महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-10, verse-18
ततस्तु गन्धपुष्पाभ्यां
पूजयेत् कुशभूसुरान् ॥१८॥
पूजयेत् कुशभूसुरान् ॥१८॥
18. tatastu gandhapuṣpābhyāṁ
pūjayet kuśabhūsurān.
pūjayet kuśabhūsurān.
18.
tatas tu gandha-puṣpābhyāṃ
pūjayet kuśa-bhūsurān
pūjayet kuśa-bhūsurān
18.
tatas tu sudhīḥ gandha-puṣpābhyāṃ
kuśa-bhūsurān pūjayet
kuśa-bhūsurān pūjayet
18. Then, thereafter, the wise practitioner should honor the brahmins (acting as earthly gods) with fragrant substances and flowers placed on kusa grass.
Words meanings summery:
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- ततस् (tatas) - then, thereafter, from there
- तु (tu) - but, and, then, indeed
- गन्ध-पुष्पाभ्याम् (gandha-puṣpābhyām) - with fragrant substances and flowers
- पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, should honor
- कुश-भूसुरान् (kuśa-bhūsurān) - brahmins seated on kusa grass, earthly gods on kusa grass
Words meanings and morphology
ततस् (tatas) - then, thereafter, from there
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - but, and, then, indeed
(indeclinable)
गन्ध-पुष्पाभ्याम् (gandha-puṣpābhyām) - with fragrant substances and flowers
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, dual of gandha-puṣpa
gandha-puṣpa - fragrant substance and flower
Compound type : dvandva (gandha+puṣpa)
- gandha – fragrance, smell
noun (masculine) - puṣpa – flower
noun (neuter)
पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, should honor
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pūj
root verb
curādi class parasmaipada
Root: pūj (class 10)
कुश-भूसुरान् (kuśa-bhūsurān) - brahmins seated on kusa grass, earthly gods on kusa grass
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kuśa-bhūsura
kuśa-bhūsura - earthly god (brahmin) on kusa grass
Compound type : tatpurusha (kuśa+bhūsura)
- kuśa – kusa grass
noun (masculine) - bhūsura – earthly god, brahmin
noun (masculine)