriage, house, and every thing belonging to the household: the cleaner the better.

Word by word

āsanaṁ
seat
vasanaṁ
clothes
pātraṁ
vessels
śayyā
bed
yānaṁ
carriage
nikētanam
house
gṛhyakaṁ
belonging to the household
vastu
of things
jātañ
(jātam) every kind
ca
and
svacchāt
than clean
svacchaṁ
cleaner
praśasyatē
is praised

Meaning

"Svacchāt svaccham", "cleaner than clean", is praised. The commentary glosses "gṛhyakaṁ vastujātam" as every thing belonging to the house. Cleanliness of the home is part of the householder's dharma.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Gṛhyakaṁ vastujātam: every thing belonging to the house.