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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.127

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 127

पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana

Verse 127

ततो माया चन्द्रमसे स्वाहेत्याहुतिपञ्चकम् । दत्त्वा भार्याहृदि स्पृष्ट्वा मायां लक्ष्मीं शतं जपेत् ॥ १२७ ॥

tatō māyā candramasē svāhētyāhutipañcakam | dattvā bhāryāhṛdi spṛṣṭvā māyāṁ lakṣmīṁ śataṁ japēt || 127 ||

Translation

Then, giving five oblations with "māyā, candramase svāhā", he touches his wife's heart and recites māyā and lakṣmī a hundred times.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
māyā
māyā (hrīṁ)
candramasē
to the Moon
svāhā
svāhā
iti
thus
āhuti
oblations
pañcakam
(pañcakam) five
dattvā
having given
bhāryā
of the wife
hṛdi
on the heart
spṛṣṭvā
having touched
māyāṁ
māyā
lakṣmīṁ
lakṣmī (śrīṁ)
śataṁ
a hundred times
japēt
he should recite

Meaning

Five oblations with "hrīṁ candramase svāhā", "hrīṁ, to the Moon, svāhā"; then, his hand on her heart, he recites "hrīṁ śrīṁ" (māyā and lakṣmī) a hundred times.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that, having given five oblations with the mantra "hrīṁ candramase svāhā", he touches his wife's heart and recites the mantra māyā-lakṣmī, hrīṁ śrīṁ, a hundred times.