महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-9, verse-198
आपो हि ष्ठेति मन्त्रेण मायया पुटितेन च ।
त्रिरावृत्त्या कुशाम्भोभिर्धृतदण्डोपवीतिनम् ।
अभिषिच्य ततस्तोयैः पूरयेद्वालकाञ्जलिम् ॥१९८॥
त्रिरावृत्त्या कुशाम्भोभिर्धृतदण्डोपवीतिनम् ।
अभिषिच्य ततस्तोयैः पूरयेद्वालकाञ्जलिम् ॥१९८॥
198. āpo hi ṣṭheti mantreṇa māyayā puṭitena ca ,
trirāvṛttyā kuśāmbhobhirdhṛtadaṇḍopavītinam ,
abhiṣicya tatastoyaiḥ pūrayedvālakāñjalim.
trirāvṛttyā kuśāmbhobhirdhṛtadaṇḍopavītinam ,
abhiṣicya tatastoyaiḥ pūrayedvālakāñjalim.
198.
āpaḥ hi ṣṭhā iti mantreṇa māyayā
puṭitena ca tri-āvṛttyā kuśa-ambhobhiḥ
dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītinam abhiṣicya
tataḥ toyaiḥ pūrayet bāla-kañjalim
puṭitena ca tri-āvṛttyā kuśa-ambhobhiḥ
dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītinam abhiṣicya
tataḥ toyaiḥ pūrayet bāla-kañjalim
198.
dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītinam bālakam
tri-āvṛttyā kuśa-ambhobhiḥ abhiṣicya āpaḥ
hi ṣṭhā iti mantreṇa māyayā puṭitena
ca tataḥ toyaiḥ añjalim pūrayet
tri-āvṛttyā kuśa-ambhobhiḥ abhiṣicya āpaḥ
hi ṣṭhā iti mantreṇa māyayā puṭitena
ca tataḥ toyaiḥ añjalim pūrayet
198. Having sprinkled the boy, who is holding a staff and wearing the sacred thread, three times with water mixed with kuśa grass using the mantra beginning with āpo hi ṭha, combined with the māyā mantra, (the teacher) should then fill the cupped hands of the child with water.
Words meanings summery:
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- आपः (āpaḥ) - waters, waters indeed
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
- ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) - you are (O waters) (you are)
- इति (iti) - thus, quotation marker
- मन्त्रेण (mantreṇa) - by the mantra, with the sacred formula
- मायया (māyayā) - with māyā (the bīja mantra hrīṃ)
- पुटितेन (puṭitena) - intertwined, enclosed, combined
- च (ca) - and
- त्रि-आवृत्त्या (tri-āvṛttyā) - with three repetitions, threefold
- कुश-अम्भोभिः (kuśa-ambhobhiḥ) - with kuśa grass and water
- धृत-दण्ड-उपवीतिनम् (dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītinam) - holding a staff and wearing the sacred thread
- अभिषिच्य (abhiṣicya) - having sprinkled, having consecrated
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter
- तोयैः (toyaiḥ) - with waters
- पूरयेत् (pūrayet) - should fill
- बाल-कञ्जलिम् (bāla-kañjalim) - the cupped hands of the child
Words meanings and morphology
आपः (āpaḥ) - waters, waters indeed
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of āp
āp - water
Note: First word of the Ṛgvedic mantra āpo hi ṣṭhā
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
(indeclinable)
ष्ठा (ṣṭhā) - you are (O waters) (you are)
(verb)
2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Vedic sandhi form in the mantra
इति (iti) - thus, quotation marker
(indeclinable)
मन्त्रेण (mantreṇa) - by the mantra, with the sacred formula
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of mantra
mantra - mantra, sacred formula
मायया (māyayā) - with māyā (the bīja mantra hrīṃ)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā
māyā - illusion, supernatural power, the bīja mantra hrīṃ
Note: Refers to the mystical seed syllable
पुटितेन (puṭitena) - intertwined, enclosed, combined
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of puṭita
puṭita - folded, enclosed, combined
Past Passive Participle
From the root puṭ
Root: puṭ (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
त्रि-आवृत्त्या (tri-āvṛttyā) - with three repetitions, threefold
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of tri-āvṛtti
tri-āvṛtti - threefold repetition
Compound type : karmadhāraya (tri+āvṛtti)
- tri – three
adjective (masculine) - āvṛtti – repetition, turning round
noun (feminine)
Prefix: ā
Root: vṛt (class 1)
कुश-अम्भोभिः (kuśa-ambhobhiḥ) - with kuśa grass and water
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of kuśa-ambhas
kuśa-ambhas - water mixed with kuśa grass
Compound type : tatpurusha (kuśa+ambhas)
- kuśa – kuśa grass
noun (masculine) - ambhas – water
noun (neuter)
धृत-दण्ड-उपवीतिनम् (dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītinam) - holding a staff and wearing the sacred thread
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītin
dhṛta-daṇḍa-upavītin - holding a staff and wearing the sacred thread
Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhṛta-daṇḍa+upavītin)
- dhṛta-daṇḍa – one by whom a staff is held
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From dhṛ with daṇḍa
Root: dhṛ (class 1) - upavītin – wearing the upavīta (sacred thread)
adjective (masculine)
अभिषिच्य (abhiṣicya) - having sprinkled, having consecrated
(verb)
active
absolutive
From abhi + sic with -ya suffix
Prefix: abhi
Root: sic (class 6)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter
(indeclinable)
तोयैः (toyaiḥ) - with waters
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of toya
toya - water
पूरयेत् (pūrayet) - should fill
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pūray
causative
Causative of pṛ
Root: pṛ (class 9)
बाल-कञ्जलिम् (bāla-kañjalim) - the cupped hands of the child
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bāla-añjali
bāla-añjali - cupped hands of a child
Compound type : tatpurusha (bāla+añjali)
- bāla – child, boy
noun (masculine) - añjali – cupped hands
noun (masculine)