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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.49

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 49

स्विष्टिकृद्धोमःThe sviṣṭakṛt offering

Verse 49

न्यूनाधिकं कृतं यच्च सर्वं स्विष्टकृतं कुरु । मायाद्येनामुना देवि स्वाहान्तेनाहुतिं हुनेत् ॥ ४९ ॥

nyūnādhikaṁ kṛtaṁ yacca sarvaṁ sviṣṭakṛtaṁ kuru | māyādyēnāmunā dēvi svāhāntēnāhutiṁ hunēt || 49 ||

Translation

was done too little or too much, make it all well done": with this, beginning with māyā and ending with svāhā, O Goddess, he should offer the oblation.

Word by word

nyūna
too little
adhikaṁ
or too much
kṛtaṁ
was done
yat
(yat) whatever
ca
and
sarvaṁ
all
sviṣṭakṛtaṁ
well offered
kuru
make
māyā
māyā (hrīṁ)
ādyēna
beginning with
amunā
with this
dēvi
O Goddess
svāhā
svāhā
antēna
ending with
āhutiṁ
the oblation
hunēt
he should offer

Meaning

The full mantra: "hrīṁ asmin karmaṇi deveśa pramādād bhramato 'pi vā, nyūnādhikaṁ kṛtaṁ yac ca sarvaṁ sviṣṭakṛtaṁ kuru svāhā": "hrīṁ. Lord of the gods, whatever in this rite was done too little or too much, through carelessness or confusion, make it all well offered. Svāhā."

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 48.