महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-9, verse-277
अभिषिञ्चेत् द्वादशधा मधुना वाऽर्घ्यपाथसा ।
ततस्तौ प्रणतौ विद्वान् श्रावयेद्वाग्भवं रमाम् ॥२७७॥
ततस्तौ प्रणतौ विद्वान् श्रावयेद्वाग्भवं रमाम् ॥२७७॥
277. abhiṣiñcet dvādaśadhā madhunā vā'rghyapāthasā ,
tatastau praṇatau vidvān śrāvayedvāgbhavaṁ ramām.
tatastau praṇatau vidvān śrāvayedvāgbhavaṁ ramām.
277.
abhiṣiñcet dvādaśadhā madhunā vā arghyapāthasā
tataḥ tau praṇatau vidvān śrāvayet vāgbhavam ramām
tataḥ tau praṇatau vidvān śrāvayet vāgbhavam ramām
277.
vidvān dvādaśadhā madhunā vā arghyapāthasā abhiṣiñcet
tataḥ tau praṇatau vāgbhavam ramām śrāvayet
tataḥ tau praṇatau vāgbhavam ramām śrāvayet
277. The wise practitioner should sprinkle them twelve times with honey or with water for the arghya offering. Then he should cause those two bowing figures to recite the vagbhava and rama mantras.
Words meanings summery:
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- अभिषिञ्चेत् (abhiṣiñcet) - he should sprinkle, he should consecrate
- द्वादशधा (dvādaśadhā) - twelvefold, in twelve ways, twelve times
- मधुना (madhunā) - with honey, with sweet liquid
- वा (vā) - or, either, and
- अर्घ्यपाथसा (arghyapāthasā) - with arghya water, with water for worship
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereupon
- तौ (tau) - those two
- प्रणतौ (praṇatau) - bowed down, humbled, reverent
- विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned one, wise man, scholar
- श्रावयेत् (śrāvayet) - he should cause to hear, he should cause to recite
- वाग्भवम् (vāgbhavam) - pertaining to speech, the vagbhava mantra (aim)
- रमाम् (ramām) - Ramā, the mantra of Lakṣmī (hrīṃ)
Words meanings and morphology
अभिषिञ्चेत् (abhiṣiñcet) - he should sprinkle, he should consecrate
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of abhiṣic
Prefix: abhi
Root: siñc (class 6)
द्वादशधा (dvādaśadhā) - twelvefold, in twelve ways, twelve times
(indeclinable)
मधुना (madhunā) - with honey, with sweet liquid
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhu
madhu - honey, mead, sweet drink
वा (vā) - or, either, and
(indeclinable)
अर्घ्यपाथसा (arghyapāthasā) - with arghya water, with water for worship
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of arghyapāthas
arghyapāthas - water for the arghya offering
Compound of arghya + pāthas
Compound type : tatpurusha (arghya+pāthas)
- arghya – respectful offering
noun (neuter) - pāthas – water
noun (neuter)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereupon
(indeclinable)
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
प्रणतौ (praṇatau) - bowed down, humbled, reverent
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, dual of praṇata
praṇata - bowed down, bending in reverence
Past Passive Participle
pra + nam
Prefix: pra
Root: nam (class 1)
विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned one, wise man, scholar
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas
vidvas - knowing, wise, learned
Past active participle
From root vid
Root: vid (class 2)
श्रावयेत् (śrāvayet) - he should cause to hear, he should cause to recite
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śrāvay
Causative
Causative of śru
Root: śru (class 5)
वाग्भवम् (vāgbhavam) - pertaining to speech, the vagbhava mantra (aim)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vādbhava
vādbhava - source of speech, vagbhava bīja
Compound of vāc + bhava
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+bhava)
- vāc – speech, voice
noun (feminine) - bhava – origin, source, existing
noun (masculine)
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Refers to the bīja mantra aiṃ
रमाम् (ramām) - Ramā, the mantra of Lakṣmī (hrīṃ)
(proper noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of ramā
ramā - Ramā, Lakṣmī, the rama bīja mantra
Note: Refers to the bīja mantra hrīṃ