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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.153

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 153

नामकरणम्Giving the name

Verse 153

अभिषिच्य त्रिभिर्मन्त्रैः पूर्ववद्वह्निसंस्क्रियाम् । कृत्वा सम्पाद्य धारान्तं दद्यात् पञ्चाहुतीः सुधीः ॥ १५३ ॥

abhiṣicya tribhirmantraiḥ pūrvavadvahnisaṁskriyām | kṛtvā sampādya dhārāntaṁ dadyāt pañcāhutīḥ sudhīḥ || 153 ||

Translation

Having sprinkled him with the three mantras and performed the consecration of the fire as before, completing it to the end of the dhārā, the wise one should give five oblations,

Word by word

abhiṣicya
having sprinkled
tribhiḥ
(tribhiḥ) with the three
mantraiḥ
mantras
pūrvavat
(pūrvavat) as before
vahni
of the fire
saṁskriyām
the consecration
kṛtvā
having done
sampādya
having completed
dhārā
the dhārā
antaṁ
to the end of
dadyāt
should give
pañca
five
āhutīḥ
oblations
sudhīḥ
the wise one

Meaning

The naming homa, with five oblations named in the next verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Abhiṣicya" and the rest. Having sprinkled the child's head with these three mantras, and done as before the consecration of the fire and the rite up to the end of the dhārā-homa, the wise father should give five oblations.