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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.56

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 56

पूर्णाहुतिःThe full oblation

Verse 56

मन्त्रेणानेन मतिमानुत्थाय सुसमाहितः । फलताम्बूलसहिताहुतिं दद्याद्धुताशने ॥ ५६ ॥

mantrēṇānēna matimānutthāya susamāhitaḥ | phalatāmbūlasahitāhutiṁ dadyāddhutāśanē || 56 ||

Translation

With this mantra the wise one rises, fully collected, and offers into the fire an oblation with fruit and betel.

Word by word

mantrēṇa
with the mantra
anēna
this
matimān
(matimān) the wise one
utthāya
having risen
susamāhitaḥ
fully collected
phala
fruit
tāmbūla
and betel
sahita
with
āhutiṁ
an oblation
dadyāt
(dadyāt) he should offer
hutāśanē
into the fire

Meaning

The full oblation is given standing, by priest and patron together, and with fruit and betel leaf (tāmbūla) added to the ghee: the most generous offering of the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Mantreṇa" and the rest. The wise performer, rising together with the yajamāna, well collected, that is very attentive, should give into the fire, with this mantra, an oblation with fruit and betel.