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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.76

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 76

चरुकर्मThe rite of the caru

Verse 76

तत्तन्नाम चतुर्थ्यन्तमुक्त्वा त्वाजुष्टमीरयन् । गृह्णामि निर्वपामीति प्रोक्षामीति क्रमाद्वदन् ॥ ७६ ॥

tattannāma caturthyantamuktvā tvājuṣṭamīrayan | gṛhṇāmi nirvapāmīti prōkṣāmīti kramādvadan || 76 ||

Translation

he says the name of that god in the dative, then "tvā juṣṭam", and then in order "gṛhṇāmi", "nirvapāmi", "prokṣāmi";

Word by word

tattat
(tattat) of each
nāma
the name
caturthī
the dative
antam
(antam) ending in
uktvā
having said
tvā
you
juṣṭam
(juṣṭam) pleasing
īrayan
saying
gṛhṇāmi
I take
nirvapāmi
I pour out
iti
thus
prōkṣāmi
I sprinkle
kramāt
(kramāt) in order
vadan
saying

Meaning

The formulas, as the ṭīkā assembles them: "amuka-devāya tvā juṣṭaṁ gṛhṇāmi", "I take you, pleasing to such-and-such a god"; "... nirvapāmi", "I pour you out"; "... prokṣāmi", "I sprinkle you". Juṣṭa means pleasing, acceptable: the rice is set aside as the god's own.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 75.