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॥ श्री ॥tantra

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 1.4

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
2
Verses
126
Minutes
63
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 1 · Verse 4

मत्तकोकिलसन्दोहसङ्घुष्टविपिनान्तरे । सर्वदा स्वगणैः सार्द्धमृतुराजनिषेविते ॥ ४ ॥

mattakōkilasandōhasaṅghuṣṭavipināntarē | sarvadā svagaṇaiḥ sārddhamṛturājaniṣēvitē || 4 ||

Translation

its woods echoing with flocks of maddened cuckoos, and ever visited by Spring, the king of the seasons, with his attendants,

Word by word

mattakōkilasandōhasaṅghuṣṭavipināntarē
whose woods resound with flocks of intoxicated cuckoos
sarvadā
always
svagaṇaiḥ
with his own attendants
sārddhamṛturājaniṣēvitē
attended by the king of the seasons (spring)

Meaning

The "king of the seasons" is spring (vasanta), who in the commentary comes "with his own hosts", the bees and the rest: on Kailāsa it is always spring.