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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.100

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 100

गृहप्रवेशनियमः, संक्षेपयात्राEntering a house; a journey in brief

Verse 100

संक्षेपयात्रामथवा कुर्यात् साधकसत्तमः । ध्यायन् देवीं स्मरन्मन्त्रं नत्वा गच्छेद् यथामति ॥ १०० ॥

saṁkṣēpayātrāmathavā kuryāt sādhakasattamaḥ | dhyāyan dēvīṁ smaranmantraṁ natvā gacchēd yathāmati || 100 ||

Translation

Or the best of sādhakas may make a brief start: meditating on the Goddess, remembering the mantra and bowing, he may go as he wishes.

Word by word

saṁkṣēpa
brief
yātrām
(yātrām) start
athavā
or
kuryāt
may make
sādhaka
of sādhakas
sattamaḥ
the best
dhyāyan
meditating on
dēvīṁ
the Goddess
smaran
(smaran) remembering
mantraṁ
the mantra
natvā
bowing
gacchēd
(gacchet) may go
yathāmati
as he wishes

Meaning

A short form for setting out: mind, mantra and a bow.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 97.