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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.224

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 224

गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage

Verse 224

उपवीतद्वयं दिव्यवस्त्रालङ्करणानि च । गृहाण पादुकाछत्रं गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनम् ॥ २२४ ॥

upavītadvayaṁ divyavastrālaṅkaraṇāni ca | gṛhāṇa pādukāchatraṁ gandhamālyānulēpanam || 224 ||

Translation

Take two sacred threads, divine clothes and ornaments, sandals and an umbrella, scent, garlands and unguent."

Word by word

upavīta
sacred threads
dvayaṁ
two
divya
divine
vastra
clothes
alaṅkaraṇāni
and ornaments
ca
and
gṛhāṇa
take
pādukā
sandals
chatraṁ
an umbrella
gandha
scent
mālya
garlands
anulēpanam
and unguent

Meaning

The householder's marks replace the student's: two threads instead of one, fine clothes, shoes and umbrella.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Upavīta" and the rest. Child, now take these two sacred threads, two upavītas, divine clothes and ornaments, sandals and an umbrella (pādukāchatra: shoes and umbrella), and scent, garlands and unguent.