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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.95

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 95

ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season

Verse 95

ह्रीँ प्रजापतये स्वाहा चरुणैवाहुतित्रयम् । प्रदायैकाहुतिं दद्यादिमं मन्त्रमुदीरयन् ॥ ९५ ॥

hrīm̐ prajāpatayē svāhā caruṇaivāhutitrayam | pradāyaikāhutiṁ dadyādimaṁ mantramudīrayan || 95 ||

Translation

With "hrīṁ prajāpataye svāhā" he gives three oblations of caru; then he should give one oblation saying this mantra:

Word by word

hrīm̐
hrīṁ
prajāpatayē
to Prajāpati
svāhā
svāhā
caruṇā
(caruṇā) with caru
ēva
just
āhuti
oblations
trayam
three
pradāya
having given
ēka
one
āhutiṁ
oblation
dadyāt
(dadyāt) he should give
imaṁ
this
mantram
(mantram) mantra
udīrayan
saying

Meaning

Three offerings of caru to Prajāpati, "hrīṁ, to Prajāpati, svāhā", then one more with the Vedic mantra of the next verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Homa" and the rest. With the mantra "hrīṁ prajāpataye svāhā", for Prajāpati, he gives three oblations of caru, and then, uttering this mantra, about to be given, he should give one oblation.