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Mantra · Vishnu ji

Water for Bhishma

भीष्म तर्पण

3 lines · about 1 min to say · AWGP, Karmakand Bhaskar; Sanskritbhashi, तर्पण विधि

Vishnu ji

Vishnu ji

The preserver; Ekadashi is his

वैयाघ्रपदगोत्राय साङ्कृतिप्रवराय च।

vaiyāghrapadagotrāya sāṅkr̥tipravarāya ca.

To him of the Vaiyaghrapada gotra and the Sankriti pravara,

गङ्गापुत्राय भीष्माय प्रदास्येऽहं तिलोदकम्।

gaṅgāputrāya bhīṣmāya pradāsye'haṁ tilodakam.

to Bhishma, the son of Ganga, I give this water with til;

अपुत्राय ददाम्येतत्सलिलं भीष्मवर्मणे॥

aputrāya dadāmyetatsalilaṁ bhīṣmavarmaṇe.

to Bhishma Varma, who left no son, I give this water.