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The Essence of the Tantra20.44

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तत्र विभवेन देवं पूजयित्वा आहुत्या तर्पयित्वा पवित्रकं दद्यात् सौवर्णमुक्तारत्नविरचितात् प्रभृति पटसूत्रकार्पासकुशगर्भान्तम् अपि कुर्यात्

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra vibhavena devaṃ pūjayitvā āhutyā tarpayitvā pavitrakaṃ dadyāt sauvarṇamuktāratnaviracitāt prabhṛti paṭasūtrakārpāsakuśagarbhāntam api kuryāt

— therein, on that occasion ; — according to one's means (resources) ; — having worshipped the deity ; — having gratified (the deity) with oblation ; — should offer the pavitraka ; — from one made of gold, pearls, and gems ; — beginning with, ranging from ; — down to one having a core of cloth-thread, cotton, and kuśa grass ; — he may also make

On that occasion, having worshipped the deity according to one's means and gratified him with oblation, one should offer the pavitraka. He may make it of anything ranging from one fashioned of gold, pearls, and gems down to one having a core of cloth-thread, cotton, and kuśa grass.