महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-6, verse-24
नमसा क्षालिताधारं संस्थाप्य तत्र पूर्ववत् ।
वृत्तोपरि यजेद्वह्नेः कलाः स्वस्वादिमाक्षरैः ॥२४॥
वृत्तोपरि यजेद्वह्नेः कलाः स्वस्वादिमाक्षरैः ॥२४॥
24. namasā kṣālitādhāraṁ saṁsthāpya tatra pūrvavat ,
vṛttopari yajedvahneḥ kalāḥ svasvādimākṣaraiḥ.
vṛttopari yajedvahneḥ kalāḥ svasvādimākṣaraiḥ.
24.
namasā kṣālitādhāram saṃsthāpya tatra pūrvavat
vṛttopari yajet vahneḥ kalāḥ sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ
vṛttopari yajet vahneḥ kalāḥ sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ
24.
namasā kṣālitādhāram pūrvavat tatra saṃsthāpya
vṛttopari vahneḥ kalāḥ sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ yajet
vṛttopari vahneḥ kalāḥ sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ yajet
24. Having purified the support with namas, and having placed it there as before, upon the circle one should worship the flames of fire accompanied by their respective initial letters.
Words meanings summery:
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- नमसा (namasā) - with the recitation of the namas formula (by reverence, by bowing, with the mantra namas)
- क्षालिताधारम् (kṣālitādhāram) - having washed and purified the support (having washed the support, cleansed receptacle)
- संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having properly placed and established (having established, having placed)
- तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)
- पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat) - as before (like before, as previously)
- वृत्तोपरि (vṛttopari) - on top of the circular figure (upon the circle)
- यजेत् (yajet) - one should worship (one should worship, he should sacrifice)
- वह्नेः (vahneḥ) - of the fire (deity) (of fire)
- कलाः (kalāḥ) - the flames or aspects (parts, digits, phases, flames)
- स्व-स्वादि-माक्षरैः (sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ) - with their own respective seed letters (with their own respective initial letters)
Words meanings and morphology
नमसा (namasā) - with the recitation of the namas formula (by reverence, by bowing, with the mantra namas)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of namas
namas - bowing, obeisance, reverence
Root: nam (class 1)
क्षालिताधारम् (kṣālitādhāram) - having washed and purified the support (having washed the support, cleansed receptacle)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣālitādhāra
kṣālitādhāra - one whose support is washed or purified
bahuvrihi compound ending in a past passive participle
kṣālita (washed) + ādhāra (support)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṣālita+ādhāra)
- kṣālita – washed, cleansed, purified
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root kṣal
Root: kṣal (class 10) - ādhāra – support, receptacle, base
noun (masculine)
Prefix: ā
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having properly placed and established (having established, having placed)
(verb)
active
absolutive / gerund
sam + sthā with -ya suffix
Prefix: sam
Root: sthā (class 1)
तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat) - as before (like before, as previously)
(indeclinable)
pūrva + vat suffix
वृत्तोपरि (vṛttopari) - on top of the circular figure (upon the circle)
(indeclinable)
vṛtta + upari
Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛtta+upari)
- vṛtta – circle, round
noun (neuter)
Root: vṛt (class 1) - upari – above, upon, over
indeclinable
यजेत् (yajet) - one should worship (one should worship, he should sacrifice)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of yaj
Root: yaj (class 1)
वह्नेः (vahneḥ) - of the fire (deity) (of fire)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vahni
vahni - fire, god of fire
Root: vah (class 1)
कलाः (kalāḥ) - the flames or aspects (parts, digits, phases, flames)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of kalā
kalā - part, portion, digit, flame
स्व-स्वादि-माक्षरैः (sva-svādi-mākṣaraiḥ) - with their own respective seed letters (with their own respective initial letters)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of sva-svādi-mākṣara
sva-svādi-mākṣara - with their own respective initial letters
tatpurusha compound
sva-sva (each own) + ādi (beginning with) + mākṣaraiḥ (with syllables - with sandhi / m insertion or variant reading for svādibhir akṣaraiḥ, treated as a compound term)
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ādi+akṣara)
- sva – own, self
pronoun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, et cetera
noun (masculine) - akṣara – syllable, letter
noun (neuter)